Ethel F. Bogaard, 84, of Orange City passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at Orange City Municipal Hospital Long Term Care Facility.
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, with the Revs. Jonathan Opgenorth and Harlan Van Oort officiating. Burial will be in prior to the service Saturday in West Lawn Cemetery. There will be a family prayer service at 10 a.m. Saturday at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.
Ethel Florence was born May 7, 1919, in rural Alton, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Flora (Sipma) De Graaf. She was raised in the Newkirk, Iowa area, where she graduated from Newkirk High School. After graduating fro Northwestern Junior College in Orange City, she was a teacher in the Floyd Rural Independent School System.
On May 23, 1941, she married Clifford D. Bogaard in Newkirk. They made their home on a farm just east of Orange City. For 25 years, she worked beside her husband at the Tri-State Livestock Auction Company in Sioux Center, Iowa. She continued to work there part-time after Cliff's death on Nov. 27, 1975, in Orange City.
Music was an important part of her life. She was the organist for five years at Newkirk Reformed Church and for 48 years at Trinity Reformed Church. She also accompanied the Sioux County Farm Bureau Chorus and many Tulip Festival night shows.
She was a member of Trinity Reformed Church, where she belonged to Reformed Church Women and taught Sunday School classes. Other activities included the Sioux County Concert Series board, the Northwestern College Auxiliary and the Tulip Festival Queen's committee.
She will be remembered for her devotion to her family.
In addition to her parents and her husband of 34 years, she was also preceded in death by three brothers and their wives, Frank and Artie (Hofmeyer) De Graaf, Marion and Sophia De Graaf and Arthur and Bessie De Graaf; and a sister and her husband, Jeanette and William Van Rooyen.
Memorials may be directed to Trinity Reformed Church or Hospice of Siouxland.
-Obituary from The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (1/17/2004)
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, with the Revs. Jonathan Opgenorth and Harlan Van Oort officiating. Burial will be in prior to the service Saturday in West Lawn Cemetery. There will be a family prayer service at 10 a.m. Saturday at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.
Ethel Florence was born May 7, 1919, in rural Alton, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Flora (Sipma) De Graaf. She was raised in the Newkirk, Iowa area, where she graduated from Newkirk High School. After graduating fro Northwestern Junior College in Orange City, she was a teacher in the Floyd Rural Independent School System.
On May 23, 1941, she married Clifford D. Bogaard in Newkirk. They made their home on a farm just east of Orange City. For 25 years, she worked beside her husband at the Tri-State Livestock Auction Company in Sioux Center, Iowa. She continued to work there part-time after Cliff's death on Nov. 27, 1975, in Orange City.
Music was an important part of her life. She was the organist for five years at Newkirk Reformed Church and for 48 years at Trinity Reformed Church. She also accompanied the Sioux County Farm Bureau Chorus and many Tulip Festival night shows.
She was a member of Trinity Reformed Church, where she belonged to Reformed Church Women and taught Sunday School classes. Other activities included the Sioux County Concert Series board, the Northwestern College Auxiliary and the Tulip Festival Queen's committee.
She will be remembered for her devotion to her family.
In addition to her parents and her husband of 34 years, she was also preceded in death by three brothers and their wives, Frank and Artie (Hofmeyer) De Graaf, Marion and Sophia De Graaf and Arthur and Bessie De Graaf; and a sister and her husband, Jeanette and William Van Rooyen.
Memorials may be directed to Trinity Reformed Church or Hospice of Siouxland.
-Obituary from The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (1/17/2004)
Ethel F. Bogaard, 84, of Orange City passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004, at Orange City Municipal Hospital Long Term Care Facility.
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, with the Revs. Jonathan Opgenorth and Harlan Van Oort officiating. Burial will be in prior to the service Saturday in West Lawn Cemetery. There will be a family prayer service at 10 a.m. Saturday at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.
Ethel Florence was born May 7, 1919, in rural Alton, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Flora (Sipma) De Graaf. She was raised in the Newkirk, Iowa area, where she graduated from Newkirk High School. After graduating fro Northwestern Junior College in Orange City, she was a teacher in the Floyd Rural Independent School System.
On May 23, 1941, she married Clifford D. Bogaard in Newkirk. They made their home on a farm just east of Orange City. For 25 years, she worked beside her husband at the Tri-State Livestock Auction Company in Sioux Center, Iowa. She continued to work there part-time after Cliff's death on Nov. 27, 1975, in Orange City.
Music was an important part of her life. She was the organist for five years at Newkirk Reformed Church and for 48 years at Trinity Reformed Church. She also accompanied the Sioux County Farm Bureau Chorus and many Tulip Festival night shows.
She was a member of Trinity Reformed Church, where she belonged to Reformed Church Women and taught Sunday School classes. Other activities included the Sioux County Concert Series board, the Northwestern College Auxiliary and the Tulip Festival Queen's committee.
She will be remembered for her devotion to her family.
In addition to her parents and her husband of 34 years, she was also preceded in death by three brothers and their wives, Frank and Artie (Hofmeyer) De Graaf, Marion and Sophia De Graaf and Arthur and Bessie De Graaf; and a sister and her husband, Jeanette and William Van Rooyen.
Memorials may be directed to Trinity Reformed Church or Hospice of Siouxland.
-Obituary from The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (1/17/2004)
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, with the Revs. Jonathan Opgenorth and Harlan Van Oort officiating. Burial will be in prior to the service Saturday in West Lawn Cemetery. There will be a family prayer service at 10 a.m. Saturday at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home.
Ethel Florence was born May 7, 1919, in rural Alton, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Flora (Sipma) De Graaf. She was raised in the Newkirk, Iowa area, where she graduated from Newkirk High School. After graduating fro Northwestern Junior College in Orange City, she was a teacher in the Floyd Rural Independent School System.
On May 23, 1941, she married Clifford D. Bogaard in Newkirk. They made their home on a farm just east of Orange City. For 25 years, she worked beside her husband at the Tri-State Livestock Auction Company in Sioux Center, Iowa. She continued to work there part-time after Cliff's death on Nov. 27, 1975, in Orange City.
Music was an important part of her life. She was the organist for five years at Newkirk Reformed Church and for 48 years at Trinity Reformed Church. She also accompanied the Sioux County Farm Bureau Chorus and many Tulip Festival night shows.
She was a member of Trinity Reformed Church, where she belonged to Reformed Church Women and taught Sunday School classes. Other activities included the Sioux County Concert Series board, the Northwestern College Auxiliary and the Tulip Festival Queen's committee.
She will be remembered for her devotion to her family.
In addition to her parents and her husband of 34 years, she was also preceded in death by three brothers and their wives, Frank and Artie (Hofmeyer) De Graaf, Marion and Sophia De Graaf and Arthur and Bessie De Graaf; and a sister and her husband, Jeanette and William Van Rooyen.
Memorials may be directed to Trinity Reformed Church or Hospice of Siouxland.
-Obituary from The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (1/17/2004)
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