Boerma, Gerrit 1895-1992

BOERMA, SCHOLTEN, KLUMB

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke --Volunteer
Date: 10/24/2015 at 23:37:08

Source: Archives (1-16-1992)

Birth: May 2, 1895
Death: January 8, 1992

Gcrrit Boerma, 96, of Sioux Center died Wednesday, January 8, 1992, at the Nursing Wing of the Sioux Center Community Hospital.

Services were Saturday, January 11, 1992 at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Hawarden with the Reverend Loren Vogler officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery at Hawarden.

Mr. Boerma was born May 2, 1895,in Holland, the son of Gerrit J. and Alice(Scholten) Boerma. He came to America and to the Chicago area with his family as a young man. The family moved and began farming near Hebron,Indiana. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War I, he moved to Hudson, South Dakota, where he farmed and sold Ford automobiles. On February 14, 1934, he married Esther Klumb at Hawarden. The couple moved to rural Sioux Center in 1939 and farmed for many years. She died January 31, 1983. He lived with his son and daughter-in-law until September 7, 1989, when he moved to the Sioux Center Nursing Wing.

Mr. Boerma was the last charter member of the Bergstrom-Bodeen Post, American Legion at Hudson. He was a baptized and confirmed member of the Trinity Lutheran Church at Hawarden.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Dale and Joyce Boerma of Maurice; a sister and her husband, Clara and Neal Schouten of Hawarden; two sisters-in-law, Helen and her husband, Mike Reit of Beresford, South Dakota, and Suzie Boerma of Ogilive, Minnesota; and nieces and nephews.