Kroon, Wilhelmina (Mrs. Neal) 1904-1983

KROON, VANROEKEL

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/6/2014 at 10:10:18

Sioux County Capital of May 12, 1983

Wilhelmina Kroon, 79, Rock Rapids, died Friday, May 6, at a Rock Rapids hospital. Services were at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Reformed Church in Rock Rapids. The Rev. William De Young officiated. Burial was at Riverview Cemetery at Rock Rapids.

Mrs. Kroon, the former Wilhelmina Van Roekel, was born on March 18, 1904, at Sioux Center. She married Neal Kroon on Feb. 22, 1928, at Sioux Center. They farmed in the Sioux Center area until 1936 when they moved to Rock Rapids. They operated a garage for several years and from 1958 to 1968 he served as Lyon County sheriff. They retired in 1968.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. M.W. (Ruth) Hocking of Rock Rapids; two grandchildren; a brother, John Van Roekel of Sioux Center; three sisters, Mrs. Ben (Jeanette) Kraayenbrink of Sioux Center, Mrs. Art (Alice) DeGoei of Orange City and Mrs. Jack (Jean) Mieras of Boyden.