Dena Johanna (Beek) VAN OSTEN

VAN OSTEN, BEEK, WIEGMANN, MILLER, SMITH, WESSELLS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/30/2012 at 01:29:13

March 1, 1920 --- January 27, 2012

BELMOND, IA - Dena Van Osten, age 91, of Belmond died Friday, January 27, 2012, at her home. Funeral services for Dena Van Osten will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday January 31, 2012, at the First Reformed Church in Meservey. Pastor Rodney Meester will officiate. Burial will take place in the Meservey Cemetery. Visitation for Dena Van Osten will be held from 5- 7 p.m. today, Monday, January 30, at the Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South in Belmond, and continue one hour prior to services at the church on Tuesday.

Dena Johanna, the daughter of Hemmo and Johanna Wiegmann Beek was born March 1, 1920, in Hancock County near Goodell. She grew up in the Goodell and Meservey area where she attended school. Dena was united in marriage to John Van Osten on March 9, 1938, at the First Reformed Church parsonage in Meservey. The couple made their home first north and later west of Meservey. Together they farmed and raised a family. Dena helped John in all areas of the farming operation but most enjoyed doing field work. John and Dena moved into Belmond in 1977. John passed away in 1985. After John's passing, Dena continued to live a full and busy life in Belmond. She was a devoted life-long member of the First Reformed Church in Meservey. Dena liked to play cards, work at the Lyric Theater in Belmond and have coffee with friends. Dena most enjoyed always having something for her children to eat. She will be remembered as a feisty yet very true loving, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend.

Dena is survived by her two children, Ardell and wife, Linda of Meservey, and Judy Miller and husband Mike of Worthington, Minn.; four grandchildren, Robin Van Osten, Sandra Van Osten, Brent Smith and wife, Sarah, and Brandon Smith; great-granddaughter, Audrey; a sister, Frieda Wessells of Belmond; and numerous other special nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three sisters, Minnie, Mary and Katie; and six brothers, Benny; Carl, John, George, Herman and Henry. Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick's Lane South, Box 223, Belmond, Iowa.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
January 30, 2012