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Lester Andrew Pothoven

Zoon van Golda W Tysseling en John Pothoven, geboren 14-5-1918 USA IA, overleden 210802004 USA Pella en begraven Oak Wood Cemetery

Trouwt 20-9-1939 Johanna Blom, dochter van John Blom en Nellie Van Zee, geboren 13-2-1920 USA IA Eddyville, overleden 22-7-2002 USA Pella en begraven Oak Wood Cemetery

Kinderen:

1. Robert Wayne Pothoven, geboren 13-4-1941
2. John Phillip Pothoven, geboren 13-10-1942
3. Howard James Pothoven, geboren 1-7-1944 USA IA New Sharon, overleden 12-9-2015 USA IA Pella
4. Lois Jean Pothoven, geboren 5-12-1945
5. Raymond Lester Pothoven, geboren 11-3-1948
   trouwt 30-7-1970 Mary Ellen Laurens
6. Virginia Lee Pothoven, geboren 27-9-1953
7. Murray Dean Pothoven, geboren 8-6-1956
8. Danny Jay Pothoven, geboren 5-4-1959 USA IA Newton, overleden 23-3-1963 USA IA Kellogg door een tractor ongeluk en begraven USA IA Pella Oak Wood Cemetery
9. Kent Bradley Pothoven, geboren 30-6-1963

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Obituary of Johanna

Johanna Pothoven, 82, of Pella, Iowa and formerly of Sully, died Monday, July 22, 2002 in the Long Term Care Unit of Pella Regional Health Center.

Johanna Blom was born Feb. 13, 1920, near Eddyville to Johannes and Neeltje Van Zee Blom. She attended Fleming Country Grade School, then Peoria Christian Grade School through eighth grade.

On Sept. 20, 1939, she married Lester Andrew Pothoven at the home of her sister, Nellie Nibbelink, near Peoria; her brother-in-law, the Rev. William C. De Jong, officiated.

Johanna was a homemaker and Lester farmed in Mahaska County near Peoria, Taintor and New Sharon. In 1983 they retired and moved into Sully after Johanna was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

In January 1999 they moved to the Long Term Care Unit at Pella Regional Health Center. Johanna was a longtime member of Sully Christian Reformed Church. She loved music and singing with a women's quartet, and enjoyed attending sporting events, gardening and raising flowers, and poetry.

She is survived by her husband, Lester, of Pella; eight children and spouses: Robert W. and Janice Vos Pothoven of Kellogg, John P. Pothoven of Oskaloosa, Howard J. and Pamela Schuttinga Pothoven of Pella, Lois J. and Simon Ugwouke of Raleigh, N.C., Raymond L. and Mary Lourens Pothoven of Pella, Virginia L. and Allen Vander Hart of Grand Rapids, Mich., Murray D. and Kendra Ball Pothoven of Kellogg and Kent B. Pothoven of Sully; 18 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, Danny J. Pothoven; a granddaughter, Traci Pothoven; and siblings Henrietta Huyser, Cornelia Vander Hart, Teunis Blom, Marie De Jong, Frances De Jong, Nellie Nibbelink and Frank Blom.