Krosschell, Edwin Glenn 1942-2020

KROSSCHELL, VOS, HENDRICKS

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

Mr. Edwin Krosschell, age 78, of Orange City, passed away on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

There will be a funeral service on Saturday, December 12, at 10:30am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Mark Haverdink will officiate. Interment will follow the service at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation without the family will be on Friday, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Edwin Glenn was born on April 24, 1942, in Edgerton, Minnesota, the son of Peter E. and Alice (Vos) Krosschell. He was raised in Edgerton, where he attended the Edgerton Christian School and graduated from the Southwest Minnesota Christian High School.

He was united in marriage to Norma Jean Hendricks on June 28, 1963, at the First Reformed Church in Edgerton. They made their home in Bellflower and Seal Beach, California, where he was a meat cutter for four and a half years and drove Greyhound tour buses for thirty-three and a half years. In 2004, they moved to Orange City. Following retirement, he was a car transporter for Toyota and worked part time for Diamond Vogel Paint.

Mr. Krosschell was a former member of the Bethel Reformed Church in Bellflower, where he was an elder, and taught Cadets and Sunday School. He was also on the executive board for the ATU local 1508 (Greyhound union). He was currently a member of the First Reformed Church in Orange City.

Ed enjoyed reading, camping, traveling, playing golf and cards, fishing, and working part time.

Survivors include his wife of more than 57 years; two sons and their wives, Perry and Kimber Krosschell, of Orange City; and Scott and Stacey Krosschell, of Lakewood, California; six grandchildren, Bret Krosschell, of Orange City; Elli, and her husband, Ian Taylor, of Jakarda, Indonesia; Kade Krosschell and Mali Krosschell, both of Orange City; and Zachary and Max Krosschell, both of Lakewood; two great-grandsons, Liam and Kyler Krosschell; his mother, Alice Krosschell, of Edgerton; and four sisters and their husbands, Marcella and Cal Schaap, of Leota, Minnesota; Lavonne and Mike Barber, of Muscatine; Audrey and Denny Bleyenburg, of Edgerton; and Sandra and Jeff Hulst, of Gladbrook.

In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his parents-in-law, Adrian and Bernice Hendricks; a granddaughter, Chloe Krosschell; his nephew, Reed Warren; and many aunts and uncles.

Memorials may be directed to Unity Christian High School or Living Loved.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.