Betty Jean Sandbulte

     Betty Sandbulte, 87 of Carmel, Iowa died May 25, 2022, at Sioux Center Health, in Sioux Center.

     Funeral services will be 10:30AM, Saturday, May 28, 2022, at the Carmel Reformed Church in Carmel, Iowa with Rev. Mark Heijerman and Rev. Steve Van Wyhe, officiating.  Burial will follow in the Carmel Cemetery at Carmel, Iowa.

     Visitation will be Friday with family present from 5-7PM at the Carmel Reformed Church.

The Sandbulte family prefer memorial to the Carmel Cemetery Fund.

Betty Jean (Van’t Hof) Sandbulte was born on May 13, 1935, on a farm near Alton, IA, the daughter of Bernard and Henrietta (Kleinhesselink) Van’t Hof.  She attended school in Newkirk for a short time then attended and later graduated from Sioux Center High School.

     On March 26, 1953, she was united in marriage to Delmar Sandbulte at the Carmel Reformed Church, rural Rock Valley, IA.  The couple lived and worked on the Sandbulte family farm, where they raised their nine children.  Betty was an active member of the Carmel Reformed Church, where she played piano and organ for many different events.  She also served with the Ladies Aid Bible study.  Betty was a very talented seamstress making clothes for her children, making, and doing alterations on wedding dresses for friends and family.  She was always busy either sewing, knitting, crocheting, or quilting. The granddaughters all loved the jingle socks.  She enjoyed gardening, canning, and making flower arrangements for occasions. Her life was full and rich through every circumstance whether joyful or sad, she modeled how to navigate life well because her faith was the center of everything.

     Betty is survived by her nine children and their spouses:  Alan (Cheryl) Sandbulte of Maurice, IA, Sidney (Deb) Sandbulte of Hull, IA, Nora (David) Bohl of Ireton, IA, Vincent (Sue) Sandbulte of Sioux Center, IA, Owen (Teresa) Sandbulte of Carmel, IA, Joanne (Rodney) Moget of Sioux Center, IA, Harvard (Trish) Sandbulte of Sioux Center, IA, Henry (Rhonda) Sandbulte of Sioux Center, IA, and Jerry (Candy) Sandbulte of Little Rock, IA; 24 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren; two brothers, Rodney (Karlene) Van’t Hof of Sioux Center, IA and Gene (Becky) Van’t Hof of Eden Prairie, MN; nieces, nephews and other extended family.

     She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernard and Henrietta Van’t Hof; husband, Delmar Sandbulte; granddaughter, Danielle Sandbulte; son-in-law Willard Haverhals; brother, Roger Van’t Hof; and sister, Florence Sandbulte.