Boon, III. Arie 1905-1986

BOON, MEDEMA

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-Volunteer
Date: 1/6/2014 at 19:09:10

Source: Rock Valley Bee (7-31-1986)

Born: August 21, 1905
Died: 1986

Arie Boon III, 80, of Rock Rapids, died Friday in a Rock Rapids hospital after a short illness.

Services were held Tuesday at Jongwaard-Roste Funeral Home. The Rev. William DeYoung, pastor of the First Reformed Church, officiated. Burial in Riverview Cemetery.

Mr. Boon was born August 21, 1905, in Sioux County. He married Martha Medema on February 20, 1930, in Doon. The couple farmed in Lyon County until retiring in 1963. In 1979, they moved to Rosewood Heights Apartments in Rock Rapids.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Frank and two daughters, Mrs. George (Elizabeth) Vanden Heuvel, and Mrs. Hyman (Arietta) Beyenhof, all of Rock Rapids; two sisters, Johanna DeWeerd of Ripon, California, and Gertrude Hymans of Colton, South Dakota; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.