Koele, Edwin Daryl 1949-2020

KOELE, BOS, VANDERVEGTE

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:38

Mr. Edwin Koele, age 70, of Hull, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2020, at the Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surrounded by his wife and children.

There will be a private family service on Thursday, February 20. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Hull.

Edwin Daryl was born on November 23, 1949, in Hull, the son of Edward and Alice (Bos) Koele. He was raised in Hull, where he graduated from the Boyden Hull High School. He then attended the Nettleton Business College in Omaha for two years.

On June 25, 1969, he married Linda Lee Vander Vegte in Hull, where they made their home. He worked as a business design analyst at several local businesses including Vos Motors in Hull, the Sheldon Hospital, and the Hull Cooperative Association.

He was currently a member of the Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley and had previously been a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Hull.

Ed loved caring for his grandchildren and attending their various school activities. He also enjoyed volunteering with Justice for All in Rock Valley, reading, and tending to his flower garden.

Survivors include his wife of more than fifty years, Lynn; three children, Jamison Koele, and his wife, Vicki, of Boyden; Cristin Vande Stouwe, of Bay City, Wisconsin; and Belinda, and her husband, Joshua Miller, of Boyden; four grandchildren, Dylan and Austin Miller, and Reece and Brooklyn Koele; three brothers, Glenn Koele, and his wife, Peggy, of Hull; Richard Koele, of Sioux City; and Warren Koele, and his wife, Mary, of Hull; and many nephews and nieces.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two infant brothers.

Memorials may be directed to Justice for All.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.