Hermina 'Mina' Lode

IN MEMORY OF
HERMINA “MINA” LODE

BORN
February 5, 1920
Boyden, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
August 21, 2007
Sheldon, Iowa

VISTATION
Thursday, August 23, 2007
after 2:00pm withe the
family present from 6:30 - 8:00pm
at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home
in Sheldon, Iowa
FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Friday
August 24, 2007
First Reformed Church
Sheldon, Iowa
CLERGYMEN
Rev. David Brower
Rev. Gordon Bloemendaal

MUSIC
“How Great Thou Art”
“Safe in the Arms of Jesus”
Soloist: Dyan Sterk
CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
No. 435 “What a Friend We Have In Jesus”
Organist: Paula Van Aalsburg

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Dee & Roger Helgerson Janice & Ken Bolkema
Marlene & Bill Lawson Jerry & Angie Lode
Merlyn & Rachel Lode
CASKET BEARERS
Kelly & Lana Lode Cory & Lynne Vaselaar
Kent & Sheila Lode Loni & Lana Vaselaar
Kurt & Jill Lode Lori & Craig Christeson
Gina & Marlyn Woelber Sara & Ryan Garnas

FINAL RESTING PLACE
East Lawn Cemetery
Sheldon, Iowa

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

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

HERMINA “MINA” LODE

Hermina “Mina” Lode, the daughter of Herman and Susan (Brink) Oldenkamp, was born February 5, 1920 in rural Boyden, Iowa. She received her education in a country school near Boyden, Iowa. On March 6, 1940, she was united in marriage to John Lode on her parent’s farm place near Boyden, Iowa. The couple made their home on a farm north of Sanborn, Iowa for 14 years, later moving to a farm north of Sheldon on Country Club Road, where they farmed until their retirement in 1977. John and Mina had built a new home in Sheldon and moved into town that same year. Her husband John preceded her in death on October 7, 2005 in Sheldon. Hermina passed away on Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at the Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, reaching the age of 87 years, 6 months and 16 days.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church in Sheldon. She enjoyed doing handwork, baking and was a caregiver, she especially loved being with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Hermina leaves to cherish her memory, a son Arlan and his wife, Jane Lode of Sheldon; a daughter, Edna and her husband, Dennis Vaselaar of Ashton; 8 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Susan Westra of Sanborn, Iowa; Edith Visser of Sheldon, Iowa and Geraldine Bouma of Omaha, Nebraska; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, four sisters, Jennie Van Es; Tena De Raad; Gertrude Oldenkamp; Christine Lode; four brothers, William, Sam, Henry and John Oldenkamp; and two brothers and two sisters in infancy.



God gives us each a gift of life
To cherish from our birth.
He gives us friends and those we love
To share our days on Earth.

He watches us with loving care
And takes us by the hand,
He blesses us with countless joys
And guides the lives we’ve planned.

Then, when our work on Earth is done,
He calls us to His side,
To live with Him in happiness
Where peace and love abide.