Daniel

Pastoor

Daniel Howard Pastoor was born June 28, 1932 to William H. and Hilda (Roeters) Pastoor in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Dan was a graduate of Chicago Christian High School in Chicago, Illinois, Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan and he received his Master’s Degree from the University of Illinois.

He enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1955, served in Korea and Washington DC, and was honorably discharged in 1957. Dan then spent his lifetime in Christian service as a teacher and later as an administrator for both Christian Schools and Christian Senior Living.

On February 19, 1960, he was united in marriage to Esther (Hoekstra) in Palos Park, Illinois.

Those left to cherish his memory are his children: Randy (Carol) Hoekstra, Candy (John) Piersma, and Jeff (Sue) Pastoor, eight grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren with two more great-grandchildren expected.

He was preceded in death by his wife Esther, parents William and Hilda Pastoor, his brother Harold (Phyllis) Pastoor, and his sisters Shirley (Herman) Triezenberg and Janice (Bernard) Evenhouse.

Memorials may be given to Sheboygan Christian School in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.