Mouw, Kenneth 1930-2010

MOUW, VANDEBRAKE, SPOELSTRA, ROGHAIR

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/2/2010 at 14:51:47

KENNETH W. MOUW
Mr. Kenneth Mouw, age 79, of Alton, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Sioux City.
There will be a funeral service on Saturday, January 23, at 2:00pm, at the Alton Reformed Church. The Rev. Michael Hardeman and the Rev. Elizabeth Hardeman will officiate. Interment will follow at the Nassau Township Cemetery, near Alton. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Friday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Kenneth Wayne was born on July 6, 1930, in Sheldon, the son of Harry and Jennie (Spoelstra) Mouw. He was raised mostly in Sheldon.
On August 1, 1951, he married Betty Darlene Vande Brake in Orange City. He then served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict. After the war, they settled in Alton. Betty passed away on July 20, 1965, in Le Mars.
On February 14, 1967, he married Geraldine Julia Roghair in Alton. They continued to live in Alton, where he was a truck driver for the Alton Rendering Works, which was later purchased by Darling International. After retiring in November of 1998, he worked part-time for the City of Alton.
Mr. Mouw was a member of the Alton Reformed Church, where he served as an usher, greeter, and coffee server. He had a talent of being able to fix almost anything.
Ken loved his Lord and practiced his faith. He was deeply loved and will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Survivors include his wife of almost 43 years, "Geri"; six children, Randall Mouw, of Rock Valley; Douglas Mouw, of Orange City; Debra, and her husband, Mark Rensink, of Sioux Center; David Mouw, and his wife, Cara, of Underwood; Daniel Mouw, and his wife Erin, of Council Bluffs; and Donna Mouw, and her fiance', Robert Woodrow, of Le Mars; eight grandchildren, Laura, and her husband, Michael Vander Stelt; Joshua Rensink, Micah Rensink, Sara Mouw, Samantha Mouw, Adam Mouw, Benjamin Mouw, and Matthew Mouw; a sister and her husband, Georgia and Carl Andela, of Grandview, Missouri; and a sister-in-law, Alberta Mouw, of Monroe.
In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Terry Mouw; two grandchildren, Brent Rensink and Caitlin Mouw; four brothers, Gerrit, Gysbertus, Warren, and Johnnie (as a child) Mouw; and five sisters, Lillian Kenoyer, Janet Hall, Dorothy Hartley, Evelyn Mersch, and Harriet Funk.
Memorials may be given to the family, to be directed to pancreatic cancer research.
Source: Oolman Funeral Home obit filed at GSCGS in Sioux Center, IA