Beltman, Alys (Mrs. William) 1909-1996

BELTMAN, ERINGA, RYPSTRA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 11/1/2016 at 14:37:59

Sioux County Capital of March, 1996

Alys Beltman
Mrs. Alys Beltman, age 86, of Alton died Monday, March 4, 1996 at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 7 at 10:00 a.m. at the Alton Reformed Church. The Rev. Roger Voskuil will officiate. Burial will follow at Nassau Township Cemetery near Alton under the direction of the Van Etten-Oolman-Van Gelder Funeral Home in Orange City.

Alys was born Sept. 27, 1909 at Running Water, S.D., the daughter of Ulbe and Maaike (Rypstra) Eringa. She attended schools in South Dakota and graduated from the Northwestern Academy
in Orange City in 1928 and the Northwestern Junior College in 1930. After teaching school for two years, she continued her education at Park College in Parkville, Mo.

On Feb. 21, 1934 she was united in marriage to William Beltman at Melvin. They farmed south of Orange City until 1972 when they retired into Alton. Mr. Beltman died March 29, 1989 at Sioux
City. In August of 1995, Mrs. Beltman became a resident of the Happy Siesta Retirement Home in Remsen, and in January of 1996 she transferred to the Heritage House.

She was a member of the Alton Reformed Church where she was active in the Prayer Circle. She had been a Sunday School teacher for many years, including teaching an adult women's class for 20 years. She had been active in Reformed Church Women’s Ministries where she held offices on the local and classical level. She was a member and former officer of the Northwestern College Women's Auxiliary and served several terms on the board of directors of the Sioux County Sunday School Association.

Survivors include her three sons and their wives, Norman and Karel of Alton, Dennis and Dawn of rural Orange City, and Brian and Darlene of Columbia, S.C.; and six grandchildren, Sheila Vande Stroet, Sharla Beltman, Paul Beltman, Daniel Beltman, Jessica Beltman and Matthew Beltman. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Thomas Beltman; four sisters, nd a brother.