Altena, Sam 1901-1988

ALTENA, HEYNEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 10/29/2015 at 05:40:28

Hawarden Independent of January 14, 1888

Sam Altena, 86, of Sioux Center, died Friday, January 8, 1988, in a hospital at Sioux Center. Services were 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 11, 1988 at the Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center with the Rev. Duane Tinklenberg officiating. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery under the director of Vander Ploeg Funeral Home.

Mr. Altena was born January 23, 1901, at Morris and lived in the Sioux Center area most of his life. He married Grace Heynen Feb. 25, 1925, in Sioux Center. Mr. Altena was a charter member of Bethel Christian Reformed Church and served as a deacon and an elder.

Survivors include his wife; five sons, Senard of Mesa, AZ; Wilmer of Rock Valley; Wayne of Ireton; and Stanley and Martin, both of Sioux Center; a daughter, Mrs. Mario "Doc" (Julie) Zeutenhorst of Sioux Center; a sister, Mrs. Tony (Fannie) De Boom of Sioux Center, 22 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.