Rexwinkel, Bertha Mrs. Joseph 1920- 2008

REXWINKEL, MULDER, VANZANTEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/19/2012 at 10:45:26

Bertha Rexwinkel
Bertha Rexwinkel, 87, of Orange City died Saturday, June 14, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City.
Services were 2 p.m. Tuesday at Alton Reformed Church in Alton, with the Revs. Michael and Elizabeth Hardeman officiating. Private interment was in Nassau Township Cemetery, rural Alton, prior to the service.
Mrs. Rexwinkel was born November 24, 1920, on the family farm near Rock Valley, the daughter of John A. and Agnes (Mulder) Van Zanten. She was raised in Rock Valley, Sioux Center, and later Alton, where" she graduated from Alton High School in 1938. She married Joseph J. Rexwinkel on September 12, 1946, in Ireton. They made their home in Alton. She worked for the Sioux County Auditor's office for 25 years from 1957 to 1982. For 17 of those years, she served as deputy auditor. For eight of those years, she served at the auditor for Sioux County. In 1990, they moved to Orange City. In December of 2004, they moved to the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City. She was a longtime member of Alton Reformed Church in Alton, where she was a former member of
the Reformed Church Women's Ministries. In earlier years, she and her husband were youth sponsors and Sunday school teachers. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, cooking and working crossword puzzles. She was an avid sports fan. She enjoyed watching her grandchildren in all of
their activities.
Survivors include her husband of more than 61 years, Joe of Orange City; a son, John Rexwinkel and his wife Lorene of Le Mars; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren;
two brothers, C.E. Van Zanten and his wife Audrey of Orange City and Tony Van Zanten
and his wife Kathy of Grand Rapids, Michigan; two sisters, Sadie Hansen and her husband Harold of Alton and Irene Ekdom and her husband Adrian of Sioux Falls; and two sisters-in-law, Jean Van Zanten of Orange City and Wilma Van Zanten of Grand Rapids.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara; and three brothers,Richard, John and Henry Van Zanten.
Source: Sioux Center News of June 18, 2008