Kroon, Neal 1905-1986

KROON, VANROEKEL

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/6/2014 at 10:54:22

July 17, 1986 Sioux County Capital

Neal Kroon, 81, of Rock Rapids who served as Lyon County sheriff from 1958-68 died Thursday, July 10, in a hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. Services were at 1:30 p.m. Mon day in the First Reformed Church of Rock Rapids. The Rev. Dan Brouwer officiated. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery under direction of the Jongewaard-Roste Funeral Home in Rock Rapids.

Mr. Kroon was born April 13, 1905 in Sioux Center. He married Wilhelmina Van Roekel Feb. 22, 1928 in Sioux Center. The couple farmed in the Sioux Center area until 1936 when they moved to Rock Rapids. He operated a garage until 1958 when he became Lyon County sheriff, retiring in 1968. Mrs. Kroon died in 1983.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. M.W. (Ruth) Hocking of Rock Rapids; three brothers, Gerrit of Boyden, Richard of Sioux Center and the Rev. William of Belmond; seven sisters, Gertrude Punt of Corsica, S.D., Dill Vande Berg, Cornelia Kroon, Bernice Baker, Arlene Vos and Clarene Kroon, all of Sioux Center, and Margaret Vortman of Norco, Calif.; two grandchildren and a great-grandchild.