Winifred Bomgaars, 100, of Sioux Center died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Royale Meadows Care Center of Sioux Center.
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of First Reformed Church of Sioux Center, with the Rev. Roger Voskuil officiating. A prayer service for family and friends will be 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Interment will follow the prayer service in the Newkirk Cemetery at Newkirk, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.
Winifred Jeanette Bomgaars was born March 13, 1911, to Gerrit and Nellie (Popma) Top on the family farm between Newkirk and Alton, Iowa.
She attended school in Newkirk and graduated from the Newkirk Consolidated School.
On Jan. 21, 1932, Winifred was joined in marriage to Arie W. Bomgaars in Newkirk. The couple lived in Newkirk, where Arie worked for the general store. In 1954, the couple opened the Siouxland Motel on the north end of Sioux Center. They also managed motels for some time in Fremont, Neb. and Cherokee, Iowa. Winifred and Arie retired to Sioux Center in 1978.
Winifred was a member of the Newkirk Reformed church for more than 35 years and was a church organist. After retiring to Sioux Center she became a member of First Reformed Church. Winifred loved music and spent her free time playing the piano and organ. She gave music lessons for years and even played the hand bells when she was a resident at Royale Meadows Care Center.
She is survived by three children and their spouses, Werna and Peter VerMulm of Sioux Center, Galen Dean and Sandra Bomgaars of Denver, Colo., and Thelma Kay and Ron Nelson of Tacoma, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, Clifford and Sophia Top of Orange City, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Sophia Slothouber of Sanborn, Iowa; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arie Bomgaars; her parents; a sister and brother-in-law, Kathryn and Henry Bomgaars; as well as other members of the Bomgaars family.
Sioux City Journal.com 2012-03-05.
Winifred Bomgaars, 100, of Sioux Center died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Royale Meadows Care Center of Sioux Center.
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of First Reformed Church of Sioux Center, with the Rev. Roger Voskuil officiating. A prayer service for family and friends will be 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Interment will follow the prayer service in the Newkirk Cemetery at Newkirk, Iowa. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.
Winifred Jeanette Bomgaars was born March 13, 1911, to Gerrit and Nellie (Popma) Top on the family farm between Newkirk and Alton, Iowa.
She attended school in Newkirk and graduated from the Newkirk Consolidated School.
On Jan. 21, 1932, Winifred was joined in marriage to Arie W. Bomgaars in Newkirk. The couple lived in Newkirk, where Arie worked for the general store. In 1954, the couple opened the Siouxland Motel on the north end of Sioux Center. They also managed motels for some time in Fremont, Neb. and Cherokee, Iowa. Winifred and Arie retired to Sioux Center in 1978.
Winifred was a member of the Newkirk Reformed church for more than 35 years and was a church organist. After retiring to Sioux Center she became a member of First Reformed Church. Winifred loved music and spent her free time playing the piano and organ. She gave music lessons for years and even played the hand bells when she was a resident at Royale Meadows Care Center.
She is survived by three children and their spouses, Werna and Peter VerMulm of Sioux Center, Galen Dean and Sandra Bomgaars of Denver, Colo., and Thelma Kay and Ron Nelson of Tacoma, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, Clifford and Sophia Top of Orange City, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Sophia Slothouber of Sanborn, Iowa; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Arie Bomgaars; her parents; a sister and brother-in-law, Kathryn and Henry Bomgaars; as well as other members of the Bomgaars family.
Sioux City Journal.com 2012-03-05.
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