Roghair, Sye "Hank" Henry 1933-2024

ROGHAIR, MULDER, HEUSINKVELD

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 5/18/2024 at 19:18:06

Mr. Sye “Hank” Roghair, age 90, of Orange City, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at the Prairie Ridge Care Center in Orange City.

A visitation with the family present will be held on Wednesday, April 24, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. Visitation will resume on Thursday, April 25, at 9:30am, at the Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City, followed by the funeral service, at 10:30am, with the Rev. John Tock officiating. Following a time of lunch and fellowship, interment will take place at the Hospers West Cemetery.

Sye Henry was born on December 16, 1933, near Maurice, the oldest of eight children born to William E.J. and Johanna (Mulder) Roghair. He was raised on his parents’ farm northeast of Alton and attended the Floyd Independent Country School No. 28, and the Northwestern Classical Academy in Orange City, before graduating from Newkirk High School. He attended Westmar College in Le Mars for one year before enlisting in the United States Army in 1955. He served as a weapons instructor and small arms repairman, receiving awards in sharpshooting, rifle and carbine, and marksman pistol, before his honorable discharge in 1958.

On August 15, 1961, he was united in marriage to Ruth Heusinkveld at the First Reformed Church in Sioux Center. Together they made their home on his family’s farm, where they raised their family and farmed for more than 53 years. In 2000, Sye retired from row crop farming, and he and Ruth focused on their flower gardens, restoring their 1916 barn, and traveling with their Harley or camper. In 2014 they moved to Orange City, and later to the Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community. In 2020, Sye became a resident at the Prairie Ridge Care Center.

Sye Hank was currently a member of the Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City and had previously been a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Hospers. In earlier years, he enjoyed being a part of the Siouxland Iris Society, the Federated Garden Club of Iowa, and the Iowa Barn Foundation. He looked forward to spending time with his family and attending his grandchildren’s special events.

Survivors include his wife of more than 62 years, Ruth, of Orange City; two daughters and their husbands, Laura and Alan Grigsby, of Hinton; and Jody and Scott Dadisman, of West Des Moines; seven grandchildren, Alyssa Grigsby; Daniel Grigsby; Karen Grigsby; Mark Dadisman, and his wife, Brikenya; Kyle Dadisman, and his wife, Mia; Lynae Dadisman; and Bethany Dadisman; two great-grandchildren, Freya and Winter; four sisters, Mary Woudstra, Caroline Valencia, Sylvia Bellonger, and Wilma “Billie” Muilenburg; and Ruth’s brother and his wife, Virgil and Donna Heusinkveld; along with many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents and his parents-in-law, Lester and Etta (Vreeman) Heusinkveld, he was preceded in death by two infant sons, Mark Evan and Henry Daniel; two brothers in infancy, both named William Jr.; a sister and her husband, Dorthy and Norman Klynsma; three brothers-in-law, Lee Woudstra, Carlos Valencia, and Robert Muilenburg; and Ruth’s sister, Mary Ann Heusinkveld in childhood; and brother Leland “Hap” Heusinkveld, and his wife, Delores.

Memorials will be given to the Orange City Christian School, Unity Christian High School, and the Orange City Area Home Health and Hospice.

Source: Oolman funeral Home online obituary.