DeJong, Alma J. Mrs. Pierce 1932-2006

DEJONG, MCPHERSON, JAGER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 10/29/2011 at 09:19:54

Alma J. DeJong, 74, of Remsen, Iowa, passed away Friday, November 24, 2006 at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars, Iowa.
Alma Joyce McPherson was born October 7, 1932 in Hawarden, Iowa to William and Jessie (Jager) McPherson. She graduated from Hawarden High School in 1951. Following graduation, Alma worked as a telephone operator in Hawarden. Alma was united in marriage to Pierce "Pitts" DeJong on June 12, 1953 at Hawarden, Iowa. Following Pitt’s discharge from the Marine Corps, the family lived in Hawarden, Le Mars, Maurice and in 1974 moved to Remsen, Iowa. Alma had worked as a bookkeeper at the Struble elevator and the Pamida Store in Le Mars. Her greatest joy was being a "mom" to her children and a homemaker. She was a very talented seamstress and quilter and also enjoyed crocheting. She loved to play bingo, go antique shopping, and play cards with family and friends.
Survivors include her children: Cindy Athens and her husband Brad of Le Mars, Perry De Jong and his wife Kathy of Le Mars, Dona McMasters and her husband Bryan of Ames, Iowa, and Amy Lechtenberg and her husband Joe of Sioux City, Iowa; 9 grandchildren: Abby Penning, Ben Penning, Andru Athens, Corey DeJong and his fiancée Suzanne Weber, Angie and her husband Zach Davis, Dylan McMasters, Conner McMasters, Haley Lechtenberg, and Jordyn Lechtenberg; 2 brothers: Fred and his wife Sharon McPherson of Fort Dodge, Iowa and Bruce and his wife Darlene McPherson of Hawarden, Iowa; In-Laws: Jeanette McPherson, Barb McPherson, Vivian McPherson, Elmer McMillian all of Hawarden, Darlene McPherson of Omaha, John and Leola Deiong of Maurice, Milo, Neva DeJong of Washington, Nelson DeJong and his special friend Leni of Phoenix, Arizona, Greta and John DeZeeuw of Sioux Center and Nelvina and Gerald Wissink of Sioux Center; and several nieces and nephews.
Alma was preceded in death by her parents, William and Jessie (Jager) McPherson; her husband, Pierce "Pitts" DeJong on October 26, 2006; 2 sisters: Genevieve McMillian and Dorothy Harvey; and 4 brothers: James, Milo, Donald, and Raymond McPherson.