Kortlever, Peter 1920-1997

KORTLEVER, HUISMAN, MIEDEMA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/8/2013 at 13:45:25

Peter Kortlever.

Peter Kortlever, age 76, of rural Orange City died Sunday, March 9, 1997 at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wis. A funeral service was held on Wednesday, March 12 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Steven Vander Molen officiated. Burial followed at West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City under the direction of the Van Etten-Oolman-Van Gelder Funeral Home, Orange City.

Peter was born on July 31, 1920 in Sioux County, the son of Cornelius and Marie (Huisman) Kortlever. He was raised at Newkirk. On July 15, 1948 he married Frieda Miedema at Sioux City. They made their home at Newkirk until 1953 when they began farming by Middleburg. Peter had semi-retired, but was still living on the farm and involved in its operation. He was a member of the First Reformed Church.

Survivors include his wife; three children and their spouses, Charleen and Craig Homan of Kieler, Wis., Calvin and Sharon Kortlever of Orange City, and Beverly and Dwight Diercks of Denver, Iowa; and six grandchildren, Lynne and Ann Homan, Drew Kortlever, and Julie, Lisa and Sarah Diercks.

The Sioux County Capital-Democrat, Thursday, March 13, 1997.