Darlene Moss, 65, of Hospers, died Saturday, September 14, 1996, in the Orange City Hospital. Services were held on Tuesday, September 17, 1996 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Reformed Church in Hospers with the Rev. Robert VandeVord officiating. Burial was held at the Hospers Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. under the direction of the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home of Hospers.
Mrs. Moss was born August 27, 1931 on a farm near Sioux Center, Iowa. She was the daughter of Ben and Jeanette (Van Roekel) Kraayenbrink. She was a graduate of Sioux Center High School.
On February 8, 1950 she married Peter Moss at Sioux Center. They farmed in the Hospers vicinity until they retired in 1991 and moved into Hospers in 1992.
Darlene was an active member of the First Reformed Church of Hospers, in the Reformed Church Women's Ministries, and a spiritual leader in community prayer groups.
-Obituary from The Siouxland Press
(9/18/1996)
Peter Moss, 83, of Orange City, died Tuesday June 8, 2010, at the Good Samaritan Society-Le Mars in Le Mars.
Peter James was born Dec. 20, 1926, in rural Rock Valley, the son of Marion and Henrietta (Westra) Moss. He was raised in the Middleburg area.
On Feb. 8, 1950, he married Darlene G. Kraayenbrink in Sioux Center. They farmed at Hospers, where in 1954 and 1955, he was named a Master Swine Producer. In 1992, they retired into Hospers. Mrs. Moss died Sept. 14, 1996, in Orange City.
In 1998, Pete moved to Orange City, where he became a resident of the Pioneer Memorial Home in June 2008. On May 12 of this year, he transferred to the Good Samaritan Society-Le Mars.
He was a member of the First Reformed Church in Orange City. In earlier years, he had been a long-time active member of the First Reformed Church in Hospers, where he served on the consistory and was a teacher.
Mr. Moss was also a former Gideon.
He enjoyed fishing, watching baseball, and attending family reunions and his grandchildren's activities.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a brother and his wife, the Rev. Albert and Aileen Moss; and a sister and her husband, Charlene and Rodney Vanden Brink.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Stanley Vandersall and the Rev. Dr. Perry De Groot will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the Hospers Cemetery. There will be a prayer service at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today (Thursday), with the family present from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials will be directed to Hospice of Siouxland North in Le Mars.
-Obituary from Le Mars Daily Sentinel
(6/10/2010)