Rozeboom, Dick 1925-2013

ROZEBOOM, FLUIT, VANDERWERFF

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 5/24/2013 at 04:30:09

Dick Rozeboom
June 1, 1925 - April 15, 2013
Mr. Dick Rozeboom, age 87, of Hull, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2013, at the Sioux Center Community Hospital and Health Center.

There will be a funeral service on Friday, April 19, at 1:00pm, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Hull. The Rev. Loren Kotman will officiate. Interment will follow at the Hope Cemetery in Hull. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Thursday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Hull.

Dick was born on June 1, 1925, near Alvord, the son of William and Jennie (Fluit) Rozeboom. He was raised in northwest Iowa, where he attended country schools. During World War II, he served as a medic in the United States Army for two years, stationed in Europe for one year.

On May 5, 1949, he married Esther Vander Werff at Hull. They farmed at George, Rock Rapids, and Sanborn. In 1966, they moved to a farm by Hull, and in 1986, they semi-retired into Hull.

All Dick’s married life, he was a farmer, which he thoroughly enjoyed. He also did custom farming and was a salesman for Archer Oil for many years.

He was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with his grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife of almost 64 years, Esther; three daughters and their husbands, Darlene J. and Harold P. Sohl, of Hull; Linda and Rick Marcus, of Fallbrook, California; and Waneta and Marvin Van Tilburg, of Milford; a son and his wife, Rick and Shelly Rozeboom, of Hull; twelve grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Clazena (Marv) Rus, of Sioux Center; and Elizabeth (Neil) Boluyt, of Michigan; and four brothers, Leonard (Cathy) Rozeboom, of Inwood; Gerrit (Marie) Rozeboom, of Michigan; Henry (Ada) Rozeboom, of Doon; and Anthony (Susan) Rozeboom, of Michigan.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers, Teunis, William, Cozyn, and Johnny (infant) Rozeboom; two sisters, Gert Schelling and Jennie (infant) Rozeboom; and many brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law in both the Rozeboom and Vander Werff families.