Cemetery is located 1/5 miles east of Maurice.
Grave is located in the 1st N-S row east of the East entrance road
Mr.Korver was born March 30,1915 in Orange City, Iowa, the son of Gerrit and Maria Sebia(Van Peursem)Korver. He was raised in Orange City.On June 22, 1937, he married Laura Pluim, in Maurice, Iowa. They livied in Orange City till 1946, then moved to Maurice "Bill" operated the Maurice Oil Company and drove a school bus for Maurice Public School and Later Maurice-Orange City schools. He retired driving bus in 1972 and the Oil Company in 1979.
Laura passed away on July 29,1983,in Maurice. On Nov.9,1985 he married Ann Hermann-Kempers in Sioux City. They made their home in Maurice, Ann passed away March 2, 2002, he became a residence in the nursing home in Sept.2002.
He a member of First Reformed Church and enjoyed fishing and hunting. Services will be 11 a.m.today at Frist Reformed Church in Maurice, with Rev. Wayne Sneller officiating. Burial will be prior to services in Sherman Township Cemetery near Maurice, Iowa. There will be family prayer services at 9:30a.m. today at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City, Iowa.
Surviviors include, five children; Gary and Dorothy of Clinton; Gloria and Louis Wierda of Maurice; Elaine and Dennis Dekker of Sioux Center; Karen and David Hulsart of Orange City; Billy and Arla Korver of Alton; 13 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; a brother,Marvin Korver of Calif; two sisters, Martena Ryswyk of Mo., Glenda Garbers of Minn. He was preceded in death by his wifes, his parents, two sisters, Sylvia Slegers and Marjorie Loenhorst.
Marvin Korver was born to Gerrit and Marie (Sebia) Korver on March 29, 1920 in
Orange City, Iowa where he was raised and attended school at Orange City
Christian School.
He helped on the family farm until 1948, when he moved to Minnesota where he
continued to farm.
On December 5, 1948, he was united in marriage to Lillian Slegers in Holland, Minnesota. In 1955, they moved to Iowa, where they continued to farm until 1960, when they moved to California. In 1960, he became employed as a truck driver, and in 1982, Marv retired. He resided in Lakewood, California until his death on November 2, 2009 at the age of 89 years.
Marvin was a member of the Reformed Church of America. He was an avid hunter and loved to travel. Spending time with his family took him all over the country, but he was most at home in Iowa and Minnesota. In his heart, he was always a farmer.
He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Lillian Korver of Lakewood, California; his children, Gerald Korver and his spouse, Marcia, of Roosevelt, Utah, Sylvia Svetlik and her spouse, Robert, of Crockett, Texas, Marlene Zwiep and her spouse, Paul, of Lakewood, California, and Mary De Yager and her spouse, Lyndal Mize, of Bellflower, California; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two sisters, Martina Ryswyk of Springfield, Missouri; and Glenda Garbers and her spouse, Erwin, of Lake Benton, Minnesota; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Gerrit and Marie Korver; one brother, William Korver; and two sisters, Sylvia Slegers and Marjorie Loenhorst.
Martena enjoyed her childhood in northwest Iowa with two brothers and three sisters and attended school at the Orange City Christian School. Upon completion of her formal education, Martena moved to Denver, Colorado.
She eventually returned to southwest Minnesota and met her husband, Cornie Ryswyk. Cornie was instrumental in her Christian growth and her deep faith in the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
Following their marriage on January 23, 1947, they settled on a farm near Edgerton, Minnesota spending 45 years farming on Hillside Stock Farm and raising their four children.
During the years spent on the farm, the focus of Martena’s life was instilling strong faith and life skills into her children, assisting with farm chores, gardening, cooking, sewing, and church involvement.
In the Ryswyk family, Martena was well known for cleaning the milk machines in the barn, her homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam and Saturday house cleaning.
Upon retirement from farming, life for Martena became a series of changes, first a move inside the city limits of Edgerton, followed by the death of her husband in 1996.
In 1998, Martena experienced yet another change with a move to Springfield, Missouri to be near her children. While in Springfield, she experienced great delight in being surrounded by various family members and also suffered great sorrow in the deaths of her daughter, Mary and son-in-law, Donald Bowman.
In 2011, at the time of her 90th birthday, she moved to Fort Myers, Florida to be near her family while she enjoyed her final years at Barkley Place, a retirement center. She continued to maintain her love for Bible reading, people and quilting.
Martena often spoke of going home to be with Jesus and that promise was granted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. She passed peacefully away on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 and entered into the loving arms of her Eternal Father after a life that was filled with faith, family and farm work.
Martena’s spirit and essence was a testament to the promises of God through-out the days of her life as a wife, mother, home-maker, Sunday school teacher, community member and spiritual leader.
Martena is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Darla and her husband, Dave Yannatone of Fort Myers; two sons, Glen and his wife, Diane of Lawton, Oklahoma, and Don and his wife, Lynn of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; nine grandchildren, Tiffany Bowman and husband, Mark Brotemarkle, Kirsten (Bowman) Young, Alissa (Yannatone) and husband, Matt Traycik, Amber (Yannatone) and husband, Drew Martin, and Ryan and wife, April Ryswyk, Michael and wife, Brittany Ryswyk, and Sara (Ryswyk) and husband, Craig Mellecker, Corbin Ryswyk and Caitlyn Ryswyk; 12 great-grandchildren, Mabry, Quentin, Evan, Greyson, Addie, Ty, Tanner, Lauren, LeeAnn, Brady, Luke, and Grace; sister, Glenda Garbers of Lake Benton, Minnesota; and a host of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Cornie; daughter, Mary; son-in-law, Donald Bowman; and four siblings, Bill Korver, Marvin Korver, Sylvia Slegers, and Marg Loenhorst.
Edgerton Burial Association
