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FUNERAL SERVICES 1:30 P.M., Thursday, May 12, 2005 Third Reformed Church, Pella, Iowa VISITATION After 2:00 P.M., , Wednesday, May 11, 2005 Family will be present 5:30 - 7:30 P.M., Wednesday Garden Chapel Funeral Home Pella, Iowa MEMORIALS Hospice of Pella Dick De Weerd Dick De Weerd was the son of Bert and Hattie De Weerd. He was born near Rock Valley, Iowa, on June 1, 1920. He had all his schooling in Sioux County and graduated from Sioux Center High School in 1939. He grew up enjoying the rural farm life. On January 31, 1942, he entered the Army and served with the 24th Infantry Division three and one-half years on several islands in the Pacific theatre of war against the Japanese. He was discharged December 7, 1945, and was stationed in the Philippines when the war ended. On April 17, 1946, Dick married Anna De Groot at the Middleborg Christian Reformed Church, Middleborg, Iowa. To this union three children were born: Beverly Ann, Judith Ann, and David Allen. Dick and Anna owned and operated a grocery store for fourteen years in Carmel, Iowa. Dick operated a large Huckster Wagon (truck) at that time while Anna operated the store. They sold the store in 1964 and shortly thereafter moved to Pella, where they purchased the Dutch Mill Motel operating it for thirteen years. Later Dick sold seed corn and soybeans. During his years of retirement he loved to garden and spend time in the woodworking shop. He made and sold many Dutch windmills. During his entire life Dick was very active in church activities serving as an elder and deacon and always made an effort to attend Sunday School and Bible Study groups. At the time of his death he was a member of the Third Reformed Church in Pella. After the war he was a member and active in the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was also a member of the Pella Kiwanis Club. For many years he was a spieler on the tour wagons at Tulip Time. He spent a lot of time reading items relating to spiritual values and things related to God's nature and the marvels of creation. He had many friends on his mailing list and loved to write letters, always placing a religious tract in the letter. Surviving are his wife, Anna of years; his daughter, Beverly Ann and her husband, Bill Quick of Prairie City, Iowa; a granddaughter, Brenda Ann married to Gary Johnston, of Prairie City, Iowa, and Beth Quick, and her friend, Jonathan Mendieta of Prairie City; and one great-grandson, Hayden B. Johnston. Now his soul has left to a joyous transition, it has emigrated into a place where the soul's SAFE and FREE from worldly cares. To live with God through eternity! |
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