Sioux Center, Iowa
Winifred Vonk, 94, of Sioux Center, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, at Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center.
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at New Life Reformed Church in Sioux Center, with the Rev. Dan Kruse, officiating. There will be a prayer service for family and friends at 10a.m. Tuesday at the church at. Interment will follow the prayer service in the Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center.
Winifred (Van Regenmorter) Vonk was born on May 29, 1923, to Peter and Carrie (Bos) Van Regenmorter, in Sioux Center. She grew up on a farm and attended country school. She obtained her licensed practical nurse degree in Le Mars, Iowa.
Wynn married Ben Vonk on March 7, 1952. They farmed in Sioux Center for five years before moving to Bellflower, Calif., where she worked as a nurse's aide. She continued to work as a nurse's aide when they moved to a farm in Inwood, Iowa, and later to a farm west of Carmel, Iowa. Through the years, Ben and Wynn opened their home to several foster children. Wynn also worked in a clothing store, and as an aide and bus driver for Hope Haven. After retirement, they moved to Chandler and Meza, Ariz. She was married to her husband, Ben for 49 years. In 2003, Wynn moved to Sioux Center. It was great joy to be near her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She enjoyed being involved in women's ministry and hospice. Wynn loved to entertain and lived life to the fullest. She often remarked how good God was to let her live so many years.
Survivors include her children, Dennis (Gayle) Vonk of Le Mars, and Beverly (Dan) Ohman of Ames, Iowa; four grandchildren, Allison (Jay) Rolfes, Ashley(Mike) Jacobsma, Jeffrey (Pearl) Ohman and Jennifer (Eric) Roggatz; five great-grandchildren, Lauren and Cameron Rolfes, Keegan and Karter Jacobsma and Paige Roggatz; and a brother, Bill (Aldine) Van Regenmorter of Sioux Center.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Ben Vonk; son, Virgil Vonk; and four brothers, Jacob, Dick, Henry and Richard Van Regenmorter.
Memorials can be directed to Hope Haven www.hopehaven.org/donate.php and Atlas www.atlasofsiouxcenter.org.
