Vande Berg, Maurice J. "Morry" 1927-2017

VANDEBERG, JUFFER, DEZEEUW, HUISMAN, PLUIM

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:35

Mr. Maurice “Morry” Vande Berg, age 90, of Orange City, passed away on Thursday, August 24, 2017, at the Orange City Area Health System.

There will be a memorial service on Monday, August 28, at 11:00am, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Mark Vande Zande will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center. There will be a family prayer service on Monday, at 9:30am, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Visitation will be after 2:00pm on Sunday, with the family present from 2:00pm to 3:30pm, at the funeral home.

Maurice James was born on March 5, 1927, in Holland, Minnesota, the son of John M. and Winifred (Juffer) Vande Berg. He was raised in Sioux Center, where he graduated from the high school. He also attended the National Business Institute in Sioux City. He served in the United States Army during World War II.

On March 25, 1949, he married Norma Arlene De Zeeuw in Sioux Center. They made their home in Sioux Center, where he was a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service for 36 years. Norma passed away on August 6, 1985, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

On June 12, 1986, he married Hildred Huisman Pluim in Orange City. They made their home in Orange City, where he enjoyed all sports, but especially golfing. He also liked following his grandchildren’s activities.

Survivors include his wife, “Hilly”; a son, Dr. Kevin Vande Berg, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; two grandchildren, Dr. Austin Vande Berg, of Omaha, Nebraska; and Anna, and her husband Chad Prescher, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; four step-children and their spouses, Linda and Robert Hulstein, Daniel and Belinda Pluim, Lisa and Kevin Tesch, and Dale and Jill Pluim, all of Orange City; thirteen step-grandchildren; 25 step-great-grandchildren; and a sister and her husband, Audrey and Bing Rens, of Escondido, California.

In addition to his first wife, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Dr. Leah Vande Berg; a son-in-law, Dr. Nicholas Truijllo; and three sisters and a brother and their spouses, Alice and Joe Sandbulte, Jean and Peter Visser, Ted and Esther Vande Berg, and Joan Harmelink.

Memorials may be directed to the First Christian Reformed Church in Orange City, the Orange City Christian School or Unity Christian High School, also in Orange City.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.