Bill Van Der Weide

William Van Der Weide, 88, of Sioux Center, IA died Saturday, July 14, 2012 at the Royale Meadows Care Center of Sioux Center. A visitation will be held on Monday from 4-8PM with the family present from 5-7PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. A prayer service for family and friends will be held on Tuesday at 12:30PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. Interment will follow the prayer service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday at 2PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. In Lieu of flowers the Van Der Weide family prefer memorials be directed Netherlands Reformed School in Rock Valley. William P. Van Der Weide was born September 16, 1923 on a farm southeast of Sioux Center, Iowa to Peter and Hattie (Harskamp) Van Der Weide. Bill was raised in Sioux Center and attended Welcome #9 Country School through the eighth grade. November 1, 1948, Bill was joined in marriage to Mildred Louise Donovan at the Netherlands Reformed Church parsonage in Rock Valley, Iowa. Bill drove a tank wagon for Coop Gas & Oil of Sioux Center for 18 years before moving to the family farm where he and Millie lived and worked for 21 years. In 1986, the couple moved to Sioux Center. He will be remembered for his sense of humor and his perfectly timed "one liners." Bill is survived by his wife, Millie Van Der Weide of Sioux Center; six children, Larry and Deb Van Der Weide of Sioux Center, Joyce and Larry Olson of Columbia, MO, Ron and Cherie Van Der Weide of Grant Pass, OR, Arlin Van Der Weide of Sioux Center, Paul and Laurie Van Der Weide of Sioux Center, David and Jeannie Van Der Weide of Watertown, SD; 30 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild. Also left to cherish his memory are three brothers: Harold and Rose Van Der Weide of Orange City, Eddie and Ramona Van Der Weide of Sioux Center and Gene and Karen Van Der Weide of Sioux City; one sister, Alyda Olivier of Sioux Center; two sisters-in-law: Hildred Van Der Weide of Sioux Center and Henrietta Van Der Weide of Orange City as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Samuel; son and daughter-in-law, Les and Marjorie Van Der Weide; sister, Dilly Van Der Weide; 5 brothers: John and his wife Elizabeth, Henry, Kenneth, Tony and Marvin Van Der Weide.