1916
Gerrit
2008
Gerrit Visser
October 26, 1916 — December 19, 2008
Gerrit W. Visser, 92, of Sioux Center, IA died Friday, December 19, 2008 at Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 11AM at Bethel Christian Reformed Church with Rev. Duane Tinklenberg officiating. Interment will be held prior to the memorial service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center.
A prayer service will be held Tuesday at 10AM at Bethel Christian Reformed Church.
Visitation will be held Monday from 4-8PM, with the family present from 6-8PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.
The Visser Family prefers memorials to the Western Christian High School Foundation of Hull, IA.
Gerrit W. Visser was born October 26, 1916 at Sioux Center, Iowa the son of Teunis and Elizabeth (Akkerhuis) Visser. As a boy his family lived in Sioux County, The Netherlands, Grand Rapids, MI and south central Minnesota before living near Havana, North Dakota for several years. Gerrit graduated from Havana High School with the Class of 1935. After graduation he farmed in Sioux County.
He entered the US Army on July 17, 1942, and served as a Medic with 29th Evacuation Hospital in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Gerrit provided aide to the wounded while stationed in the Philippines, New Guinea and Luzon, attaining the rank of Technical Sergeant.
After his honorable discharge he married Kathrine Bierma at the First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center on Janary 10, 1946. Following their marriage Gerrit and Kathrine farmed for eight years near Sioux Center. In 1953, they purchased a farm three miles north of Newkirk, Iowa where Gerrit farmed until his retirement in 1980. They settled in their home in Sioux Center in 1981.
Gerrit served on the Sioux County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, as well as, the Sioux County Extension Board. As a supporter of Christian education he was elected to the Hospers Christian School Board, serving a term as president. He had served as a deacon and elder while a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center; most recently was a member of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center.
Surviving is his wife of 62 years, Kathrine Visser of Sioux Center; his four children and their spouses: Dennis and Karen Visser of Iowa City, IA, Gaylene and Loren Bouma of Hull, Bernita and Doug Vander Schaaf of Visalia, CA and Phyllis and Bob Blankespoor of Inwood along with his 15 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Gerrit is also survived by brother and sister-in-law, Peter and Muriel Visser of Sioux Center; sister, Adrianna Toots Kots of Birnamwood, WI; sisters-in-law, Theresa Visser and Gertrude Visser both of of Sioux Center and numerous nieces and nephews.
Gerrit was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, William, Gilbert and John Visser.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 11AM at Bethel Christian Reformed Church with Rev. Duane Tinklenberg officiating. Interment will be held prior to the memorial service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center.
A prayer service will be held Tuesday at 10AM at Bethel Christian Reformed Church.
Visitation will be held Monday from 4-8PM, with the family present from 6-8PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.
The Visser Family prefers memorials to the Western Christian High School Foundation of Hull, IA.
Gerrit W. Visser was born October 26, 1916 at Sioux Center, Iowa the son of Teunis and Elizabeth (Akkerhuis) Visser. As a boy his family lived in Sioux County, The Netherlands, Grand Rapids, MI and south central Minnesota before living near Havana, North Dakota for several years. Gerrit graduated from Havana High School with the Class of 1935. After graduation he farmed in Sioux County.
He entered the US Army on July 17, 1942, and served as a Medic with 29th Evacuation Hospital in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Gerrit provided aide to the wounded while stationed in the Philippines, New Guinea and Luzon, attaining the rank of Technical Sergeant.
After his honorable discharge he married Kathrine Bierma at the First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center on Janary 10, 1946. Following their marriage Gerrit and Kathrine farmed for eight years near Sioux Center. In 1953, they purchased a farm three miles north of Newkirk, Iowa where Gerrit farmed until his retirement in 1980. They settled in their home in Sioux Center in 1981.
Gerrit served on the Sioux County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, as well as, the Sioux County Extension Board. As a supporter of Christian education he was elected to the Hospers Christian School Board, serving a term as president. He had served as a deacon and elder while a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center; most recently was a member of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center.
Surviving is his wife of 62 years, Kathrine Visser of Sioux Center; his four children and their spouses: Dennis and Karen Visser of Iowa City, IA, Gaylene and Loren Bouma of Hull, Bernita and Doug Vander Schaaf of Visalia, CA and Phyllis and Bob Blankespoor of Inwood along with his 15 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Gerrit is also survived by brother and sister-in-law, Peter and Muriel Visser of Sioux Center; sister, Adrianna Toots Kots of Birnamwood, WI; sisters-in-law, Theresa Visser and Gertrude Visser both of of Sioux Center and numerous nieces and nephews.
Gerrit was preceded in death by his parents and brothers, William, Gilbert and John Visser.
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