Dorothy Boeyink

Dorothy Boeyink, 96, of Sioux Center died from a broken heart. Blessed with good health for 93 years, congestive heart failure forced a gradual decline in her health that resulted in her death on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Royale Meadows Health Center in Sioux Center. A visitation will be held on Sunday from 4-8PM, with the family present from 4-6PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. A prayer service for family and friends will be Monday at 10AM at the Christ Community Evangelical Free Church of Sioux Center. Interment will follow the prayer service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. A memorial service will be held Monday at 11AM at Christ Community Evangelical Free Church of Sioux Center with Dr. David Boeyink and Rev. Randy Widbin officiating. In lieu of flowers, gifts in Dorothy's memory can be made to the Sioux Center Public Library children's programs. Dorothy Boeyink was born Aug. 13, 1916, in Sioux Center to William and Pearl (De Zeeuw) Van de Brake. Graduating as the class valedictorian in Sioux Center, she began teaching elementary school, traveling each day to rural one-room schoolhouse. Later in her life, she spent a number of years teaching in area country schools in Welcome 4 Township and Carmel. She married Henry Louis (Louie) Boeyink on Sept. 15, 1936, beginning a career as a mother to four sonsRobert, Joel, David, and Markthat spanned more than three decades. Dorothy's faith was an important part of her daily life. As a member of the Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center, she taught Sunday School and catechism for many years. Later she became one of the founding members of Christ Community Church. Her husband, Louis, died on July 12, 1979. Although a difficult loss for Dorothy, she created a second life for herself after his death in the Sioux Center Public Library, working for 35 years in a variety of roles. She loved books and spent many happy days leading the children's story hour. When she finally retired, she was in her 80s. During her life she enjoyed making quilts for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She also loved golf, preferring an afternoon on the course to a day of cleaning house. In 2001, she moved to Crown Pointe, a new retirement community in Sioux Center, helping to establish a small lending library. Her health began to deteriorate in 2009. She became a resident at Royale Meadows Health Center in 2011. Dorothy is survived by four sons: Robert and his wife, Barb of Marshalltown, IA; Joel and his wife, Karen of Alton, IA; David and his wife, Karen of Nashville, IN; and Mark and his wife, Dacia of St. Paul, MN. Dorothy has 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Dorothy is also survived by her sister, Patricia Mouw and her Husband, Irv, of Sioux Center and two nephews, Phil Mouw and his wife, Marilyn, of Sioux Center and Dan Mouw and his wife, Bonnie, of Racine, WI. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Louis, and a brother-in-law, Paul Boeyink.