Arie Blom, 87, of rural Inwood, Iowa, died Saturday, November 19, 2016, at the Sioux
Falls VA Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 23, at 1:30 p.m. at Netherlands
Reformed Congregation in Rock Valley, Iowa with Rev. E.C. Adams officiating.
Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery in Rock Valley.
Visitation, with the family present, will be held Tuesday, November 22, from
6:30-8:00 p.m. at Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley.
Arie Blom was born March 22, 1929, near Pella, Iowa, son of Cornelius and Maria (Van Dorp) Blom. Arie proudly served his country as a member of the United States Marine Corp from September 1951 to September 1953, during the Korean conflict. He was united in marriage with Clazina Fluit on November 30, 1954, at Inwood, Iowa. Together they lived and farmed west of Inwood. Clazina died February 28, 2016. Arie was a member of the Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Arie is survived by his 9 children, Cornelius (Bev) Blom of Corsica, South Dakota, Roberta (Don) Roberts of Sioux Falls, William (Tena) Blom of Doon, Iowa, Marilyn (Mike) Hoogendoorn of Rock Valley, Iowa, Shirley (Dick) Spaans of Armour, South Dakota, Laura (Mark) Bleeker of Jenison, Michigan, Susan (Dan) Kamp of Hawarden, Iowa, Don (Heather) Blom of Inwood, and Tom Blom of Inwood; 34 grandchildren; 59 great-grandchildren; brother, Henry Blom of Rock Valley; brother-in-law, Gerrit Vande Hoef of Sioux Center, Iowa; and 2 sisters-in-law, Jean Blom of Corsica and Tillie Blom of Rock Valley.
Arie was preceded in death by his parents, Cornelius and Maria Blom; wife, Clazina Blom; son, Allen Blom; infant brother, Jake Blom; teenage brother, John Blom; brothers, Jake, Jim, Cornie, and John Blom; and sisters, Marie Schmidt, Jennie Kramer, and Nellie Vande Hoef.
Clazina Blom, 85, of rural Inwood, died Sunday, February 28, 2016 at Sanford USD
Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD.
Funeral Service will be 2 pm Wednesday at Netherlands Reformed Congregation, Rock
Valley with Rev. E.C. Adams officiating.
Burial will be at Valley View Cemetery, Rock Valley.
Visitation with the family will be 6:30-8 pm Tuesday at Porter Funeral Home,
Rock Valley.
Clazina was born November 4, 1930 near Lester, IA, daughter of William and Bertha (Korenberg) Fluit. She married Arie Blom on November 30, 1954 at Inwood. Together they lived on a farm west of Inwood.
Surviving relatives include her husband, Arie of Inwood; children, Cornelius (Bev) Blom of Corsica, SD, Roberta (Don) Roberts of Sioux Falls, SD, Bill (Tena) Blom of Doon, IA, Marilyn (Mike) Hoogendoorn of Rock Valley, Shirley (Dick) Spaans of Armour, SD, Laura (Mark) Bleeker of Jenison, MI, Susan (Dan) Kamp of Hawarden, IA, Don (Heather) Blom of Inwood, Tom Blom of Inwood; 34 grandchildren; 56 great-grandchildren; brothers, Bert (Beverly) Fluit of Inwood, Teunis (Leona) Fluit of Inwood; sisters, Elizabeth (Len) Spaans of Larchwood, IA, Bernice Wiekamp of Inwood.
Clazina was preceded in death by her parents, William and Bertha Fluit; son, Allen Blom; brother, Gerald Fluit; 2 infant brothers; brother-in-law, John Wiekamp.
Leonard Spaans, 89, of Orange City, formerly of Larchwood, Iowa, and Rock Valley, Iowa,
passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Orange City Health Hospital in Orange
City, Iowa.
Funeral Service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at Netherlands Reformed
Congregation in Rock Valley, Iowa with Rev. J.J. Witvoet officiating.
Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery.
Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Porter
Funeral Home in Rock Valley, Iowa.
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Leonard Spaans was born on October 5, 1935, near Corsica, South Dakota, son of Dick and Tena Spaans. He married Elizabeth Fluit on February 14, 1957, in Inwood, Iowa. Together they lived on a farm west of Larchwood, Iowa. In 1962, they started farming by Rock Valley, Iowa and moved to a farm near Larchwood in 1969. They retired from farming in 2000. During retirement, he enjoyed collecting and restoring antique and toy tractors. He was a member of the Netherlands Reformed Church and served as a Deacon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and currently was a member of the Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Rock Valley, Iowa.
Surviving relatives include his 6 children, Herbert (Lavonne) Spaans, of Larchwood, Iowa, Deborah (Rallyn) Van Ginkel of Inwood, Iowa, Kevin (Ann) Spaans of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Linda (Les) Roemen of Larchwood, Iowa, Daryl (Jeanette) Spaans of Larchwood, Iowa and Sharla Van Beek of Orange City, Iowa; 25 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and sisters-in-law, Pauline Spaans, Joanne Spaans, Kathy Spaans, Elizabeth "Betty" Spaans, Rosalie Spaans, Betty Spaans, Beverly Fluit, and Bernice Wiekamp.
Leonard was preceded in death by his wife Elizabeth Spaans on November 27, 2020; his parents, Dick and Tena; one sister, Nellie (Pete) Bouma; and eleven brothers, Herm (Clazina) Spaans, Cornie Spaans, Rev. John Spaans, Henry (Martina) Spaans, Albert (Hermina) Spaans, Dick (Mick) Spaans, James Spaans, Adrian Spaans, Marvin Spaans, Andy (Doris) Spaans, and Ben Spaans.
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Elizabeth (Fluit) Spaans was born on May 9, 1937, near Inwood, Iowa, daughter of
William and Bertha (Korenberg) Fluit.
She married Leonard Spaans on February 14, 1957 at Inwood, Iowa.
Together they lived on a farm west of Larchwood, Iowa.
Elizabeth enjoyed being a homemaker and raising her six children.
She was a member of the Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Surviving relatives include her husband of 63 years, Leonard of Rock Rapids, Iowa; children, Herbert (Lavonne) Spaans of Larchwood, Iowa, Deborah (Rallyn) Van Ginkel of Inwood, Iowa, Kevin (Ann) Spaans of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Linda (Leslie) Roemen of Larchwood, Iowa, Daryl (Jeanette) Spaans of Larchwood, Iowa and Sharla (Paul) Van Beek of Orange City, Iowa; 25 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; brothers, Bert (Beverly) Fluit and Teunis Fluit of Inwood, Iowa; and sister, Bernice Wiekamp of Inwood, Iowa.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, William and Bertha Fluit; sister, Clazina Blom; brother, Gerald Fluit; 2 infant brothers; brothers-in-law, John Wiekamp and Arie Blom; sister-in-law, Leona Fluit; and niece, LaRae Wiekamp.
Gerald was born November 23, 1946 at Canton, SD, son of William and Bertha Korenberg Fluit. The family farmed NW of Inwood where Gerald attended country school. Due to his epileptic seizures, Gerald lived with his parents on the farm and later at Inwood until his mother's death. Gerald moved to the Valley Manor at Rock Valley on April 7, 1999.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Bertha; and 2 infant brothers.
-Obituary from Porter Funeral Home