Dorothy Geneva Wynja

Dorothy Geneva Wynja, 82, of Sioux Center died Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at Mercy Medical Center, after a short illness.

Funeral Services will be held, Saturday, September 30, 2006 at 10:30am at the Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center Iowa with Pastor Van Rathbun officiating. Interment will be held following the Funeral in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center.

A visitation will be held Friday September 29, 2006 at the Memorial funeral Home in Sioux Center, Iowa from 2-8pm with the family present from 6-8pm.

The Wynia family prefers memorials be directed to Central Reformed Church or CHEARS Home Health and Hospice.

Dorothy Geneva Wynja was born April 21, 1924 to Henry and Etta (Sandbulte) Den Herder. She grew up on the family farm near Sioux Center. She attended Welcome Township rural school and later graduated from Sioux Center High School.

On January 3, 1945 Dorothy was joined in marriage to Christian Wynja. The couple lived for a short time on a farm near Orange City, Iowa, and for 14 years in Middleburg, Iowa where she and Chris were custodians for the Free Grace Reformed Church. She spent the rest of her life on their family farm near Sioux Center, Iowa.

Dorothy worked along side her husband Chris with his custom corn shelling business and on their farm. She loved to make wonderful quilts and crochet beautiful doilies, which she gave to her family and many friends. She took great pride in writing a book on the history of the Den Herder and Wynja families. She actively used her computer and the internet to communicate with her children and grandchildren. She traveled the world with her husband Chris. She was an active member of the Central Reformed Church and loved to teach Sunday school especially to a group of older women.

Surviving are her husband of 61 years, Christian (Chris) Wynja; son, David and Sandra Wynja of Longmont, CO; two daughters, Mary and Randy Daughenbaugh of Rapid City, SD and Linda and Michael DeKrey of Orange, TX; six grandchildren: Chris Wynja, Beau Wynja, Jason Daughenbaugh, Jill Graff, Matthew DeKrey, Seth DeKrey; four great-grandchildren: Arjen Wynja, Sage Wynja, Reder Daughenbaugh, Wallace Graff; two sisters and brothers-in-law: Joan and Arthur Van Riessen of Sioux Center and Ruth and Leon Koster of Sioux City, IA.

Preceding her in death are her parents, sister and brother-in-law, Geneva and Bernard Bomgaars; three infant brothers and one infant sister.