Simon was the son of William and Jannetje (Van der Lee) Verhoef in Baambrugge, The Netherlands. and passed away on 19 March 2009 in Pella, Iowa. He was baptized and made Profession of Faith in the Gereformerde Kerk of Baambrugge. On 30 January 1947 he married Johanna Griffeon, to this union brought about 3 sons and two daughters, William, Gary, Janny, Nellie and Daniel. In 1952Simon and Johanna and their three oldest children immigrated to the United States. They rented a number of farms around Oskaloosa, Iowa finally buying a small dairy farm three miles east of Oskaloosa from Tone and Dorothy Vander Wilt. In 1975 Simon retired from farming. He and Joanna moved to Pella and he worked as a custodian for the Pella Public Schools for 12 years, retiring from that job in 1987. He was preceded in death by his wife, Johanna of 57 years in 2004, as well as his parents, his sister, Jannetje Vanden Bosch and Brother, Harmen Verhoef. Those surviving him are his five children and their spouses, 16 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren, Rev. William and Ruth (Van Ee) Verhoef of Redlands, California, Gary and Corrinne (Dankof) Verhoef of Pella, Iowa, Janny and Gerald Van Dusseldorp of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Nellie and Les Fie of Pella, Iowa and Daniel and Lois (Kampenga) Verhoef of Fayetteville, Georgia. His surviving brothers and sisters are Wim Verhoef of Pella, Mar Smit of the Netherlands, Jan and Ric Verhoef of the Netherlands, Nell DeGroot of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Carrie and Tunis Van Wallbeek of Pella, Brother-In-Law, Barend Vanden Bosch of The Netherlands and sister-in-law, Emma Verheul of the Netherlands. Simon was a much loved father and grandfather who loved his children and doted on his grandchildren. He will be greatly missed.
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