Menning, Nellie Mrs. Bert 1903-1993

MENNING, VANIPEREN, VANKLEY

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Date: 1/26/2010 at 05:37:48

NELLIE MENNING
Born: June 23, 1903; Newkirk, Iowa
Passed Away: February 21, 1993; Orange City, Iowa
Age: 89 years, 7 months, 28 days
Services: Tuesday; February 23, 1993
Prayer Service, 1:00 p.m., VanEtten-Oolman-VanGelder Funeral Home, Orange City, Iowa
Committal Service: Newkirk Cemetery; Hospers, Iowa
Memorial Service, 2:00 p.m.,Trinity Reformed Church; Orange City, Iowa
Clergymen: The Rev. Donald De Glopper, The Rev. Garrett Docter
Arrangements: Van Etten-Oolman-VanGelder Funeral Home, Orange City, IA
Nellie was the daughter of Arie and Janna (Van Iperen) Van Kley. She was raised at Newkirk.
On December 28, 1922, she married Bert Menning at Newkirk, IA. They farmed at Newkirk until 1956, when they retired to Orange City. Mr. Menning passed away April 17, 1963, at Newkirk, IA.
In November of 1984, she became a resident of the Pioneer Memorial Home in Orange City, and in November of 1990, she transferred to the Orange City Municipal Nursing Home.
She was a member of the Trinity Reformed Church, where she participated in Reformed Church Women and a circle.
Survivors include her three sons, Ralph and his wife, Joan, of Mendota, Minnesota; Dr. Arnold and his wife, Thelma of Omaha, Nebraska; and Alden and his wife, Connie, of Orange City; daughter-in-law, Joyce Juffer of Orange City; eleven grandchildren, seventeen great-grandchildren, a great-great-granddaughter; two sisters, Gertrude De Valois and Pearl Melles, both of Orange City; and a brother, Peter Van Kley of Hospers.
In addition to her husband and parents; she was preceded in death by her brother, Arie Van KJey; and two half-sisters, Stella Houtsma and Lillian Van Kley.
Source: Van Etten-Oolman-VanGelder Funeral Home obit on file in GSCGS in Sioux Center, IA.