VanMaanen, Dick - 1916-1998

VANMAANEN, POSTMA, VRYMOET

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden-Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/30/2012 at 12:54:39

Sioux Center News, December 29, 1998

Dick Van Maanen, 82, of Rock Valley died on Tuesday, December 22, at Hegg Memorial Hospital in Rock Valley. Services were on Thursday at First Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley, with the Rev. C. Eric Fennema officiating. Burial was in Valley View Cemetery.

Van Maanen was born on August 17, 1916 near Rock Valley, the son of Dick & Dena (Vrymoet) Van Maanen. He attended Christian School in Rock Valley.

Van Maanen served in the U.S. Army for three and one-half years during World War II, as a military policeman, stationed in Italy & Africa.

He married Henrietta Postma on February 14, 1947, near Rock Valley. The couple farmed in the Rock Valley area, until retiring to Rock Valley in 1980.

He was a member of First Christian Reformed Church.

Survivors are his wife; a son and his wife, Dennis & Audrey of Hull; three daughters, Geneva and her husband, Bob Tronnes, of Minneapolis; Audrey and her husband, Earl Schuld of Woodstock, MN; and Lorna Van Maanen of Rock Valley; 11 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three brothers, Gerrit D., John D. and Henry D., and two sisters, Gertie Van't Hul and Henrietta Kempema.