VanLeeuwen, Mrs. Albert (Agnes) - 1906-1989

VANLEEUWEN, STEINBERG, SNOOK

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden-Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/30/2012 at 11:58:20

Rock Valley Bee, May 24, 1989 & one other obit with no date.

Agnes Van Leeuwen, 83, of Hospers died Monday, May 15, at Heritage Home in Orange City.

Services were at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 18, at First Christian Reformed Church in Hospers with the Rev. J. Mark Beach officiating. Burial was in the Hospers Cemetery.

The former Agnes Steinberg was born February 18, 1906, at Rock Valley. She moved to Denver, Colorado, as a child and returned to Rock Valley at the age of 10. She married Albert Van Leeuwen at Rock Valley February 19, 1925. The couple farmed near Rock Valley a short time and then moved into Rock Valley. They moved to Denver during the Depression to find work and after six years returned to Iowa and settled in Hospers. He died October 29, 1986.

She was a member of First Christian Reformed Church and Priscilla Society of the church.

Survivors include one son, John of Hospers; three daughters, Kay Beltman of Granville; Joan Miedema of Alton and Betty Van Schepen of Hull; a sister, Kate Rosendale of Denver, Colorado 24 grandchildren and 53 great grandchildren.

NOTE: Information from the obituary with no date:
Parents: Jacob & Katherine (Snook)Steinberg.
Children & Spouses: John & Evelyn; Kay & William Beltman; Joan & Andy Miedema, Betty & Creston Van Schepen, a son-in-law, James Beltman of Granville; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cornelia Van Leeuwen of Hudsonville, MI; a sister, Mrs. Kate Rosendale of Denver, CO. four brothers and three sisters.