He will be dearly missed by his wife of 65 years, Irma; three children and their families: Sally A. Noble of Ames, Iowa, and her two children, Dr. Gary Dean Bridges II.(Jodi)of Ames, and Angela McDermott(Lynn)of Appleton, Wisconsin. Mark L. Groenenboom of Otley, Iowa, and his two sons, Joshua Groenenboom and Jeffrey Groenenboom, Scott D. Groenenboom and his wife, Amy of Leighton, Iowa, and their two sons, Joseph(Serenty)Groenenboom and Samuel Groenenboom; a granddaughter, Rhonda(Bielema)Watkins; and nine great grandchildren. Also a brother-in-law Gilbert(Cornelia Groenenboom)Van Donselaar of Pella, Iowa. Les and Irma experienced not only the death of their infant daughter, Leslie Ann, but the untimely death of their second child, Gayle L(Steven J.)Bielema on June 3, 1982, at the young age of 33 years following a lengthy illness; a grandson, Steven Eric Bielema who died on April 17, 1974 at the age of two years; and a son-in-law, Tom Noble who died on July 26, 2006. Les was the last surviving member of his original family and was preceded in death by his parents, Arie and Helen Groenenboom; his two brothers and their wives: Arie William and Grace Groenenboom, Gysbert Henry and Roelofina Groenenboom and his sister, Cornelia Marie(Gilbert)Van Donselaar. Les and Irma were charter members of the Trinity Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa and at the present time were attending the Presbyterian Church.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 2 pm at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home, Pella, Iowa. Interment will be made in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella, Iowa. Visitation will be Friday afternoon at the funeral home. Memorials in his memory may be given for a H. Lester Groenenboom Memorial Fund.
He will be dearly missed by his wife of 65 years, Irma; three children and their families: Sally A. Noble of Ames, Iowa, and her two children, Dr. Gary Dean Bridges II.(Jodi)of Ames, and Angela McDermott(Lynn)of Appleton, Wisconsin. Mark L. Groenenboom of Otley, Iowa, and his two sons, Joshua Groenenboom and Jeffrey Groenenboom, Scott D. Groenenboom and his wife, Amy of Leighton, Iowa, and their two sons, Joseph(Serenty)Groenenboom and Samuel Groenenboom; a granddaughter, Rhonda(Bielema)Watkins; and nine great grandchildren. Also a brother-in-law Gilbert(Cornelia Groenenboom)Van Donselaar of Pella, Iowa. Les and Irma experienced not only the death of their infant daughter, Leslie Ann, but the untimely death of their second child, Gayle L(Steven J.)Bielema on June 3, 1982, at the young age of 33 years following a lengthy illness; a grandson, Steven Eric Bielema who died on April 17, 1974 at the age of two years; and a son-in-law, Tom Noble who died on July 26, 2006. Les was the last surviving member of his original family and was preceded in death by his parents, Arie and Helen Groenenboom; his two brothers and their wives: Arie William and Grace Groenenboom, Gysbert Henry and Roelofina Groenenboom and his sister, Cornelia Marie(Gilbert)Van Donselaar. Les and Irma were charter members of the Trinity Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa and at the present time were attending the Presbyterian Church.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 2 pm at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home, Pella, Iowa. Interment will be made in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella, Iowa. Visitation will be Friday afternoon at the funeral home. Memorials in his memory may be given for a H. Lester Groenenboom Memorial Fund.
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