Hofmeyer, Wallace Dean 1932-2021

HOFMEYER, OORDT, ROOS

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/10/2021 at 10:15:26

Mr. Wallace Dean Hofmeyer, age 89 of Hospers, passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at the Prairie Ridge Care Center in Orange City.

There will be a memorial service on Tuesday, July 20, at 11:00am, at the First Presbyterian Church in Hospers. The Rev. Dr. Brian Janssen will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the Hospers Cemetery near Hospers. There will be a family prayer service on Tuesday, at 10:00am, at the church. Visitation with the family will be on Monday, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the church. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Hospers.

Wallace Dean was born on January 21, 1932, in Hospers, the son of Wesley Harry and Johanna Marie (Oordt) Hofmeyer. He was raised on a farm near Hospers and graduated from the Hospers Public School.

On December 27, 1951, he married Alma June Roos at the First Reformed Church in Hospers, two years later, Dean entered the United States Army, serving as a radio operator during the Korean Conflict. Following his honorable discharged in 1955, he and Alma made their home in the Hospers area, where they raised their five children. Dean worked as a custodian and maintenance person for the Floyd Valley School in Alton and later for the MOC-Floyd Valley High School in Orange City. In 2017, the couple moved to Orange City where they lived at the Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community. Alma passed away on March 2, 2019, in Orange City, after more than 67 years of marriage. In 2020, Dean became a resident of the Prairie Ridge Care Center.

Mr. Hofmeyer was a member of the Hospers Presbyterian Church, where he had served as a deacon and an elder, and taught Sunday school. In earlier years, he was a volunteer firefighter for the Hospers Fire Department. He enjoyed camping, golfing, woodworking, and listening to music.

Survivors include his three daughters and their husbands, Sharon “Sherrie” and Ken Van Donslear, Diane “Deets” and Dave Bosma, and Dawn and Jim Huisman, all of Hospers; a daughter-in-law, Linda Rae Hofmeyer, of Sioux Center; a son-in-law, Mark Miller, of Hospers; seventeen grandchildren and their spouses, Bridgette and Chad De Vries, Lacey and Caleb Conant, Jesse and Marie Hofmeyer, Emily and Daron De Jong, Corey Van Donslear, Beau and Erin Bosma, Megan and Chris Begeman, Troy and Laura Bosma, Austin and Jaclyn Bosma, Tara Bosma, Brandon and Kim Miller, Brett and Amanda Miller, Brady and Jessica Miller, Bryan Miller, Trevor and Amanda Huisman, Logan and Megan Huisman, and Haley and Logan Pals; forty great-grandchildren; two brothers, Glen Hofmeyer, and Arvin Hofmeyer, and his wife Twila; and a sister and her husband, Julie and Alvin Stuit.

In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by his parents-in-law, Henry and Martha Roos; a son, Dennis “Perp” Hofmeyer; a daughter, Susan Miller; a brother and his wife, Robert and Jolene Hofmeyer; a brother-in-law, Byron Roos; and two sisters-in-law, Carole Roos and Jan Hofmeyer.

Memorials may be directed to the First Presbyterian Church in Hospers or the Orange City Area Home Health and Hospice.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.