Riphagen, William 1910-1988

RIPHAGEN, HOKSBERGEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 3/3/2013 at 21:52:48

Sioux Center News of Jun 15, 1988
William Riphagen
William Riphagen, 77 , of Hull died Monday, May 30 , in a hospital in Rock Valley.
Services were at 1 : 30 p.m. Thursday at First Reformed Church in Hull with the Rev. Gerald Vander Velde officiating. Burial was in Hope Cemetery.

Riphagen was born July 30, 1910 , in Osceola County and was raised and educated in the Maurice and Sioux Center areas. He married Margaret Hoksbergen November 26 , 1931 , in Hull. The couple farmed west of Perkins until December 1974 when they retired to Hull.

He was a member of First Reformed Church where he served on the consistory as elder and deacon. He was a former member of the board of directors of Farmers Co-Op Elevator of Hull and the Egg Producers of Sioux Center. He was a former trustee of Lincoln Township.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mildred Mulder of Orange City and Leona Schreur of Alton; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A memorial has been established in his name with the World Home Bible League