Barbara J. (Svendsen) OUDEKERK

SVENDSEN, OUDEKERK, KRAMER, GAINES, GAINES-JAROSH, JUNG, MCVICKER, BOSSCHER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/27/2010 at 16:37:21

HAMPTON - Barbara J. (Svendsen) Oudekerk, 53, of Hampton passed away Thursday (Feb. 25, 2010) at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Faith Baptist Church in Hampton with Pastor David Koenigsberg and Pastor Brian Hayes officiating. Burial will be in the Hampton Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home in Hampton. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the family.

Barb was born Aug. 23, 1956, in Belmond. She was a graduate of Hampton Community Schools. She was united in marriage to Rick Oudekerk on April 16, 1988. She worked for Birdsell's Super Value in Hampton for many years. She received a kidney transplant on April 20, 1994. She became a resident of the Hampton Rehabilitation Center. Barb enjoyed camping, stock car races, making blankets for family and friends, bowling, being a Girl Scout leader and visiting with friends and family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Jane Svendsen; and her mother-in-law, Ila Oudekerk. She is survived by her husband, Rick Oudekerk of Hampton; her two beloved furry children; brother, Chuck (Joan) Svendsen, of Hampton, sister, Joann (Tom) Kramer, of Clarion, sister, Kathye (Lon) Gaines, of Mason City; father-in-law, Gordon Oudekerk, of Aredale; sister-in-law, Bonnie Jung, of Dumont; and brother-in-law, Randy Oudekerk, of Hampton, nieces and nephews, Matt Gaines of Mason City, Angel (Chris) Gaines-Jarosh of Mason City, Gloria Kramer of Des Moines, Clay (Heather) Kramer of Fonda, Jon (Lori) Kramer of Des Moines, Stacey (Jason) McVicker of Hampton, Jodi (Mark) Bosscher of Pella, Ricky J. Oudekerk of Mason City; and eight great-nieces and nephews. Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
February 27, 2010