Geraldine Borgman

IN MEMORY OF
GERALDINE BORGMAN

BORN
July 5, 1920
Orange City, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
January 23, 2007
Sheldon, Iowa

MEMORIAL SERVICE
2:30 P.M. Saturday
January 27, 2007
Bethel Reformed Church
Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Troy Van Beek ~ officiating

MUSIC
“I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light”
“Safe In The Arms of Jesus”
Sung by: Amy Bomgaars
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
No. 79 “To God Be the Glory”
No. 511 “Victory in Jesus”
Organist: Norma Snyder Jones

CASKET BEARERS
Steven Cass John Topolinski
Jeff Pitts Dave De Kruif
Larry Wilkinson Jim De Kruif

FINAL RESTING PLACE
West Lawn Cemetery
Orange City, Iowa
A graveside service will be at 1:15pm
Saturday, January 27, 2007

After today’s service, relatives and friends
are invited to join the family in the
fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home,
Sheldon, Iowa

Memorials may be directed to the:
Children’s Leukemia Foundation and/or
to the Bethel Reformed Church in Sheldon, Iowa

GERALDINE BORGMAN

Geraldine Borgman, the daughter of Steve and Hattie (Stappert) Siebersma, was born July 5, 1920 on a farm near Orange City, Iowa. She received her education in country schools near Sheldon. On February 9, 1939, she was united in marriage to Elmer D. Borgman in Sheldon, Iowa. The couple made their home in the Sioux Center area. In 1956, they moved to Orange City and in 1958, they made their home in Sheldon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer on October 16, 1986. Geraldine remained in her home until her death. She passed away on January 23, 2007 at the Northwest Iowa Health Center in Sheldon, Iowa, reaching the age of 86 years, 6 months and 18 days.
She was a member of the Bethel Reformed Church in Sheldon. She enjoyed fishing and camping with her husband in northern Minnesota and in Okoboji. She also enjoyed baking, cooking, golfing, music and shopping. Above all she had a special affection for children, loved her family and cherished time spent with them.
Left to cherish her memory, are her children, Marvin and his wife, K.C. Borgman of Prattville, Alabama; Delores and her husband, Gilbert Cass of Grand Blanc, Michigan; and Richard Borgman of Sheldon, Iowa; four grandchildren, John and Debbie Borgman; Sharon and John Topolinski; Steven and Renée Cass; Laura and Jeff Pitts; five great-grandchildren, two sisters, Lucy Wibben of Sheldon and Loretta Petersen of Sibley, Iowa; a brother, Steven and his wife, Fern Siebersma of Milford, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Joan Siebersma of Ankeny, Iowa; also several nieces, nephews and other relatives and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a son Larry Dave Borgman in 1952; two brothers, Julius and Cornie Siebersma; and a sister, Jennie Vanden Berg.

She leaves a legacy of Love!



God grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change…
Courage to change the
things I can
and Wisdom to know the
difference.

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They that love beyond
the world cannot be
separated by it.
Death is but crossing
the world,
as friends do the seas;
they live in
one another still.
-William Penn