Ted Van Den Berg

Ted Van Den Berg, 89, of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at Royale Meadows Care Center, Sioux Center, IA.

A funeral service will be held Monday at 10:30am at Central Reformed Church of Sioux Center with Rev. R. Van Rathbun officiating. Interment will follow the funeral service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center.

Visitation will be held Sunday from 2-8pm, with the family present from 2-4pm at Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.

The Van Den Berg family prefers memorials be directed to CHEARS Home Health & Hospice or Central Reformed Church.



Theodore Ted W. Van Den Berg was born August 27, 1918 to William G. and Anna (Juffer) Van Den Berg in Rock Valley, Iowa. He was raised in the Sioux Center area. In 1940, he joined the Iowa National Guard, Company K 133rd Infantry 34th Red Bull Division. He was activated by the U.S. Army in 1942. Ted served as a Bugler and Company Clerk. He spent 3 years overseas during World War II, serving a total of 5 years.

Ted married Henrietta June Boone on February 2, 1945 in Sioux Center while on furlough. Following his honorable discharge he worked at Vander Ploeg Funeral Home. Ted started his business, the Furniture Mart in 1949. He managed his furniture store until 1981 when he semi-retired, but continued to putz at the store for the next 24 years.

He had a loving relationship with his Lord and Savior, and was a member of Central Reformed Church where he served as elder, deacon and Sunday school superintendent.

Ted and June wintered in Texas for 26 years. While there he did volunteer work at the orphanage at Renosa, and appreciated spending time with his friends. Ted enjoyed many of the great things life had to offer. His first love was his family; he was a loving husband for 63 years and deeply loved his children, grandchildren and great-grand children. He had a passion for golf, fishing and camping, and was a great story teller. Often his stories were much bigger than the fish he caught.

Ted was a man who prided himself on integrity, and was a teacher and mentor to many. He taught many of his loved ones how to golf and fish, but most importantly he taught many of lifes lessons which will be carried on forever. Although Ted is with his maker, his legacy will always live on because of the values he instilled in all of his loved ones.

Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife, June; his six children: Denny & Carol Van Den Berg, Ron & LuAnn Van Den Berg, Brenda & Gilly De Goei, Julie & Gerry Franken, Mary & Doug Van Der Stoep all of Sioux Center and Pam & Dave Korver of Maurice; 22 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; two brothers & their wives: Clarence Van Den Berg of Doon, Alvin Knobby & Ruth Van Den Berg of Ireton; sister, Mary Van Den Berg of Rock Valley; sisters and brothers-in-law: Joan & Paul Den Hartog of Orange City, Lillian & Norm Hogan of Artesia, CA, Carol & Ray Sneller of Parker, SD, Ruth Boone of Sioux Center, Marv & Donna Boone of Sioux Center, Audrey & Elmer Gesink of Orange City, Karen & Irv De Boer of Sioux Center, Judy & Ivan Friese of Parker, SD, Ruth & Gib Meyer of Sioux Center, Ray & Hazel Boone of Jacksonville, TX.

Preceding Ted in death were his infant son, Kirk; infant great-grand daughter, Josie Elizabeth Franken; his parents; brother, Gary Van Den Berg; sister-in-law, Lois Van Den Berg; father-in-law and mother-in-law, William H. and Carrie Boone; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Ann and Jim Cochran; brothers-in-law: William D. Boone, Vernon Boone and Kenneth Boone.