Bonestroo, Frances (Mrs. Henry) 1925-2010

BONESTROO, TESLAA, PLASIER, OLDENKAMP

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 12/18/2016 at 06:16:48

Sioux County Index Reporter of Jan 6, 2010

Frances Bonestroo Oldenkamp, 83, of Rock Valley, formerly of Hull , Hospers , Alton and Doon , Frances Bonestroo Oldenkamp died Sunday September 27, at the Fellowship Village of West Lyon in Inwood.

A memorial service is Wednesday at 11 a.m. at First Reformed Church in Rock Valley. The Rev Dr. Michael Hamersveld will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the Hope Cemetery
in Hull. There will be a prayer service on Wednesday, at 9:45 a.m. at the Oolman Funeral
Home in Hull.

She was born December 30, 1925, in Hull, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Te Slaa) Plasier. She was raised at Hull. On September 22, 1944, she married Henry B. Bonestroo in Sioux City. They made their home in Hull. He died April 13, 1975, in Sioux Center, after 30 years of marriage. She then made her home in Hospers, Alton, Doon and Rock Valley. Besides being a homemaker, she was employed at Otis Radio in Hawarden and the OK Cafe in Alton. She also served as a foster grandparent at Hope Haven in Rock Valley. On April 1 of this year, she became a resident of Fellowship Village She was a member of First Reformed Church in Rock Valley, where she participated in a Bible study. She also belonged to the American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include her five children and their spouses, Betty and Leroy Bazinski of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Earl and Noreen Bonestroo of Hull, Diane and Rainer Van Bemmel of Doon, Clifford
and Marge Bonestroo of Omaha, Nebraska, and Glynis and George Friedel of Danbury; 14 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Jake Plasier of Aitkin, Minnesota.
She was also preceded in death by a great-grandson; two brothers, Henry and Bernard Plasier; and a sister, Margaret Ruisch.