IN MEMORY OF
ARTHUR RAYMOND “RAY” MOUW
BORN
July 22, 1924
Ashton, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
May 31, 2008
Sheldon, Iowa
FUNERAL SERVICE
2:00 P.M. Wednesday
June 4, 2008
Newkirk Reformed Church; Newkirk, Iowa
Rev. David H. Powers ~ Officiating
MUSIC
“In The Garden” & “It is Well With My Soul”
Sung by: Stan De Haan
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Amazing Grace”
“To God Be The Glory”
Organist: Adeline Dolphin
CASKET BEARERS
Bill Punt Eric Doorenbos
Harold Kruger Ryan Wolf
Kristi Hagenbarth Phil Grove
Al Van Zyl Steve Van Zyl
Bonita Elgersma
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Newkirk Cemetery ~ Newkirk, Iowa
After the graveside service relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.
Arrangements under the care of the
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home Sheldon, Iowa
ARTHUR RAYMOND “RAY” MOUW
Arthur Raymond “Ray” Mouw, the son of Arthur and Jeanette (Hyink) Mouw was born on July 22, 1924 on the family farm south of Ashton, Iowa. He received his education in a country school in the Newkirk area. He resided for many years with his parents on the family farm north of Newkirk, Iowa. In 1990, he became a resident of the Village Northwest in Sheldon, where he resided until January of 2008 when he moved to Sanford Health Center Senior Care. He passed away at Senior Care on Saturday, May 31, 2008 reaching the age of 83 years, 10 months and 9 days.
Ray was a member of the Newkirk Reformed Church and enjoyed horses, fishing, polka music, pheasant hunting, being on the family farm and driving around on his Allis Chalmers tractor.
Ray is survived by seven sisters, Betty and her husband, Don Pekelder of Gun Lake, Michigan; Irene Kruger of Lake Park, Iowa; Bernice Van Zyl of St. Paul Minnesota; Loretta Dykstra of Lenox, South Dakota; Lorraine and her husband, Loren Eickoff of Grinnell, Iowa; Sharon and her husband, Russell Doorenbos of Boyden, Iowa and Ardis and her husband, Fred Grein of Sheldon, Iowa; also nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers-in-law, Fred Van Zyl; Herman Kruger and Norman Dykstra; and one nephew.