VanVoorst, Nathan, 1983-2000

VANVOORST, HOOGENDOORN

Posted By: Lydia Lucas-Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/23/2011 at 21:01:50

Nathan Van Voorst
Birth: October 21, 1983
Death: September 22, 2000

Nathan Van Voorst, age 16, of rural Inwood, IA, was pronounced dead Friday, September 22, 2000 at the Luverne Community Hospital, Luverne, MN due to a two-vehicle accident Friday, 4 miles south of Luverne on Hiway #75. Memorial Service will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Netherlands Reformed Church at Rock Valley. Family graveside service at Valley View Cemetery will precede Memorial Service. Rev. John den Hoed will be officiating. Visitation was held Monday until 5:00 at Porter Funeral Home and then with the family present 6:30 to 9:30 at the Netherlands Reformed Christian Church.

Nathan Van Voorst was born October 21, 1983 at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, son of Gene and Gail (Hoogendoorn) Van Voorst. The family moved near Inwood, IA and Nathan was currently a junior at the Netherlands Reformed Christian School of Rock Valley.

Surviving relatives include his parents, Gene and Gail Van Voorst of Inwood, IA; four brothers, Jeffrey of West Lafayette, Indiana, Timothy of Sioux Falls, SD, Daniel and Michael both of Inwood, IA; three sisters, Angela, Hannah, and Heather Van Voorst all of Inwood; grandparents Garret and Harriet Van Voorst of Inwood, IA, Gilbert and Angeline Hoogendoorn of Rock Valley, IA.

Source: Rock Valley Bee, September 27, 2000.

Minnesota death certificate #2000-MN-028771, Nathan John Van Voorst.

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Also from the September 27 Rock Valley Bee:

Three Area Youths Killed Saturday [i.e., Friday] Night

A two-vehicle collision four miles south of Luverne, MN on U.S. Highway 75 Saturday night claimed the life of three area teenagers.

Katie Hoogendoorn and Cindy Post of Rock Valley and Nathan Van Voorst were killed as a result of a collision between the vehicle that Hoogendoorn was driving and a vehicle driven by Kim Kremin of Luverne. According to reports by the Minnesota State Patrol, the vehicle driven by Kremin cross[ed] the center line and collided with the vehicle that Hoogendoorn, Post, Van Voorst and Aaron Van Voorst were traveling in.

At 11:39 p.m., the two vehicles collided at Mile Marker 6 on Highway 75, resulting in both Kremin, 33, and Hoogendoorn, 16, being pronounced dead at the scene. Post and Nathan Van Voorst were also pronounced dead, while Aaron Van Voorst was transported to Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls.

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Coverage of the accident also appears in the Sioux Center News (September 27)