Richard L. ARENDS

ARENDS, BODE, VELDHOUSE, ZEIGLER, OLMSTEAD, POGGE, VANDUSSELDORP, CANDOR, TUCKER, BENSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/13/2008 at 15:39:40

Richard Arends 1914-2001

Richard L. Arends of Kanawha, died Thursday, March 29, 2001, at the Belmond Medical Center in Belmond. He was 87. Funeral services were held Monday, April 2 at the United Methodist Church of Kanawha. The Rev. Susan Detwiler officiated. Music was provided by organist, Louise Smith Hoelscher who accompanied the congregation in hymns. LeRoy Cooper and Ron Pringnitz ushered.
Burial was in the Amsterdam Township Cemetery. The Ewing Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Casketbearers were Todd Candor, Jay Pogge, Danny Zeigler, Jeffrey Jones, Dennis Zeiger, Ron Olmstead and Doug Zeigler. Honorary bearers were Raymond Burras, Herbert Schreur, Lori Jones, Barbara Zeigler, Jake DeWaard, Delos Smith, Katherine Olmstead, Jan Zeigler, Pam Zeigler, Eldon Harson, Lyn Candor and Daphne Pogge.

Richard, the son of John Casper (J.C.) and Anna Bode Arends was born January 27, 1914, near Alexander, Iowa. He grew up in the Alexander area and attended Alexander schools. He was baptized at the Kanawha Christian Reformed Church by his grandfather, the Rev. Cornelius Bode. On August 25, 1935, Richard Arends and Jennie Veldhouse were married at the Methodist parsonage in Kanawha. The couple made their home south of Kanawha where Richard farmed. Mr. Arends lived on this farm from the time he was 19 years old. He farmed until the age of 80. A member of the United Methodist Church in Kanawha, Mr. Arends served on the church board, taught Sunday School, was an MYF leader, a member of Methodist Men, served as treasurer for the building fund and was a trustee for many years. He served on the board of directors for the Kanawha Co-op Oil and of the Norway Rural Schools. He was a member of the Wright County A.S.C.S. and County Cousins. He enjoyed his family, church, bowling and golf.

Survivors include his wife, Jennie; two daughters, Dawn Marlene Zeigler and husband, Lyle and Joyce Elaine Pogge and husband, Kenneth all of Kanawha; seven grandchildren, Katherine Olmstead and husband, Ron, Dennis Zeigler and wife, Barbara, Doug Zeigler and wife, Jan, Lori Jones and husband, Jeffery, Danny Zeigler and wife, Pam, Jay Pogge and wife, Daphne and Lyn Candor and husband, Todd; 16 great-grandchildren; one sister, Lena VanDusseldorp of Sheffield; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a grandchild, Robin Lynn Pogge; a great-grandchild, Nicholas Jay Pogge; two sisters, Edna Tucker and Hazel Benson; and three brothers, Orville, Henry and an infant brother, John.

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April 04, 2001