Altena, Sena,(Mrs. Elmer) 1917-1988

ALTENA, VANDONKELAAR

Posted By: Mary Lou Verburg (email)
Date: 7/20/2014 at 11:08:30

Born: January 30, 1917 Perkins, Iowa
Died: September 13, 1988 Sioux City, Iowa

Sena Altena, 71 of Sioux Center, died Tues. Sept. 13, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services were at 10:30 a.m. Thursday Sept. 15 at First Reformed Church in Sioux Center with Dr. Thurman Rynbrandt officiating. Burial was in Memory Gardens in Sioux Center.

Born Sena Van Donkelaar Jan. 30, 1917 in Perkins, she married Elmer Altena Jan. 7, 1937 in Orange City. He died Dec. 12, 1986.

Survivors include three daughters, Alma Mulder, Betty Vos aand Melinda Keith; three sons, Eugene, Kenneth, and Arvin, all of Sioux Center; a sister, Kate Vander Stelt of Maurice; a brother, Herman Van Donkelaar of Sioux Center; and 13 grandchildren.

Source: Local paper after Sept. 13, 1988