Helen Vermeer

Helen Marjorie (De Wit) Vermeer, 100, of Sioux Center, IA, died Monday, November 25, 2024, at Crown Pointe Estates in Sioux Center. 

A visitation will be held on Sunday, December 1st with the family present from 5-7 PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. 

A prayer service for family and friends will be held on Monday, December 2nd at 10:00 AM at the Central Reformed Church of Sioux Center. Interment will follow the prayer service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. 

A memorial service will be held on Monday at 11:00 AM at the Central Reformed Church of Sioux Center with Pastor Jesse Henkle officiating. 

The Vermeer family prefers memorial donations to Sioux Center Home Health and Hospice. 

Helen Marjorie De Wit was born on June 24, 1924, in Middleburg, IA to Neal and Johanna (Zevenbergen) De Wit. Helen attended elementary and high school in Sioux Center and graduated in 1942. Helen worked at First National Bank after graduation. She married Loyd Vermeer on June 24, 1947, and they were lifelong residents of Sioux Center. 

Helen was a devoted wife and loving mother to three children: Paul, Jan, and Brian. Helen was quick-witted and loved a good competition, whether knocking spares and strikes at Holiday Lanes, avoiding the sand trap at Sandy Hollow, or trouncing her grandkids in cards. Helen will be remembered for excelling at word games, preparing delicious Sunday dinners, reading fiction, watching game shows and sports on TV, and never forgetting a birthday. Helen was a life-long member of Central Reformed Church. Loyd and Helen enjoyed doing many activities together including golfing, attending kids' and grandkids' events, playing cards, and having many fun times with a group of friends called "The Gang”. 

Survivors are her son, Paul of Mount Vernon, TX; son, Brian Vermeer and his life partner Elizabeth Janis from Mechanicsburg, PA; and son-in-law, Arv Brenneman with his wife Shelly of Sioux Center, IA; her loving grandchildren: Pam Mock, Brittony Vermeer and Mike Foley, Josh and Amanda Brenneman, Stacey and Adam Bradshaw, Michael and Lori Vermeer, Afton Vermeer-Obazee and Derek Eguae-Obazee, Heather and Sam Lundgren, Trey Vermeer and Keaton Vermeer; her great-grandchildren: Zedekiah, Layla, and Judah Mock; Jane and Edie Foley, Bailey Brenneman, Jace and Jerzi Bradshaw, Ashlyn and Mason Vermeer, Zadie and Tayo Eguae-Obazee, and Everett and Clark Lundgren. Helen was also survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Gene and Norma De Wit. 

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband; her daughter, Jan Brenneman; her granddaughter, Jill Brenneman; her daughter-in-law, Nancy Vermeer; and many De Wit and Vermeer siblings and their spouses.