VanKlompenburg, Dick 1912-2005

VANKLOMENBURG, MULDER, CLEVERINGA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 4/22/2012 at 19:13:29

DICK VAN KLOMPENBURG
Mr. Dick Van Klompenburg, age 93, of Orange City, passed away on Saturday, January 21, at the Orange City Municipal Hospital.
There will be a funeral service on Tuesday, January 24, at 10:30am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. David Ter Beest will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Monday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Dick was born on December 3, 1912, in rural Orange City, the son of Jan "John" and Dirkje (Mulder) Van Klompenburg. He was raised in rural Orange City, where he attended country school.
On June 29, 1937, he married Roevina Cleveringa at Orange City. They farmed south of Alton, where he enjoyed farming, and they raised their family. In August of 1980, they retired into Orange City. Roevina passed away on April 9, 2004, in Orange City, after more than 66 years of marriage. Dick continued to live in his own home.
Mr. Van Klompenburg was a longtime member of the First Reformed Church, which he faithfully attended. In recent years, he worshipped through the radio and television ministry of the church.
Survivors include four children and their spouses, Delmar & Clarine Van Klompenburg, of Maurice; Rosalyn and Ronald Wenstrand, of Wakefield, Nebraska; Harvey and Cheryl Van Klompenburg, of Orange City; and Richard and Rhonda Van Klompenburg, of Alton; two sons-in-law, Henry Pennings, of Sheldon; and Dennis Cordle, of Iowa City; twenty-one grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Cora and Johanna Van Klompenburg, both of Orange City; and many nephews and nieces.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two daughters, Marlene Pennings and Delores Cordle; a grandson, Eugene Wenstrand; a great-grandson, Brennan Evenson; and seven brothers and two sisters, John, Ike, Jacob (infant), Jacob, Grace Vellinga, Gerrit, Rena, Henry, and William.
Source: Oolman Funeral Home, Orange City, IA., obit.