VanPelt, Hattie (Mrs. Rudy) 1893-1984

VANPELT, VANROEKEL, VANDERSTOEP, NOTEBOOM

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:36

Sioux County Capital of Aug 23, 1984

Mrs. Hattie Van Pelt, 90, died Wednesday, Aug. 15 at the Indian Hills Care Center in Sioux City following a lingering illness. Services were held Saturday, Aug. 18 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Reformed Church in Maurice. Pastor Edward Fikse officiated. Burial was in Sherman Township Cemetery, Maurice, under direction of the Van Gelder Funeral Home, Orange City.

Mrs. Van Pelt was born Oct. 26, 1893, at Maurice, the daughter of Klaas and Neeltje (Noteboom) Vander Stoep. She married George Van Roekel on Jan. 29, 1913 in Maurice. He passed away Oct. 4, 1969.

She married Rudy Van Pelt on June 4, 1970. Most of her life was spent farming in the Maurice area and later retired in Maurice. She lived in the Pioneer Home until illness made it necessary for her to be moved to the Indian Hills Care Center. She was a charter member of the First Reformed Church in Maurice, honorary member of the guild of the RCW, also a former member of the Maurice Senior Citizens.

Survivors include her husband, Rudy; four daughters, Mrs. Vernon (Verna) De Kock of Sheldon, Mrs. Irwin (Mildred) Reinking of Maurice, Mrs. Howard (Esther) Mieras and Mrs. George (Shirley) Dykstra, both of Sioux City; a son, Howard Van Roekel of Maurice; 20 grandchildren ; 33 greatgrandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild; two brothers, Arie Vander Stoep of Orange City and Gerrit Vander Stoep of Arizona; three stepsons, Roy Van Pelt of Oregon, Dale Van Pelt and Duane Van Pelt, both of Bellflower, Calif.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Orwin (Arlene) Duistermars of Wellsburg. She was preceded in death by her husband, George, a son, Wally; two brothers, five sisters and two grandchildren.