HULSTEIN, KENNETH W. AND EUNICE (SCHUTT)
The Ken Hulstein Farm.
Warren Hulstein was born March 21, 1930, on the farm on which he still lives today. The farm is located 3 miles north and 1 mile west of Sioux Center. His father was William Gerrit Hulstein and his mother the former Anne Schuiteman. His father William had also resided his entire life on the same farm.
Ken had l older brother, Gerrit, and 1 older sister, Harriet, and 2 younger sisters Alverna and Wilma. His boyhood was spent living and working on the family farm helping his father. He attended country school and then the Sioux Center Community High School. He entered the Marine Corps on Feb. 25, 1952, working as a radio operator, stationed in North Carolina. He was discharged on Sept. 17, 1953, a few months early because his father had a heart attack, and he had to return home to run the farm. While in the Marines, he took as his wife Eunice Mae Schutt. They were married on November 14, 1952, at the 1st Reformed Church in Sioux Center. At this time, Eunice stayed in Sioux Center and continued as a teacher teaching in Archer. When school finished in May she joined Ken in North Carolina. They stayed living in North Carolina until his discharge in September, then they returned to the farm living with Ken's folks until his parents new home was finished in Sioux Center. Ken and Eunice continued on the farm where they raised their family and continue living today.
Eunice Mae Schutt was born at her grandparents home ¼ mile west of Sioux Center on January 25, 1932. Her parents were Sandereus (Sam T.) Schutt and Grace Peelen. Eunice and her family lived in numerous different homes and farms in and around Sioux Center. She had 2 younger brothers Howard and Tunis Eugene (Gene) and a younger sister Sandra. Eunice attended country school until 8th grade.
Ken and Eunice Hulstein.
They then returned to live in town and she graduated from the Sioux Center Community High School. She then went on to attend 2 years of junior college at Northwestern College to become a teacher. She did teach for 1 year before becoming a full time wife and mother. Ken and Eunice were blessed with four sons: Kirk, Kelly, Kraig and Kembe. All four boys loved life on the farm and especially horses. Being members of the Saddle Club for many years many of the families' activities and leisure times revolved around horses. The family raised and showed horses for many years. Today the horses are still used occasionally on the farm but kept mostly for the enjoyment of the grandchildren. Ken, Kirk, Kelly and Kraig continue to farm together as Bar-K-Farms. Eunice has also remained very busy with life on the farm functioning in many different roles as secretary, bookkeeper, cook, and babysitter. She and Ken enjoy spending time together traveling with their travel trailer.
by Eunice Hulstein and Cheri Hulstein
Kenneth Hulstein, 65, of Sioux Center died Friday, June 16, 1995 in Sioux City.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 19 at the First Reformed Church in Sioux Center. The Rev. Arnold Punt and the Rev. Donald Barnes officiated. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Sioux Center, under the direction of the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home.
Kenneth was born March 31, 1930 in Sioux Center, the son of William G. and Ann (Schuiteman) Hulstein. He attended Sioux Center schools.
On Nov. 14, 1952 he married Eunice Schutt in Sioux Center.
He served in the Marine Corps from 1952-53. The couple farmed in the Sioux Center area. He enjoyed horses, camping, billiards and boating.
Mr. Hulstein was a member of the First Reformed Church. He worked as a volunteer at the International Children's Haven in Mexico during his winter stay.
Survivors include his wife; four sons and their wives, Kirk and Julie, Kelly and Sheryl, Kraig and Chen and Kembe and Kathryn, all of Sioux Center; 14 grandchildren; a brother, Gerrit of Soldier; and three sisters, Mrs. Elrich (Harriet) Vermeer of Sioux Center, Mrs. Paul (Vernie) Van Engelenhoven of Orange City, and Mrs. Carl (Wilma) Vermeer of Alexandria, Minn.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and a grandson, Kyle Kristopher.
Sioux County Capital Democrat 1995-06-22.
Eunice Hulstein, 78, of Sioux Center, IA died Saturday, January 8, 2011 while wintering in Mission, Texas.
Visitation will be held Thursday from 4-8PM, with the family present from 5-8PM at First Reformed Church of Sioux Center. A prayer service for family and friends will be held Friday at 10AM at First Reformed Church. Interment will follow the prayer service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center.
A memorial service will be held Friday at 11AM at First Reformed Church with Rev. Roger Voskuil officiating. Arrangements entrusted to the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.
In lieu of flowers the Hulstein family prefers memorials be directed to: Atlas, Words of Hope or the Sioux Center Community Hospital Foundation, c/o the Hulstein Family, 3579 Grant Ave., Sioux Center, IA 51250.
Eunice Hulstein passed away on January 8, 2011, at her winter home in Mission, Texas, due to complications from a brain aneurysm. She was 78.
Eunice will long be remembered as a woman who was tirelessly positive, exceptionally passionate about her family, and unshakable in her faith.
Eunice Mae Schutt was born to Sam T. and Grace (Peelen) Schutt on January 25, 1932. She lived her entire life in the Sioux Center area. She attended country school and graduated from Sioux Center Community High School. She then attended junior college at Northwestern in Orange City and taught for one year before becoming a full-time wife and mother.
On November 14, 1952, she married her high-school sweetheart, Ken Hulstein. They were blessed with four sons. The family enjoyed life on the farm and riding horses, as well as camping and boating.
Eunice had a loving heart and a gift for hospitality. While Eunice and Ken lived on the farm, her meals often drew in a rowdy mix of family, farm employees, and salesmen.
In their retirement years, Eunice and Ken spent the winter months in Texas, a practice she continued after his passing in 1995.
Her later years were devoted to attending her grandchildren's activities, spending time at the family lake house, and whipping up countless batches of her famous rice krispie bars. She also enjoyed a close group of friends, "the grannies," who loved to travel and play cards together.
Eunice was an active lifelong member of the First Reformed Church in Sioux Center.
Eunice is survived by her four sons and their wives: Kirk and Julie, Kelly and Sheryl, Kraig and Cheri, Kembe and Kathy all of Sioux Center; sixteen grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; her brothers and their wives: Howard and Marlys Schutt of Brookings, SD, Gene and AnnaMae Schutt Hospers, IA; her sister and her husband: Sandy and Norly Vande Brake of Okoboji, IA; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Vernie and Paul Van Engelenhoven of Orange City; sisters-in-law, MaryLou Schelling of Sioux Center, Harriet Vermeer Sioux Center; and brother-in-law, Carl Vermeer of Alexandria, MN.
She will be joined in her heavenly home by her husband Kenneth Warren Hulstein, a grandson, Kyle Kristopher Hulstein; sisters-in-law Joan (De Ruyter) Schutt and Wilma (Hulstein) Vermeer; and brothers-in-law Gerrit Hulstein and Elrich Vermeer. Eunice will be lovingly remembered by all who knew her.
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