De Groot, Harold John Abt. 1930-2020

DEGROOT, VANPEURSEM, WIERSEMA

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

Harold De Groot, 90 of Sioux Center, Iowa died Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Sioux Center Health of Sioux Center.

A private funeral service will be held on Friday, February 14, 2020 at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center with Rev. Kurt Monroe officiating. Burial will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City, IA.

In lieu of flowers family wish memorials only, to be directed to:

World Renew United States

1700 28th St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508

Harold John De Groot was the son of John S. De Groot and Minnie (Van Peursem) De Groot. He was raised at Newkirk and Orange City, Iowa. He attended grade school at Newkirk and high school at Orange City. He spent two years in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War.

After discharge from the Army, Harold attended the University of Houston in Texas. After graduation, he began his 26-year career as a test engineer at the Farm Equipment Engineering Center of International Harvester in Hinsdale, Illinois.

In 1963, he married Alyce Wiersema at Berwyn, Illinois and they made their home in Downers Grove, Illinois. They had two children, Ellen and Evan.

They were members of the Western Springs Christian Reformed Church, where Harold served as both a deacon and elder.

Harold took early retirement from International Harvester and moved back to Iowa to an acreage four miles northeast of Sioux Center. This is where he enjoyed many years growing a big garden and several kinds of fruit trees. Much of the produce was donated to Mid-Sioux Opportunity in Sioux Center. He also enjoyed hunting and trapping.

In 2016, Harold and Alyce moved to Crown Pointe Retirement Center in Sioux Center. Harold and Alyce became members of First Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center.

Harold is survived by his wife of 56 years, Alyce De Groot of Sioux Center, IA; his children, Ellen De Groot of Sioux Falls, SD and Evan De Groot of Sioux Center, IA; and other extended family members.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Stewart and Julia De Groot and Freeman De Groot.

Source: Memorial Funeral Home online obituary.