Virginia Veldhuizen

Virginia Veldhuizen

December 16, 1918 – November 20, 2010

Visitation: will begin at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday morning, November 23, 2010 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel. The family will be at the funeral chapel from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. to greet visitors.
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday morning, November 24, 2010 at Central United Methodist Church with Reverend Robert Dean officiating.
Interment: Forest Cemetery

Virginia passed away Saturday morning a Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa at the age of 91 years, 11 months and 4 days.

Virginia Augusta Veldhuizen, daughter of Ira Stewart and Ruby Miller Hogate, was born December 16, 1918 in Tracy, Iowa. She attended school in Tracy and was a 1937 graduate of Tracy High School. During her high school career she was a four year starter as guard on the Tracy girl’s basketball team. In 1937, the team played for the Iowa Girls High School State Basketball Championship. She married Albert Henry “Hap” Veldhuizen October 12, 1937 in Lancaster, MO. In 1941, they moved to Long Island, Kansas and started farming. They remained there until 1953, when the need to be near family brought them back to Iowa. The first six years they were back, they lived on a farm north of Bussey and in 1959 they moved to a farm southwest of Oskaloosa. An opportunity to purchase a farm south of Eddyville came in 1964, so once again Virginia and Hap packed up and moved down the road. In 1989 Virginia and Hap moved to the new home they built in Oskaloosa. She and Hap enjoyed camping at the Iowa State Fair each year as well as camping at Lake Red Rock. They made several trips to see their son Galen at the many locations he was stationed with the military. She was a member of the Central United Methodist Church. As the mother of eleven children, her family was her primary focus. Virginia had been a resident of Crystal Heights Care Center since March of 2009.

Virginia’s family includes five sons: Larry (Jean DeKock) Veldhuizen of Oskaloosa, Norman (Sherry) Veldhuizen of Pleasant Hill, Leo (Ann) Veldhuizen of Eddyville, Galen Veldhuizen of Oakland, TN, and Duane (Loree) Veldhuizen of Eddyville; five daughters: Patricia Ohrling-Carberry of Altoona, Phyllis Keicher of Colfax, Lorraine (Leroy) Ver Beek of Rose Hill, Delores (Fred) Carlo of Ottumwa and Eloise (Herb) Lobberecht of Eddyville; 27 grandchildren; 51 great- grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandsons. She is survived by a brother, Martin (Dee) Hogate of Warsaw, MO, two sisters-in-law: Gradda Tien of Phillipsburg, KS and Veda (Bill) Bousema of Sanborn, IA; four brothers-in-law: Jay Veldhuizen, William Veldhuizen, Richard (Bernice) Veldhuizen, and Dale Veldhuizen, all of Oskaloosa; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Besides her parents, Virginia was preceded in death by her husband, Albert “Hap” Veldhuizen; a son, Ronald Veldhuizen; two daughters-in-law: Judy and Dominique Veldhuizen; three sons-in-law: Carl Ohrling, William Carberry, and Robert Keicher; two grandchildren: Curtis Veldhuizen and Michael Keicher; two brothers-in-law and five sisters-in-law.

Memorials may be made to Iowa Hospice or the Central United Methodist Church.

Source: GVL Funeral Chapel