Lyla Beth Vanden Hoek
Lyla Beth Vanden Hoek, 66, Sanborn, died Sunday, June 5, at Prairie View Home in Sanborn.
Services were Wednesday, June 8, at First Reformed Church in Sanborn, with the Rev. Gary Hegstad of officiating.
Burial was at Roseland Cemetery in Sanborn, under the direction of Sanborn Funeral Home.
Lyla Vanden Hoek, daughter of Jurrian "Jerry" and Sarah "Dolly" (Wiersma) Reinsma, was born Sept. 4, 1944, in Orange City.
She was raised in Orange City and attended Orange City Christian School and Western Christian High School in Hull. She then moved to Corsica, SD, and worked as a nursing assistant at Good Samaritan Nursing Home.
While working in Corsica, SD, she met her future husband, Richard Dale Vanden Hoek. They were married Jan. 3, 1964, in Orange City.
They began their married life in Springfield, SD, where he finished his teaching degree at Southern State College. They lived in Gettysburg, SD, for one year, and his teaching career led them in 1966 to Sanborn, where they were living.
She had a debilitating stroke on Dec. 2, 2010. She was an active member of First Reformed Church in Sanborn. She was the senior for many years, organist, pianist and Reformed Church Youth Fellowship sponsor, and she accompanied for special music groups. Her love of music spread over many years and many venues. She taught piano and organ; she played for high school small and large group contests, the Gloryland Quartet, and church services at Trinity United Church of Christ in Hartley; and she would perform organ recitals for area churches that purchased a new organ.
She was an active member of the community of Sanborn, playing and directing Easter and Christmas cantatas, babysitting for many different families, and working for 21 years as a teaching assistant at Hartley-Melvin- Sanborn Middle School.
She loved being a grandmother, scrap booking, traveling, playing canasta and fellowshipping with friends during card club.
Survivors include her husband, Richard Vanden Hoek of Sanborn; three children, Douglas and Deb Vanden Hoek of Omaha, NE, Tamara and Rich Unland of Indianapolis and Crissa and Eric Krikke of Sanborn; 10 grandchildren; her mother, Sarah "Dolly" Reinsma of Sanborn; a brother, Larry and Audrey Reinsma of Wheaton, IL; and a sister, Lois and Frank Russell of Shatter, CA.
She was preceded in death by her father, Jurrian Reinsma, and a sister, Leann Bieseker.
Sheldon Mail Sun of 6-15-2011
Richard Dale Vanden Hoek was born Dec. 30, 1943, in Douglas County, South Dakota, the son of Marion (Mike) and Viola (Menning) Vanden Hoek. Rich was raised in Corsica, South Dakota where he attended the rural Plainview School in Walnut Grove Township District and graduated from Corsica High School in 1961. After high school, Richard attended Southern State Teachers College in Springfield, South Dakota, and graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Secondary Education.
Richard married Lyla Beth (Reinsma) on Jan. 3, 1964, in Orange City, Iowa. They began their married life in Gettysburg, South Dakota, where Richard had his first teaching position before moving to Northwest Iowa. He spent 22 years teaching at Sanborn Community School and finished his teaching career at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn. Richard retired in 2011 after a total of 44 years in secondary education, bus driving and teaching drivers’ education.
Richard was an active member of his community in Sanborn outside of teaching. He served as an elder and deacon at First Reformed Church, RCYF sponsor, Sunday School Officer and many other committees over the years. He also was a charter member at Sanborn Golf & Country Club and was the superintendent at the golf course for many years. Rich loved being a grandfather, playing cards, going for drives and having coffee at Jay’s with his friends.
He was preceded in his death by his parents, Marion and Viola Vanden Hoek, and his wife, Beth.
Richard is survived by his three children and their families.
NWest Iowa Review, Nov 22, 2017
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