Julia M. Van Diepen

IN MEMORY OF
JULIA M. VAN DIEPEN

BORN
December 2, 1911
Boyden, Iowa

PASSED AWAY
March 31, 2010
George, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Saturday, April 3, 2010
St. John Lutheran Church, Boyden, Iowa
CLERGY
Rev. S. Kim Peterson and Rev. Trudy A. Peterson

Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service in the church.

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Holy, Holy, Holy”
“Crown Him With Many Crowns”
“To God Be The Glory”
Organist: Ruth Heitritter

CASKET BEARERS
Jim Hembd Jay Vahle
Joshua Meendering Cody Meendering
Loren Baerenwald Merwin Heitritter

FINAL RESTING PLACE
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
Rural Boyden, 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 of Boyden, Iowa
JULIA M. VAN DIEPEN
Julia M. Van Diepen, the daughter of Fredrick “Fritz” and Martha (Schroeder) Heitritter, was born December 2, 1911 on a farm NW of Boyden, Iowa. Julia was baptized in January 1912 at St. John Lutheran Church Boyden and was later confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hull, Iowa. She attended country school near Boyden and graduated from the Boyden High School in 1933, she received her teaching certificate from the Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa. Julia taught in Lyon County country schools for 5 years. On March 16, 1936, she was united in marriage to Thomas J. “Dooley” Van Diepen in Sheldon, Iowa. After their marriage the couple made their home in Boyden. In 1957, they moved to Garden City, California where she was a Charter Member of the Ascension Lutheran Church. She was the president of the churches Altar Guild for many years and had taught Sunday school for 14 years. Julia was an Avon salesperson for 7 years and also volunteered her time at the Lutheran Thrift Shop and at the Palm Harbor Hospital for 8 years. Julia and Tom moved back to Boyden in 1979 and enjoyed spending their winters in Florida. Tom preceded her in death on October 14, 1988 in Sheldon. Julia continued to live in Boyden until she moved into the Christian Retirement Home in Sheldon in January of 2001. She passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the George Community Good Samaritan Center in George, Iowa reaching the age of 98 years, 3 months and 29 days.
She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Boyden. She loved crafts and reading and enjoyed golfing with her friends at the Otter Valley Golf Course near Boyden.
Left to cherish her memory are her two granddaughters, Sondra and her husband, Jim Hembd of Boyden and Rhonda and her husband, Jay Vahle of Minneapolis, Minnesota; two grandsons, Joshua and Cody Meendering; a sister, Elsie Baerenwald of Jasper, Minnesota; and other relatives and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a son, Thomas Jr. and a daughter and son-in-law, Clleon and Wayne Stueven; three grandsons, Tom, James and Michael; her parents; a sister, Verna Baerenwald and three brothers, Jack Arthur and Lewis.