Bootsma, Jared 1976-2005

BOOTSMA, MARS, ALDRICH

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/27/2011 at 13:52:28

Source: Hawarden Independent(21 5-2005)
Source: Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden

Bootsman dies in farm accident

On Saturday, April 16, Jared Bootsma, 29, was operating a farm tractor with a loader loaded with rocks on a farm owned by his parents, Calvin and Patsy Bootsma. The tractor overturned on a hillside, pinning Bootsma underneath.

The Sioux County sheriff's Office and the Hawarden Fire Ambulance responded to the 4:45 AM call, and Dr. Daly Nystrom pronounced Bootsma dead at the scene.

The accident took place one quarter mile east of 1926 460th Street and remains under investigation by the Sioux County Sheriff's office.

Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Wednesday at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawarden with Rev. Todd Bunge officiating. Burial will follow in the Grace Hill Cemetery at Hawarden. Visitations will be from noon to 4:30 PM Tuesday at the Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden. A prayer service will be at 7 PM followed by visitation with the family until 8:30 PM at the church.

Jared Peter Bootsma was born February 5, 1976 at Sioux Center, Iowa, the son of Calvin and Patsy (Mars) Bootsma. He attended Ireton Christain School and graduated from Unity High School in 1994. He attended Mitchell Technical Institute in Mitchell, South Dakota. Jared married Christa Aldrich on June 1, 2002 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hawarden, Iowa. He had been employed at AgCo Corporation in Jackson, Minnesota (2001-2004), Demco Manufacturing at Boyden, Iowa (2004) and most recently employed as a Senior Design Technician at the Case New Holland Rotary Combined Facility in Grand Island, Nebraska. Jared enjoyed farming, snowmobiling, and spent time with his family.

He is survived by his wife, Christa, of Grand Island; parents, Calvin and Patsy Bootsma of Ireton; two sisters, Mary Jo and husband
David Clark of Merrrill, Iowa and Karen and husband Brad Paulsen of Grandville, Iowa; brother Carl Bootsma and wife Karoline of Sioux Fall South Dakota; his parents-in-law, Duane and Carol Aldrich of Hawarden; sister-in-law, Cindy Pottebaum of La Mars, Iowa; brother-in-law, David Aldrich and wife Shelly of Hawarden; four nephews and nieces, Gabriel Clark, Tyler and Jacob Pottebaum, Cory and Madison Aldrich; his grandparents, Peter and Johanna Bootsma of Sanborn, Iowa, Nettie Mars of Orange City, Iowa and Florence Feikema of Hawarden; and many other family and friends. Jared was preceded in death by his grandfather Peter Mars and three cousins.