Vander Pol, Carol Faye (Mrs. Harvey Eldon) 1927-2020

VANDERPOL, HOLLANDER, SIPMA

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:37

Mrs. Carol Vander Pol, age 93, of Orange City, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at the Prairie Ridge Care Center in Orange City.

There will be a private family service on Friday, June 5, at the Newkirk Cemetery in rural Hospers. The Rev. Mark Haverdink will officiate. Visitation without the family will be on Thursday, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

In light of current events, and in an effort to abide by the recommendation of social distancing, we encourage you to use our website, www.oolman.com, to leave a message of condolence, or print a memorial folder.

Carol Faye was born on January 27, 1927, in Alton, the daughter of Sip and Catherine (Hollander) Sipma. She was raised in the rural Alton area and graduated from the Newkirk Consolidated High School.

She was united in marriage to Harvey Eldon Vander Pol on October 11, 1945, in Alton. The couple farmed in the Newkirk area until 1990, when they retired to Orange City. Harvey passed away on November 20, 2014, in Sioux Center, after more than 69 years of marriage. In July of 2015, Carol moved to the Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community in Orange City, and later became a resident of the Prairie Ridge Care Center.

Mrs. Vander Pol was a member of the First Reformed Church in Orange City and a former member of the Newkirk Reformed Church.

Survivors include her five children and their spouses, Linda and Mike Vrieze, of Sioux City; Shirley and Bob Mouw, of Alton; Rhonda and Con Van Heuvelen, of Alton; Jim and Emily Vander Pol, of Arnold’s Park; and Cara and Dave Mouw, of Underwood; fourteen grandchildren, Todd Vander Pol, Heather (Randy) Howard, Dawn Vrieze, Jennifer Vrieze (Aaron McDonald), Gina (Mike) Schuetz, Rob (Kris) Mouw, Benjie (Tory) Van Heuvelen, Maryssa Van Heuvelen, Braden Van Heuvelen (fiancé, Madison Norman), Michelle (John) Adams, Michael (Brittany) Vander Pol, Crisinda (Brian) Tooker, Sara (Tony) Morris, and Samantha Mouw (fiancé, Skyler Christensen); 23 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; step-siblings, Bob (Rachel) Van Roekel, of Orange City, and Shirley De Ruyter, of Sioux Center; extended family friends, Shirley and Art Vogel, of Orange City; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Harvey Dean Vander Pol; a granddaughter-in-law, Kimberly Mouw; a sister, Marjorie (Bill) Roghair; a brother, Bill Sipma; a brother-in-law, Arthur (Arlene) Vander Pol; a sister-in-law, Gertrude (Frank) De Graaf; and her step-mother, Arabella Spijker.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.