William Van Sloten, 88, of Hull, Iowa, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at Sioux Center Community Hospital. Services were Saturday, Dec. 28, at First Reformed Church in Hull with interment in Hope Cemetery, Hull.
William John was born on Aug. 1, 1925, at Hull, the son of John and Nettie (Van Maanen) Van Sloten. As a young child, his family lived on a farm north of Hull. When he was 10 years old, they moved to a farm southwest of Rock Valley. He attended a country school eight years.
On June 22, 1945, he married Geneva Bomgaars in Rock Valley. They lived on the family farm two years, then moved to a farm south of Hull. He worked for neighboring farmers until 1952 when he started farming on his own. In 1966 the family moved to a farm north of Hull. In the spring of 1979, after 26 years of farming, they moved into Sioux Center. He then was employed at Farmers Elevator in Orange City 12 years. Geneva passed away from cancer on Aug. 11, 1983, in Sioux City. In October 2005, Bill became a resident of Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull. He was a member of First Reformed Church.
Survivors include his two children, Beverly (Henry) Schelling of Omaha, Neb., and Dennis (Pam) Van Sloten of Hull; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; a sister, Geraldine Klomp of Rock Valley; and a sister-in-law, Ann Van Sloten of Hawarden.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by an infant son, Wilbur Van Sloten; a grandson; a great-grandson; five brothers, Willy, Gerrit, John Jr., Hank and Henry Van Sloten; and three sisters, Henrietta Olivier, Coba Boersma and his twin, Janet Van Sloten.
Mr. Dennis Van Sloten, age 60, of Hull, passed away on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at his residence. There will be a funeral service on Saturday, August 27, at 10:30am, at the First Reformed Church in Hull. The Rev. Kevin Yurk will officiate. Interment will follow the service at the Hope Cemetery in Hull. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Friday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the CHURCH. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Hull.
Dennis Dale was born on March 20, 1956, in Sioux Center, the son of William J. and Geneva (Bomgaars) Van Sloten. He was raised at Hull, where he graduated from the Boyden-Hull Community School. He also attended the Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon to become an electrician.
On August 29, 1975, he married Pamela Jean Vander Ploeg at the First Reformed Church in Hull. They made their home by Maurice until 1986, when they moved to their farm southeast of Hull. Dennis assisted other farmers when living by Maurice, and he farmed for himself at Hull. He first traveled as an electrician for Interstates Electric in Sioux Center for a short time. For eight years, he was also a service technician of liquid propane for the Farmers Cooperative Gas and Oil in Sioux Center. He was a member of the First Reformed Church, where he served on the consistory as a deacon and an elder. He enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren and repairing things on the farm.
Survivors include his wife of almost 41 years; two sons, Matthew Van Sloten, and his friend, Kiley Spengler, of Durant; and Curtis Van Sloten, and his wife, Della, of Hamilton, Ohio; two daughters and their husbands, Mindy and Loren Halma; and Carrie and Mark Dieters, all of Inwood; six grandchildren, Ella Van Sloten, of Brookings, South Dakota; Emily Van Sloten, of Camanche; and Patrick Halma, Bailee Halma, Jake Dieters, and Carlee Dieters, all of Inwood; four step-grandchildren, Hunter, Hannah, Hayden, and Harrison Van Sloten, all of Hamilton; a sister and her husband, Beverly and Henry Schelling, of Omaha, Nebraska; and Pam’s family, her parents, John and Julia Vander Ploeg, of Sioux Center; her sister and her husband, Pat and Dennis Oolman, of Orange City; and her three brothers and their wives, Ron and Denise Vander Ploeg and Chuck and Connie Vander Ploeg, all of Sioux Center; and Bob and Kim Vander Ploeg, of Hiawatha; eighteen nephews and nieces, nineteen great-nephews and nieces, and many uncles, aunts, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents; paternal and maternal grandparents; a nephew, Clinton Schelling; and a great-nephew, Zachary Hoogeveen.
Memorials may be directed to Farm Rescue, through www.farmrescue.org.
Photo and obituary was published by Oolman Funeral Home. .