Pollema, Bruce J. 1974-2004

POLLEMA, VANDENTOP, WINTER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/19/2012 at 11:02:51

Bruce J. Pollema
Bruce Pollema, 30, of Sioux City, formerly of Hull, Iowa, passed away Friday, Aug. 27, 2004, in an accident at Johnston, Iowa. Services will be at 10 a. m. Wednesday at First Christian Reformed
Church in Hull, Ia. with the Rev. Vernon Pollema officiating. Burial will be in Hope Cemetery, Hull.. Arrangements are with Oolman Funeral Home in Hull. Bruce was born May 5, 1974, at Sioux Center, the son of Wilmar and Betty (Van Den Top) Pollema. He was raised at Hull, where he attended the Hull Christian School and Western Christian High School. He also attended Killian College in Sioux Falls, S.D., the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa and the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in Des Moines. He served in the U.S. Navy for two years and the Iowa National Guard for nine years, where he was a staff sergeant.
He was a member of the Wegman-Koele American Legion Post in Hull. In earlier years,
Mr. Pollema did construction work. Later he worked for the Iowa Department of Transportation, and he was currently with D.O.T. Law Enforcement in Sioux City.
In December of 1997 he married Teri Winter at Hull. They made their home in Ankeny, and later he moved to Sioux City. Bruce enjoyed woodworking, carpentry and golfing,
Survivors include his parents of Hull; two brothers and their wives, Waylon and Melissa, and their children, Carter, Samantha and Chandler and Brandon and Tami, and their children, Brandolyn, Tanner and Briley, all of Hull; and his grandparents, Bill and Tena Pollema of Hull and Bill and Jeanette Van Den Top of Rock Valley, Iowa.
Source: Sioux Center News of September 1, 2004
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Two Iowa National Guard
Soldiers Killed in Truck Accident

Two Iowa National Guard soldiers were killed Friday morning, August 27 in Johnston when their Iowa Army National Guard tractor-trailer went off the road and rolled in a ditch after leaving from Camp Dodge military base.
They have been identified by the Iowa National Guard as Bruce J. Pollema, 30, of Hull and Dustin S. Colby, 20, of the Mason City area. They were both assigned to the National Guard's 2168th Transportation Company based in Sheldon. Johnston Police Sgt Lynn Aswegan reported that Pollema and Colby were crushed inside the truck cab
and were pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of the crash is unknown as it happened in daylight on dry pavement and on a straight stretch of road. The truck tractor was pulling a flatbed trailer with a second empty flatbed trailer on top. The men were in a convoy leaving Camp Dodge en route to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and that their next mission would be the Persian Gulf. Pollema and Colby were among the 169 soldiers who left from Sheldon on Thursday, August 26th. A send off with more than 3,000 people attending was held on Wednesday. Several dignitaries including
Iowa's U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley took part in the sendoff. The company will most likely spend a year in the Middle East serving under Operation
Source: Siouxland Press of September 1, 2004