DePenning, Gertrude 1919-1985

DEPENNING, BANDSTRA, VAN DYKE, DRISCOLL, DEKRUYFF

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Date: 10/15/2010 at 21:00:19

Services held for Gertrude DePenning

Funeral service for Mrs. Paul (Gertrude) DePenning, 66, was held Wed., Aug. 28, 1985, 1 p.m. at Pella Trinity Reformed Church with the Rev. Donald Plantinga officiating.

"Does Jesus Care?" was sung by the congregation and "Come Ye Disconsolate" and "One Day at a Time" were sung by Howard Vander Pol. Ilda Lou Van Zee was organist.

Pallbearers were Glen Van Dyke, Robert Van Dyke, Wayne Van Dyke, Bill DeKruyff, Howard DePenning, and Rodney DePenning.

Interment was in Sully Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to American Cancer Society.

Gertrude DePenning of Pella passed away Aug. 26, 1985 at Mercy Hospital, Des Moines.

The daughter of Cornelius R. and Kate Bandstra Van Dyke, she was born May 16, 1919, near Albia. At the age of nine years her family moved to Kellogg where she attended school and graduated.

Jan. 16, 1941, she was united in marriage to Paul DePenning in Sully. To this union six children were born. After their marriage they farmed north of Searsboro for seven years and then south of Sully until 1981 when they retired and moved to Pella.

Mrs. DePenning taught rural school for a couple of years. She was a member of Sully First Reformed Church and later Pella Trinity Reformed Church.

Truly her works will follow after her, as she was a kind and helpful neighbor and friend, and most faithful to her Saviour and His church. Gertrude was a very devoted wife and mother, as her family always came first.

Survivors are her husband, Paul; children: Barbara DePenning of Pella, Delbert of Pella, Jerry and his wife, Sharon, of Marion, Paula and her husband, Alan Driscoll of Littleton, Co, Dale of Sully, Donavon and his wife Darlys of Sully; a brother, Gert Van Dyke of Pella; a sister, Elizabeth DeKruyff of Otley; five grandsons: Jeremy and Jody DePenning, Aaron and Jason Driscoll, and Nicholas DePenning.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Cornelia; six brothers: Jake, Paul, Ben,and three in infancy. ~ The Diamond Trail News, Sept. 4, 1985