Vander Feen, Rena (Mrs. Allen) 1910-1996

VANDERFEEN, DEZEE, VANDERMEY

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--volunteer
Date: 1/5/2016 at 20:43:07

Source: Sioux Center News (11-26-1996)

Born: January 8, 1910
Died: November 22, 1996

Rena Vander Feen, 86, of Hawarden died Friday, November 22, at her residence following a brief illness.

Services were at 11 A.M. Tuesday, November 26, at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden with the Reverend Dean Shelly officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Vander Feen was born January 8, 1910, in Hospers, the daughter of Henry and Katie (De Zee) Vander Mey. She moved with her family to the Sioux Center area when she was young. She married Allen Vander Feen on August 7, 1929, in Ireton. The couple farmed in the Ireton and Hawarden area before retiring to an acreage near Hawarden in 1968. They moved into Hawarden in 1988. He died September 4, 1995.

She was involved in helping the Hospital Auxiliary and was a volunteer at the Hillcrest Care Center for more than 20 years.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Wayne and Oina of Ireton; two daughters, Shirley Busch of Hawarden and Beverly and her husband David Peterson of Estherville; two brothers, John Vander Mey of Artesia, California, and Dick Vander Mey of Bellflower, California; one sister, Susan Watts of Vickerville, California; 18 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.