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Leonard De Stigter

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Birth	:	19 Apr 1922 Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	17 Sep 2013 Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0680000, -96.1720000
Description	:	Leonard De Stigter, 91, of Sioux Center died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center. Service will be 10 a.m. Monday at First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center, with the Rev. Mark Verbruggen officiating. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center. Leonard De Stigter was born at home on April 19, 1922, in Sioux Center, to Lane and Barbara De Stigter. He was the ninth of 12 children. Leonard grew up and... Read More	Leonard De Stigter, 91, of Sioux Center died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center. Service will be 10 a.m. Monday at First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center, with the Rev. Mark Verbruggen officiating. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center. Leonard De Stigter was born at home on April 19, 1922, in Sioux Center, to Lane and Barbara De Stigter. He was the ninth of 12 children. Leonard grew up and lived in Sioux Center. He attended Sioux Center Christian School, Western Christian High in Hull, Iowa, Sioux Center Public High, and went one year to Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. On June 29, 1943, Leonard married Ella Mulder at the farm home of her parents, Albert and Cynthia (Huitink) Mulder, near Hull, Iowa. They were blessed with six children, Thane, Sonja, Elaine, Emlyn, Philip, and Paul. Shortly after their marriage, Leonard took his new bride to find work in Knoxville, Tenn. Upon returning to Sioux Center, he became the city clerk for two years. His love for the carpentry trade, which he learned in his youth working alongside his father, became the impetus for forming a partnership with three of his brothers, Tim, Gilbert, and Peter. At first it was De Stigter Brothers Construction, but over the years they added to their company Soo Lumber Company and Soo Ready Mix, where Leonard served as the office manager. Forty years later in 1987, these companies dissolved when Leonard retired. Leonard was a faithful, lifelong member of Sioux Center First Christian Reformed Church, where he served as a deacon. He also served on the board of the Sioux Center Christian School. He used his talents to design the present church building and the latest addition to the school. Leonard was a volunteer fireman for the Sioux Center Fire Department for 42 years. He also served on the boards of the Sioux Center Land Development Corporation and the Association for Retarded Citizens. Some of the things Leonard enjoyed most include reading, gardening, singing, and traveling throughout the United States and overseas. He found pleasure in drawing blueprints, and attending school and sporting activities of his family. He had a special interest in, and love for, children, although they had to get used to his bass voice when he struck up conversations with them. Leonard is survived by his wife of 70 years, Ella of Sioux Center; his children, Thane and Ginny De Stigter of Loveland, Colo., Sonja and Dick Sander of Aurora, Colo., Elaine and Larry Meyer of Oakdale, Pa., Philip and Bonnie De Stigter of Sioux Center, and Paul and Susanne De Stigter of Neunkirchen, Germany; 19 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; his siblings, Florence Kalsbeek of Orange City, Lucille and Norman Poel of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Cornelius and Penny De Stigter of Livonia, Mich.; and sister-in-law, Elaine De Stigter of Grand Rapids, Mich. Also left to cherish his memory are in-laws from the Mulder family, Henrietta and Ben Koele of Orange City, Sylvia and Pete Humme of Orange City, Marie Van Ommeren of Des Moines, Tom and Bernice Mulder of Sheldon, Iowa, and Alvin and Dorothy Mulder of Palm Springs, Calif.; along with numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding Leonard in death are his parents, Lane and Barbara De Stigter; a daughter, Emlyn De Stigter; daughter-in-law, JoAnne De Stigter; his siblings and spouses, Helen and Ben Wassenaar, William and Dena (and Grace) De Stigter, Tim and Margaret De Stigter, Alyda and John Kosters, Ada and John Schoo, Gilbert and Cecelia De Stigter, Peter and Myna De Stigter, and Melvin and Carol De Stigter; brother-in-law, Gerard Kalsbeek; from the Mulder family, Vernon Van Ommeren, Ralph and Carrie Mulder, Ben and Dorothy De Leeuw; and infant sister-in-law, Ella A. Mulder. In lieu of flowers or gift items, the De Stigter family prefers memorials be directed to Hope Haven Foundation in Rock Valley, Iowa, or Sioux Center Home Health and Hospice. Sioux City Journal 2013-09-20.

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Leonard De Stigter's memorial is located at: Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA.
When did Leonard De Stigter death?
Leonard De Stigter death on 17 Sep 2013 in Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.0680000
Longitude: -96.1720000

Family Members:

Parent

Leendert “Lane” De Stigter

(1883 - 1971)

Barbara Visser De Stigter

(1885 - 1972)

Siblings

Helen De Stigter Wassenaar

(1909 - 2000)

William De Stigter

(1910 - 1988)

Tunis De Stigter

(1912 - 1998)

Alyda De Stigter Kosters

(1914 - 2007)

Gilbert De Stigter

(1918 - 1990)

Peter De Stigter

(1920 - 2000)

Children

Emlyn Francine De Stigter

(1953 - 2009)

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