Jennie Borchers (Dirksen) GOEMAN DEWAARD

DIRKSEN, GOEMAN, DEWAARD, PALS, LOGTERMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/6/2008 at 10:45:31

Mason City Globe Gazette, Iowa
December 4, 2008

KANAWHA - Jennie Dirksen Goeman DeWaard, 101, formerly of Belmond, most recently a resident of the Kanawha Community Home where she had been living for more than six years, died Tuesday (Dec. 2, 2008) at the Kanawha Community Home in Kanawha. Jennie was under the loving care of the staff and also in the last days of her life additional care was given by Hospice of North Iowa. Public visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Dec. 4, at the Andrews Funeral Home, 516 First St. S.E., Belmond. A private burial will take place on Friday morning at the Immanuel Reformed Church Cemetery east of Belmond. Public memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at the the Wright Christian Reformed Church, 1730 130th St., Kanawha, with the Rev. Chuck Walton officiating. The family suggests those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial in Jennie's name consider the Kanawha Community Home, or a charity of their own choice.
Memorials may be sent in care of Jennie's family to Andrews Funeral Homes, Box 224, Belmond, IA 50421. The family appreciates the loving care of the staff at the Kanawha Community Home, as well as the visits of family, church members and other friends during her residency there.

Jennie Borchers Dirksen was born June 24, 1907, to Dirk and Yettie (Pals) Dirksen in Alexander,, Iowa. She was one of six children to bless this union. Jennie was baptized and made her profession of faith at Alexander Reformed Church. She was educated in Windsor Township. On Feb. 13, 1930, Jennie married Rammer Goeman and they moved to their farm east of Belmond. The couple had two children, Lyola Logterman and Richard. They were active members of the Immanuel Reformed Church where Jennie taught Sunday school. Rammer died Jan. 31, 1951. In 1958, Jennie married Joe DeWaard. She moved to Kanawha where they were members of the Wright Christian Reformed Church. They lived in Denver in the winter and enjoyed traveling around the United States.

Jennie and Joe were active in receiving funds and planning for the Kanawha Community Home. They and their grandchildren helped with planting trees in its yard. The two of them helped tend the yard and gardens during the early years. Joe died in 1981. Jennie continued to live in Kanawha and Denver until moving to the Bel-Air Condos in Belmond in 1994. She remained actively involved in the farm management details until she was in her early 90s. She always enjoyed rides to check on the crops.

Jennie is survived by her daughter, Lyola Logterman and her husband, Earl, of Denver, Colo.; and son, Richard Goeman and his wife, Carol, of Tucson, Ariz, Also surviving is her brother Dirk Dirksen of Alexander; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her two husbands; daughter-in-law, Donna; and four siblings, who lived into their 90s. Andrews Funeral Home.