DeBoer. Homer W. 1922-1998

DEBOER, ROWENHORST, WIELENGA

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Date: 11/27/2011 at 16:35:52

Homer W. De Boer
December 25. 1922-January 24, 1998
Homer De Boer, 75, of Orange City died Saturday, Januazy 24,.at Orange City Municipal Hospital.
Memorial services were Tuesday, January 27, at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City with the Rev. Robert Vander Schaaf and the Rev. Robert Hector officiating.
De Boer was born December 25, 1922, in Alton, the son of Douwe D. and Johanna "Anna" (Rowenhorst) De Boer. He was raised on a farm southwest of Alton.
He graduated from Northwestern Classical Academy and Junior College in Orange City. He also attended Grand Island (Nebraska) Business School.
He served in the United States Army during World War Il.
He married Kathryn Mae Wielenga on May 15, 1945, in Orange City. The couple made their home in Orange City, where he was first employed by the International Harvester dealer. He later was an independent accountant. He then became a representative of Investors Diversified Services, which later became American Express Financial Advisors.
He was a member of Trinity Reformed Church, where he had served on the consistory, taught Sunday School classes, sang in the choir and belonged to the Booster Club. He was a 50-year member of PressmanKosters American Legion Post 329 in Orange City and had been active in 4-H as a leader. In addition to his hobby of raising sheep, he was an avid gardener and enjoyed watching sports events.
Survivors include his wife; three sons and their wives, Larry and Carol of Hawarden, and Keith and Sheila and Alan and Carey, all of Orange City; two daughters and their husbands, Rita and Dan De Jong of Sioux City and Karyn and Kenneth Cook of Midland, Texas; eight grandchildren, Aaron De Boer, Lewis De Jong, Patrick De Boer, Lance De Boer, Drew De Boer, Brent De Boer, Koiton Cook and Maria De Jong; two sisters, Charlotte Meyer of Le Mars, and Charlene Kloster of Longmont, Colorado; and a brother, Robert De Boer of Alton.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Dudley De Boer.
Source: Sioux Center News of Feb. 3, 1998