VanMaanen, Elda Mrs. Charles 'Jim' 1938-2000

VANMAANEN, HOEKSTRA, KOOIMA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/22/2012 at 10:54:30

Elda Van Maanen
ROCK VALLEY, Iowa - Elda Van Maanen, 62, of Rock Valley died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000,
at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. of injuries suffered in a pedestrian vehicle
accident in Rock Valley. Services will be 11 am Monday at Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley, with the Rev. Jelmer Groenwold officiating. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery.. Arrangements are under the direction of Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley.
Mrs. Van Maanen was born March 28, 1938, near Rock Valley, the daughter of Sam T. and
Sue (Hoekstra) Kooima. She attended Rock Valley Christian Grade School and graduated
from Western Christian High School. She received her teaching certificate from Dordt College.
She taught at Hull (Iowa) Christian Grade School. She married Charles "Jim" Van Maanen on June 19, 1958, in Rock Valley. She taught at Doon (Iowa) Christian Grade School before owning and operating "Cards and Yards Store" from 1979 to 1988. She was currently employed with Valley Pharmacy. Her husband died Nov. 23, 1998. She was a charter member of Trinity Christian Reformed Church and was active with "Justice for All," and MOPS.
Survivors include four daughters and their husbands, Bonnie and Doug Vande Hoef of Windom,
Minn., Deb and Leonard Hoekstra of Rock Valley, Barb and Glenn Van Bockel of Holland, Minn, and Lori and Steve Dykstra of Hospers, Iowa; her mother of Rock Valley; two brothers and their wives, Tim and Clarine Kooima and Gary and Joan Kooima, all of Hull; a sister and her husband, Karen and Dennis Gaalswyk of Woodbury, Minn.; and 10 grandchildren, Mark, Kristen and Eric Vande Hoef, Jodi, Jackie and Brady Hoekstra, Sam, Tim and Annaka Van Bockel and Joshua Dykstra.
She also was preceded in death by her father.
Source: Rock Valley Bee of November 29, 2000.