Franken, Everett Gerrit 1915-1994

FRANKEN, BOSCH, KLEINHESSELINK

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting (email)
Date: 5/3/2024 at 16:27:12

Everett Gerrit Franken, 78, of Sioux Center, IA, died Wednesday, January 26, 1994, at the Sioux Center Community Hospital and Health Center. Services were held on Saturday
morning, January 29, 1994, at the Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center, the Reverend Mark De Witt officiating. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center under the direction of the Vander Ploeg Chapel in Sioux Center.

Mr. Franken was born May 1, 1915, at Sioux Center, the son of Gerrit H. and Gertrude (Bosch) Franken. He married Nelvina Kleinhesselink on July 1, 1946, at Aurora Center, SD.

He owned and operated an electrical business from 1939 to 1966, and then worked for the city of Sioux Center until 1979. Mr. Franken was a member of the Iowa Building Inspectors Ass'n, and served as its vice president; Iowa Plumbers Ass'n; Iowa Chapter of Electrical Inspectors; American Legion; First Reformed Church; and Heritage Club at Northwestern College, and was a volunteer fireman for more than 20 years.

Survivors include his wife; two sons and their wives, Gregory E. and Judy of Madison, WI, and Evan C. and Ronda of Carpenteria, CA; two daughters and their husbands, Yvonne and Tom Molinari of Carpentaria, and Ramona and Mark Waldrep of Chatsworth, CA; eight grandchildren; five brothers, Dries of Garden Grove, CA, Gerrit and Arnold, both of Sioux Center, Howard of Luverne, MN, and Irwin of Denver, CO; and three sisters, Grace (Mrs. Bernard) Van Batavia of Luveme, MN, and Louise Oliver and Kathleen (Mrs. Wilmer) Altena, both of Sioux Center.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Louis, in 1991.

Ireton Examiner 1994—03-03.