Ten Napel, Hermina ("Minnie) (Mrs. Herman) 1898-1987

TENNAPEL, VANVOORST, DEKKER, BEUMER

Posted By: Janet Brown - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/1/2013 at 15:53:16

From the December 3, 1987 Hawarden Independent:

Hermina Ten Napel

Hermina Ten Napel, 89, of Sioux Center, formerly of Ireton died Thursday, November 26, at a Sioux Center hospital.

Services were at 1 p.m. Monday, November 30, at the First Reformed Church, at Ireton, with Rev. Steven K. Bakker officiating. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery, at Sioux Center.

Mrs. Ten Napel, the former Hermina Van Voorst, was born August 10, 1898, at rural Sioux Center. She married Henry Dekker on Dec. 7, 1914 at Sioux Center. The couple farmed near Ireton. He died July 25, 1941. She moved into Ireton in 1946, and worked as a cook for several years at the Ireton Public Schools. She married Hermanus
Ten Napel in 1953, at Edgerton, MN. The couple lived at Ireton. He died May 9, 1961. She moved to the nursing wing of the Sioux Center Hospital in 1983.

She was a member of the First Reformed Church of Ireton.

Survivors include a son, John, of Ireton; two step-sons, Harm and Marion Ten Napel, both of Sioux Center; three step-daughters, Mrs. Elmer (Nellie) Heusinkveld of Gresham, OR, Mrs. Julius (Ada) Barents and Mrs. Lawrence (Frances) Mulder both of Ireton; five grandchildren, 26 step grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, 53 step great-grandchildren, 8 great-great grandchildren and eight step great-great grandchildren.

Poster's note: According to the 1925 Iowa census, Hermina Ten Napel's mother's maiden name was Hermina Beumer and her father was Rijk Van Voorst.