Theo Hoogeterp

IN MEMORY OF
THEO HOOGETERP

BORN
May 15, 1933
Newkirk, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
May 26, 2007
Sheldon, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
2:00 P.M. Wednesday
May 30, 2007
First Reformed Church
Sheldon, Iowa
CLERGY
Rev. David Brower
Rev. Gordon Bloemendaal

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
No. 493 “It Is Well With My Soul”
No. 201 “Grace Greater Than Our Sin”
Organist: Midge Andringa

CASKET BEARERS
Stan Vander Plaats Dennis Ten Clay
Jay Vos Richard Schneider
Roger Boer Mike te Velde
Cody te Velde Robert Vander Bush
Michael Buren

FINAL RESTING PLACE
East Lawn Cemetery
Sheldon, 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
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa

THEO HOOGETERP

Theo Hoogeterp, the son of Hillibrand and Anna (De Boer) Hoogeterp, was born on May 15, 1933 in Newkirk, Iowa. He received his education in the Orange City Schools. After high school he worked in upholstery and then at the Campbell Soup Cannery. Theo was united in marriage to Johanna te Velde on June 23, 1954 in Brooten, Minnesota. After their marriage the couple made their home on the south edge of Sheldon, where he built his home and the buildings to house his upholstery business. Theo had an upholstery business for 27 years; he also worked as a custodian for the Sheldon School System for 2 ½ years and at Security State Bank for 20 years. He passed away at the Sanford Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa on May 26, 2007, reaching the age of 74 years and 11 days.
He was a member of the First Reformed Church in Sheldon. He enjoyed remodeling and was known as a tinkerer.
Left to cherish his memory, is his wife, Johanna of 52 years; their three children, Harlan and his wife, Aletha Hoogeterp of Canton, South Dakota; Steven and his wife, Corrine Hoogeterp of Spencer, Iowa; Karen and her husband, Steven Varner of Sheldon, Iowa; six grandchildren, Jeffrey, Christina, Adam, Andrew, Johanna and Johnathan; a sister, Wilma Weaver and her husband, Clyde of Milford, Iowa; also many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Timothy; two sisters and their spouses, Rev. Hatty “Goldie” and Charlie Duncan and Jenny and Herman Buren.