Nelvina Diekevers

IN MEMORY OF
NELVINA C. DIEKEVERS

BORN: August 17, 1922 ~ Boyden, Iowa
PASSED AWAY: June 15, 2005 ~ Hull, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Monday, June 20, 2005
United Presbyterian Church, Boyden, Iowa
Brian Schafer ~ officiating

VISITATION
Sunday, June 19, 2005 after 2:00pm
Family Present from 7:00 ~ 8:30pm
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Boyden, Iowa

MUSIC
“In The Garden”
“Precious Lord Take My Hand”
Sung by: Norm Moret
CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
No. 4 “How Great Thou Art”
Organist: Harriet Fiihr

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Rick Kray Kylie Kray
Mitchell Diekevers Alex Diekevers
Audra Detloff
CASKET BEARERS
Gary Diekevers Greg Diekevers
John Doorenbos Don Doorenbos
Clark Van Schepen Gerrit Lode

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Sheridan Township Cemetery
Boyden, 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 Boyden DEMCO Community Center.



NELVINA C. DIEKEVERS

Nelvina “Nel” Catherine Diekevers, the daughter of George and Maude (Jansma) Reimers was born August 17, 1922, on a farm near Boyden, Iowa. She received her education in Boyden, graduating from Boyden High School and the Sioux City Beauty Academy. On November 6, 1941, she was united in marriage to Adrian “Rusty” Diekevers in Boyden, Iowa. After their marriage the young couple lived in the Boyden area until moving to Flandreau, South Dakota in 1945. In 1947, they returned to the Boyden area to farm. Nel operated a beauty shop out of her home for 40 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Adrian, on October 22, 1998 in Sheldon, Iowa. “Nel” remained at home until moving into the Pleasant Acres Care Center in June of 2004. She passed away at the care center in Hull, Iowa on Wednesday, June 15, 2005, reaching the age of 82 years, 9 months and 28 days.
She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Boyden, Iowa, and the Ladies Auxiliary of the church and the American Legion. She loved entertaining, sewing, fishing and visiting with her customers.
Nel leaves her two children and their spouses to cherish her memory, Arthur and Phyllis Diekevers and Anita “Skeeter” and James Kray all of Boyden, Iowa; three grandsons, Greg and Dori Diekevers; Gary Diekevers; Rick and Brenda Kray; four great-grandchildren, Mitchell and Alex Diekevers; Kylie Kray; Audra Detloff; two great-great-grandchildren, Riley and Trey Detloff; a brother and sister-in-law, Marvin and Dorothy Diekevers of Hull, Iowa; two brothers-in-law, Vern Ingalls and Gerrit Lode both of Sheldon, Iowa; and a sister-in-law, Ruth Diekevers of Sheldon, Iowa; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, two sisters, May Lode and Florence Heemskerk.