VanPelt, Hattie (Mrs. Rudolph) 1895-1984

VANPELT, NOTEBOOM, VANDERSTOEP, VANROEKEL

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-Volunteer
Date: 2/12/2014 at 22:33:11

Source: Sioux County Capital Orange City (8-23-1984)

Born: October 26, 1893
Died: August 15, 1984

Mrs. Hattie Van Pelt, 90, died Wednesday, August 15, at the Indian Hills Care Center in Sioux City following a lingering illness.

Services were held Saturday, August 18 at 10:30 A.M. at the First Reformed Church in Maurice. Pastor Edward Fikse officiated. Burial was in Sherman Township Cemetery, Maurice, under the direction of the Van Gelder Funeral Home, Orange City.

Mrs. Van Pelt was born October 26, 1893, at Maurice, the daughter of Klaas and Neltie (Noteboom) Vander Stoep. She married George Van Roekel on January 29, 1913 in Maurice. He passed away October 4, 1969. She married Rudy Van Pelt on June 4, 1970. Most of her life was spent farming in the Maurice area and later retired in Maurice. She lived in the Pioneer Home until illness made it necessary for her to be moved to the Indian Hills Care Center.

She was a charter member of the First Reformed Church in Maurice, honorary member of the guild of the RCW, also a former member of the Maurice Senior Citizens.

Survivors include her husband, Rudy; four daughters, Mrs. Vernon (Verna) De Kock of Sheldon, Mrs. Irwin (Mildred) Reinking of Maurice, Mrs. Howard (Ester) Mieras and Mrs. George (Shirley) Dykstra, both of Sioux City; a son, Howard Van Roekel of Maurice; 20 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; two brothers, Arie Vander Stoep of Orange City and Gerrit Vander Stoep of Arizona; three stepsons, Roy Van Pelt of Oregon, Dale Van Pelt and Duane Van Pelt, both of Bellflower, California; a step-daughter, Mrs. Orwin (Arlene) Duistermars of Wellsburg.

She was preceded in death by her husband, George, a son, Wally; two brothers, five sisters and two grandchildren.