Hibma, Peter A. 1920-2006

HIBMA, HUSINGA, DEBOER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/29/2014 at 12:51:27

Sioux Center News November 22, 2006

Peter A. Hibma, ,86, of Hull, formerly of Boyden, died Saturday November 18, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull. Services were 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Reformed Church in Hull with the Rev. Paul Hansen officiating. Burial was in Sheridan Township Cemetery, Boyden, with military rites conducted by American Legion, Wm. Monster Post 272 of Boyden.

Hibma, the son of Andrew and Maggie (Husinga) Hibma, was born July 25, 1920, in Ocheyedan. He received his education in Hull. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. On January 15, 1947, he married Sadie De Boer at First
Christian Reformed Church in Hull. The couple lived in Rock Valley before moving to Boyden, where they farmed for 50 years. They continued to live on the farm until he fully retired in 2001. They than moved to Elkhorn, Nebraska, to live with their daughter, Janell Kimble. In 2005, they moved into the Autumn Park Apartments in Sheldon. In January 2006, they became residents of Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull.

He was a member of First Christian Reformed Church and the Boyden American Legion Wm. Monster Post 2.72. He enjoyed farming, bowling, playing pool and spending winters in Texas with his wife.

Survivors are his wife of 59 years, Sadie of Hull; two children, Tony Hibma and his wife Kathy of Sioux City and Janell Kimble of Elkhorn; three grandchildren; a sister, Caroline Krohn of Warroad, Minnesota; a sister-in-law, Dena Hibma of Edgerton, Minnesota; and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ted; and a sister,' Hilda.'