VandeHoef, Shirley K. Mrs. Robert 1930-2010

VANDEHOEF, ROOS, VERDOORN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/2/2010 at 14:56:45

SHIRLEY K. VANDE HOEF
Mrs. Shirley Vande Hoef, age 79, of Orange City, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2010, at the Orange City Area Health System Hospital.
There will be a memorial service on Thursday, January 28, at 2:30pm, at the Newkirk Reformed Church in rural Hospers. The Rev. David Powers will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the Newkirk Cemetery. There will be a prayer service on Thursday, at 1:30pm, at the church.
Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Wednesday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Shirley Kathleen was born on June 5, 1930, in Orange City, the daughter of Henry and Dena (Roos) Verdoorn. She was raised at Newkirk, where she graduated from high school.
On November 3, 1948, she married Robert Dale Vande Hoef at Newkirk. They farmed at Boyden for thirteen years and then moved to an acreage in Newkirk, where they lived for forty years. In 2002, they retired into Orange City.
Mrs. Vande Hoef was a homemaker, as well as a supportive assistant to her husband in raising bees and sheep. Over the years, she gave many presentations to students about bees. She also held a few other positions and especially liked serving as a nurse's aide at the Orange City Municipal Hospital.
She had an extensive doll collection and exhibited in two booths at antique malls at the Iowa Great Lakes. There she was able to use her extensive knowledge of antique dolls to do appraisals for others.
She also enjoyed her spinning and weaving group, and Shirley had a special love for her two great-granddaughters, Abbigail and Kaylee.
She was a member of the Newkirk Reformed Church, where she belonged to the Golden Hour Society and the Mission Fellowship. She also taught Sunday school and Bible school classes.
Survivors include her husband of more than 61 years, Bob; four children, Kerry, and her husband, Norman Nieuwenhuis, of Orange City; De Ann Vande Hoef, of Orange City; Peggy, and her husband, Chuck Merriam, of Ringle, Wisconsin; and Scott Vande Hoef, of Hospers; two grandchildren and their wives, Erik and Jenilyn Nieuwenhuis, of Sioux City; and Seth and Jill Nieuwenhuis, of Omaha, Nebraska; two great-granddaughters; a brother and his wife, William and Ginny Verdoorn, of Lake Park; and a sister-in-law and her husband, Cornelia and Craig Camarigg, of Sanborn.
Source: Oolman Funeral Home obit filed at GSCGS in Sioux Center, IA