VanOtterloo, Rose Mrs. Herman 1915-2005

VANOTTERLOO, GRITTERS, NOBEL

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg- volunteer (email)
Date: 6/2/2012 at 05:30:04

ROSE VAN OTTERLOO
B: December 31, 1915, at Rock Valley
D: September 15, 2005 at Hull, IA.
Mrs. Rose Van Ottterloo, age 89, of Hull, passed away on Thursday, September 15, at the Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull.
There will be a funeral service on Monday, September 19, at 11:00am, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Hull. The Rev. Carl Klompien will officiate. Interment will follow at the Hope Cemetery in Hull. There will be a family prayer service on Monday, at 10:45am, in the church fellowship hall.
Rose was born on December 31, 1915, at Rock Valley, the daughter of Bastiaan and Jennie (Gritters) Nobel. She was raised at Rock Valley. She graduated from Western Christian High School in Hull and attended college the equivalent of two years.
For 21 years, she was a teacher in country schools in the Rock Valley and Hull areas and in the Sioux Center and Hull Christian Schools.
On July 22, 1955, Rose married Herman J. Van Otterloo in Hull. They made their home just south of Hull and later moved into Hull. Herman passed away on June 14, 1992, in Hull, after more than 36 years of marriage.
In May of 2004, she became a resident of Pleasant Acres.
Mrs. Van Otterloo was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church, where she participated in the Helping Hands Society. She also served as the church secretary for 25 years and was the soldiers secretary during World War II.
She enjoyed crocheting and quilting and gave afghans and quilts to all her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her son and his wife, Harlan and Connie Van Otterloo, of Hospers, three step-children and their spouses, Melvin and Lucille Van Otterloo, of Hull; Harriet and Corwin Dolieslager, of Sioux Center; and James and Thelma Van Otterloo, of Ripon, California; five grandchildren, Dana, Wade, Pamela, Stephanie, and Bryan Van Otterloo; fifteen step-grandchildren, Marlen and Janice Van Otterloo, Phylliss Van Tilburg, Larry Van Otterloo, Wesley Dolieslager, Sherri De Zeeuw, Jamie and Kevin Dolieslager, Kimberly Zeutenhorst, Tamara Oosterkamp, Jill and Jim T. Van Otterloo, Tricia Van Dis, and Jeremy and Jeffrey Kats; one great-grandchild, 23 step-great-grandchildren, and two step-great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a step-son, Burdett Van Otterloo; a step-great-grandchild; two brothers, Henry and John Nobel; and two sisters, Delia and Magdalena Van Otterloo.
Source: Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, IA., obit.