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Henry Vander Weerdt SULLY — Henry Vander
Weerdt, 84, of Sully, died of complications of a recent stroke Tuesday, Oct. 16,
at West Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Knoxville. Funeral
services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Sully Christian Reformed Church in
Sully. Burial will be at Sully Cemetery. Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella Is
handling arrangements. Friends
may call today at the funeral home where family will be available from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. Memorials will be accepted to the Gideon Living Memorial Bible Plan. The son of Gerrit and
Josie Runia Vande Weerdt, he was born Oct. 17, 1916, in Lynnville. On Feb. 11,
1941, he married Cornelia Nikkel in Sully. He farmed in the Lynnville Sully and
Killduff areas before moving to Sully in 1998. He enjoyed collecting and
restoring hammers and attending farm sales.
He was a member of Sully
Christian Reformed Church and Gideon's International. Survivors include his
wife; a son and daughter-in-law, Vernon and Bonnie of Sully; two brothers and
sisters-in-law, John and Elizabeth of Pella and Garrit and Isabelle of
Lynnville: four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. He was preceded In
death by his parents,
a sister and a brother. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, October 18, 2001. |
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