Oldenkamp, Grace (Mrs. Herman) 1939-2024

OLDENKAMP, LOCKHORST, WEYERS

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/6/2024 at 14:34:01

Mrs. Grace Oldenkamp, age 84, of Orange City, passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2024, at the Prairie Ridge Care Center in Orange City.

A visitation with the family present will be held on Wednesday, January 24, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. There will be a funeral service on Thursday, January 25, at 1:30pm, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City with the Rev. Mark Haverdink officiating. Interment will follow the service at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City.

Grace Mae was born on May 31, 1939, in Sioux Center, one of eight children born to Peter and Christina (Weyers) Lockhorst, Sr. She was raised in Ireton and graduated from the Ireton High School in 1957. She then spent a few years working as a bookkeeper at Siouxland Implement in Ireton.

On June 14, 1963, she was united in marriage to Herman Oldenkamp at the First Reformed Church in Ireton. They initially made their home in Orange City, before moving to a farm northwest of town where they raised their family and Grace helped Herm on the farm. After their children were in high school, Grace started working at the First Reformed Church in Orange City as a bookkeeper and kitchen coordinator. In 1994, the couple moved back to Orange City, where Herm began working at Diamond Vogel Paint and Grace continued working as the bookkeeper at church. In August of last year, they moved to the Pioneer Memorial Home in Orange City, and in December, she became a resident of the Prairie Ridge Care Center.

Mrs. Oldenkamp was a member of the First Reformed Church in Orange City, where in addition to her bookkeeping and kitchen duties, she served as a Sunday school teacher. She was a seamstress, and often altered clothes for her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed quilting and crocheting, playing board and card games, and listening to gospel music, especially The Gaithers. In her younger years, she also volunteered as a 4-H Club leader.

Survivors include her husband of more than 60 years, Herm, of Orange City; three children, Barb, and her husband, Rob Van Horn, of Orange City; Dale Oldenkamp, and his wife, Sara, of Slater; and Pam, and her husband, Bryan Shadrix, of Douglasville, Georgia; six grandchildren, Alex Van Horn, of Orange City; Jake Oldenkamp and Josie Oldenkamp, both of Slater; and Brandon Shadrix, and his wife, Dakota; Noah Shadrix; and Chloe Shadrix, all of Douglasville; two siblings, Don Lockhorst, and his wife, Deanna, of Ireton; and Chris, and her husband, Garold Cleveringa, of Sioux Center; three brothers-in-law, Melvin Hulshof, of Hawarden; Casey Korver, of Orange City; and Ken Oldenkamp, and his wife, Mary, of Alton; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five siblings; Adrianna, and her husbands, Leslie Webert and Darold Bultman; Peter Lockhorst, Jr., and his wife, Priscilla; Jeanette, and her husband, Fred Boogerd; Dorothy Hulshof; and Paul Lockhorst, and his wife, Geri; a sister-in-law, Gladys Korver; and two nieces, Charlotte Lockhorst and Lisa Korver.

In lieu of flowers, memorials will be given to the Prairie Ridge Care Center.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.