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Sheridan Township Cemetery is located NW of Boyden @ Jefferson Ave.& 310th St.
This stone can be found in the North Section, Row 8
Henry Van Roekel, 78, of Boyden died Aug. 13 at a Sheldon hospital.
The funeral was at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 16 in the First Reformed Church at Boyden. The Rev. Sylvester Moths officiated. Burial in Boyden Cemetery was under the direction of the Cooperative Funeral Home in Sioux Center.
Mr. Van Roekel was born Aug. 20, 1894, in Sioux Center.
He married Elizabeth Wielenga of Orange City on May 20, 1914 in Sheldon.
They lived in Hills, Minn., and Sioux Center before moving to Boyden 48 years ago. He was a carpenter.
Survivors include the widow; sons, Abraham H. of Boyden, Louis of Mesa, Ariz., and James Henry of Brea, Calif.; seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Alton Democrat 1973-08-22
Elizabeth Van Roekel
September 3, 1896 - November 26, 1994
Elizabeth Malissa Van Roekel, 98, of Hull died Saturday. November 25, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull.
Services were Tuesday, November 28, at 1:30 p.m. at First Reformed Church In Boyden with the Rev. Mark Volkers officiating. Burial was in Sheridan Township Cemetery, Boyden.
The former Elizabeth Wielenga was born September 3, 1896, in Orange City, the daughter of Lou and Mary (Hulsman) Wielenga. She attended rural school through the eighth grade.
She married Henry Van Roekel on May 20. 1914, In Sheldon. The couple farmed In their early years. For most of their married life, her husband worked as a carpenter. They lived in Boyden for 48 years. He died in 1973.
She moved to Pleasant Acres in 1979. She enjoyed cooking for her family, gardening, needlework and cross stitch. She was a member of First Reformed Church In Boyden.
Survivors include two sons and their wives, Abraham H. and Ardie of Boyden and James H. and Violet of Chino, California; one daughter-in-law, Mrs, Louis (Ella Ruby) of Mesa. Arizona; nine grandchildren; 17 greatgrandchildren; and four great-greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son (Louis). five brothers and one sister.
Sioux Center News 1994-11-29.
In Memory of Luella Beth Kallie and her mother
Luella Beth Kallie of Mesa passed away on March 11, 2011 in Mesa she was 61 years old. Luella was born on February 10, 1950 in Sioux City, Iowa. She was the daughter of Louis and Ella Ruby Van Roekel. She suffered with asthma all her life. She moved with her family to Arizona in 1962 hoping the drier climate would be better for her health.She was a graduate of Mesa High Class of 1968 and Grand Canyon College. She enjoyed sharing her love of music by singing, playing the clarinet and bells in her church choirs and orchestra. At the time of her death she was employed by Maricopa County Community College in their District Employee Services Department.
She is survived by her sister Rhonda Reid of Mesa, five nieces and nephews and their families. A memorial will be held in her honor on Tuesday March 22, 2011 at 7:00PM in the Myra Chapel at Trinity Baptist Church, 2130 E University Dr. Mesa AZ.
Here is her mother's obituary information Ella Ruby Van Roekel. Mother and daughter died about two months apart. Feb 19, 1916 - Jan 10, 2011
Ella Ruby Van Roekel of Mesa, passed away on January 10, 2011, she was 94 years
young.
Ella Ruby was born on February 19, 1916 in Middleburg, Iowa to Robert and Ella Moret.
She married Louis Van Roekel in 1940 and enjoyed their life together until his death in 1989. She was a loving wife and mother who spent much of her spare time sewing and quilting, she also enjoyed bible study classes and baking, especially her Christmas cookies.
Ella Ruby is survived by her two daughters Luella Kallie of Mesa and Rhonda Reid also of Mesa, five grand children and five great- grand children.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 14, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:00PM at Falconer Funeral Home, 251 W Juniper Ave, Gilbert, AZ. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday January 15, at 11:00 AM at the Trinity Baptist Church, Myra Chapel, at 2130 E University Dr, Mesa AZ.
Interment Services will be held on Tuesday, January 18, at 10:00 AM at the City of Mesa Cemetery.
Violet (all her friends called her "Vi") Van Roekel was born on April 10, 1922 in Beulah, North Dakota. Her parents had immigrated from Germany to Russia and then to the United States. Vi was the 5th of six daughters.
She grew up on a farm and she often spoke of the chickens and horses and the huge garden as well as the cold North Dakota winters. They were poor but Vi didn't realize they were poor as she was growing up because they always had an abundance of home grown food.
After graduating from high school in 1940, Vi moved to California to attend college and lived with her older sisters who had already moved to the Los Angeles area.
After learning how expensive college would be for a student from out-of-state she found a job and began working full-time.
It was during this time that she had a blind date with a young sailor from Iowa, Jim Van Roekel. They fell in love and decided to get married before Jim's ship deployed overseas (World War II had begun).
They were married on July 26, 1942 and a few days later, Jim was off to war. During the war, Jim's ship was torpedoed and he received a medical discharge.
Finally Vi and Jim were able to settle down to married life. Jim enrolled in college and after graduation began a series of jobs as business manager of auto dealerships.
After eight and one half years of marriage their first daughter, Terry was born. Several years later, their second daughter, Kim was born. After both girls were old enough to start school, Vi went back to work to help the family income. She thoroughly enjoyed her job as a cashier at the Urich Lincoln dealership in Whittier.
Vi had trusted Jesus Christ as her Savior when she was about 12 years old. But during the years after Terry and Kim were born she began to grow stronger in her walk with the Lord when she and Jim began attending a Bible teaching church.
A big highlight of her life was traveling to Israel to see the sights mentioned in the Bible with a group from Bethel Baptist Church in 1971.
Vi's family expanded when Terry married Dennis Sherman in 1972 and Kim married John Nealis in 1977. This was followed by the births of three grandsons, Steve, Mark and Michael.
In 1977 Jim and Vi moved to Chino Hills and shortly after, Jim retired. They enjoyed their mobile home, their new church (Pomona 1st Baptist), their family and time with old friends as well as new friends they met in Chino.
On August 9, 2002, Jim went home to be with the Lord and Vi entered a new phase of her life. They had been married sixty years and two weeks. They had been so close and it was hard to adjust to life without him. Vi moved to Tustin and made many new friends at Irvine Community Church. She longed to someday go be with the Lord and to be reunited with Jim. That desire came true on December 17, 2011.
Vi's family and friends will always remember her wonderful sweet smile and her gentle spirit. She was a woman of prayer who prayed for so many, many, many people. She is missed but we know that she is with the Lord and we look forward a reunion someday.