DeJong, Peter F. 1914-1996

DEJONG, STEENSMA, STREYFFELER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 11/7/2011 at 05:09:52

Peter F. De Jong
February 26,1914---July 7, 1996
Peter Fred De Jong, 82, of Orange City died Sunday, July 7, 1996 at the Orange City Municipal Hospital.
A memorial service was at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, 1996 at Van Etten-Oolman-Van Gelder Funeral Home in Orange City with Pastor Jack Gray officiating. Burial was at West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City.
De Jong was born February 26, 1914, in Sibley, the son of Fred and Jennie (Steensma) De Jong. He was raised in the Doon-Inwood area and later moved to Carnes with his family.
He married Ruth Lydia Streyffeler February 2, 1935, in Wayne, Nebraska. Except for one year at Carnes, the couple made their home in Orange City. He was a sales representative for home improvement products most of his life.
He was a member of Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Jennie "Jackie and her husband, Arnold Vander Spoel of Bitely. Michigan, and Beverly Van Abbema of Orange City; a son and his wife, Eugene and Leslie De Jong of Tempe, Arizona; a sister and her husband, Sue and Tom Jellema of Sioux Falls; a brother and his wife, Tenas and Joanne De Jong of Tustin. California; a brother-in-law, John Van Bemmel of Orange City; eight grandchildren; and 15 great~grandchi1dren.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Gertrude Van Bemmel, and a brother, Jake De Jong.
Source: Sioux Center News of July 9, 1996.