Margaret De Ronde
Margaret De Ronde
May 10, 1916 – January 28, 2011
Visitation: Will begin at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning, January 30, 2011 at Garland-Van Arkel-Langkamp Funeral Chapel. the family will be at the funeral chapel from 2 – 4 p.m. to greet friends and relatives.
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Monday morning, January 31, 2011 at First Christian Reformed Church with Reverend Dale Visser officiating. A family prayer service will be held in the church basement at 10:15 preceding the funeral service.
Interment: Forest Cemetery
Margaret De Ronde, daughter of John and Fannie Franje Roozeboom, was born May 10, 1916 in Tracy, Iowa. Margaret lived on a farm in Marion County most of her childhood and attended school at Union Country School. When she was 22 years old she worked at the Big Smith Overall Factory. A short time later she met her husband to be, Jake De Ronde; they were married February 9, 1945 at her parent’s home near Oskaloosa. They farmed near Eddyville for 11 years, and then moved to a farm south of Oskaloosa. In 1997 they moved into Oskaloosa. In 2004 Margaret moved to Maple Ridge where she has resided until the past two months, at which time she moved to the Oskaloosa Care Center. For 16 years Margaret and Jacob enjoyed wintering in Florida and they took many fishing trips to Canada with family and friends. Margaret enjoyed her family, friends and neighbors in every place she lived. She enjoyed her flower and vegetable gardens, cooking, and sharing her daily devotions with friends. She was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Oskaloosa.
Margaret’s family includes three daughters: Linda and Wayne De Bruin, Faye and Jim Drost, and Carolyn and Lee De Groot; one son, Jay and Wanda De Ronde, all of Oskaloosa; 12 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren and 23 step-great grandchildren and 3 step-great great grandchildren; two brothers: Marion and Bertha Roozeboom and Pete and Freda Roozeboom of Pella; one sister Evadena Roose of Pella; two brothers in-law: Tunis Hol and John and Ruth Van Weelden of Oskaloosa; two sister in-laws: Dorothy De Ronde and Anna Ryken of Oskaloosa.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jacob; one grandson, Jeffrey De Bruin; one son-in-law, Jay Armstrong; one sister, Jeannette Van Weelden and one brother, Henry Roozeboom.
