Te Slaa, Howard James 1931-2017

TESLAA, VANMAREL, KUIPERS

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

Mr. Howard Te Slaa, age 86, of Hull, passed away on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at the Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull.

There will be a funeral service on Monday, November 13, at 10:30am, at the First Reformed Church in Hull. The Rev. Kevin Yurk will officiate. Interment will follow the service at the Hope Cemetery in Hull.

Visitation with the family present will be on Sunday, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, at the church. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Hull.

Howard James was born on April 4, 1931, in rural Hull, the son of Gerrit H. and Gertrude (Van Marel) Te Slaa. He was raised in the Middleburg area.

On February 16, 1954, he married Gertrude Joan Kuipers at the First Reformed Church in Hull. They farmed in the Hull area their entire married life, wintering in Arizona for sixteen years. In November of 2015, Howard and “Trudy” moved to Aspen Heights, and in February of 2017, they transferred to Pleasant Acres.

Mr. Te Slaa was a member of the First Reformed Church and the National Farmers Organization.

He enjoyed boating, building clocks, eating out, fishing, golfing, painting pictures, playing card games and shuffle board, scenic drives, spending time and singing with family, traveling, and watching basketball and volleyball games, and spending time with family and friends.

Survivors include his wife of more than 63 years, Trudy; six children and their spouses, Renita and Dan Kahlstorf, of Britt; Glenda and Kent Meyn, of Ames; Harwin and Diane Te Slaa, of Hull; Beth and Darrell Schmith, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Darwin and Lisa Te Slaa, of Hull; and Lisa and Mike De Boer, of Fairmont, Minnesota; eighteen grandchildren and their spouses, Danielle and Michael Stensrud, Austin and Katelynn Meyn, Tyler and Jade Kahlstorf, Alyssa and Mitch Chitwood, Joshua and Christi Meyn, Sheila and Jamisen Nielsen, Zachary Schmith, Terissa Te Slaa, Ashley Meyn and Andy Smith, MaKenzie Schmith, Allison and Chris Sietstra, Micah De Boer, Jamison Te Slaa, Kali De Boer, Megan Meyn, Spencer Te Slaa, Jonathan Te Slaa, and Tanner Te Slaa; seven great-grandchildren; three brothers and two sisters and their spouses, Cleo and Joyce Te Slaa, Dee and Claus Gorter, Norm and Cathy Te Slaa, Arlen and Carol Te Slaa, and Sharon and Marv Winkel; two brothers-in-law and their spouses, Gradus and Caroline Kuipers and Gerrit and Carol Kuipers; and two sisters-in-law, Hermina Hamann and Karen Dykstra.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three infant children, Ronald, Rachel, and Rhonda; and two brothers-in-law, Vernon Hamann and Richard Dykstra.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.