VandeWeerd, Leona (Mrs. Clarence) 1924-1997

VANDEWEERD, KAAS, VANDERMEULEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 3/13/2013 at 14:59:26

Siouxland Press July 23, 1997

Leona Vande Weerd, age 73, of Orange City Iowa, formerly of Rock Valley, died Sunday, July 20, 1997 at the Orange City Hospital at Orange City, Iowa, Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 24, at the First Reformed Church at Rock Valley. Kev. Harlan De Jong and Rev. Ralph Pontier will be officiating. Burial will be at the Valley View Cemetery at Rock Valley. Porter Funeral Home is in chargeof the services.

Leona J. Vander Meulen was born February 8, 1924 at Rock Valley, la. She was the daughter ofNick and Johanna (Kaas) Vander Meulen. After graduating from the Rock Valley Public High School, Leona worked at the Valley State Bank at Rock Valley and later for the Keeler Brass at Grand Rapids, MI. Leona married Clarence Vande Weerd on November 15i 1946 at Rock Valley. Together they lived south of Rock Valley before farming near Brewster, Bigelow, and Ord, MN. They later farmed near Aurelia and Alta, la. before retiring to Orange City, la. In 1980. At Alta, Leona was a member of Country Ramblers Women's Club and at Orange City, la. a member of Coffee Break Bible Study group of the Redeemer United Reformed Church.

Surviving relatives include her husband, Clarence of Orange City, la.; two sisters, Barbara Bottger and Margaret Muehlethaler both of Bellflower, CA; nieces and nephews. Leona was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Renzella Klein and Clazena Kuiper. Memorials will be directed to Christian Education.