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Birth	:	4 Jul 1904 Carnes, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	20 Mar 1997 Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0680000, -96.1720000
Description	:	Richard Berkenpas, 92, of Sioux Center, died Thursday, March 20, at a Sioux City hospital. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 24, at Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center with the Rev. Brian Steenhoek and the Rev. Dar Berkenpas officiating. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery at Sioux Center. Berkenpas was born July 4, 1904 at Carnes to Henry and Annie (Tamminga). As a youth, he lived in Carnes, Watertown, South Dakota, and Le Mars. He married Jennie Scholten April 8, 1931, at Hospers. The couple lived in Le Mars for two years and then moved to Sioux Center... Read More	Richard Berkenpas, 92, of Sioux Center, died Thursday, March 20, at a Sioux City hospital. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 24, at Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center with the Rev. Brian Steenhoek and the Rev. Dar Berkenpas officiating. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery at Sioux Center. Berkenpas was born July 4, 1904 at Carnes to Henry and Annie (Tamminga). As a youth, he lived in Carnes, Watertown, South Dakota, and Le Mars. He married Jennie Scholten April 8, 1931, at Hospers. The couple lived in Le Mars for two years and then moved to Sioux Center where they made their home. He worked for the farmers' elevator and as a self-employed sheep shearer for 33 years. He was an active member of Central Reformed Church. Survivors Include his wife; a daughter and her husband, Leone and Robert Eidsmoe of Dakota Dunes; three sons and their wives, Alden and Joyce of Mapleton, Carl and Barb of Ashton and Merlin and Peg of Sioux City; a daughter-in-law, Shirley of Rock Valley; four brothers, Gil and his wife Eunice, Don and his wife Darlene, Darrell and his wife Lorraine, all of Le Mars, and Harold of Sterling, Colorado; a sister, Gert Zoerink of Le Mars; 15 grandchildren; and 11 greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Richard, Jr.; a daughter, Jeanine; two brothers; a sister; and a grandson. (Sioux Center News)

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Richard Berkenpas's memorial is located at: Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA.
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Richard Berkenpas death on 20 Mar 1997 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.0680000
Longitude: -96.1720000

Family Members:

Parent

Henry Berkenpas

(1877 - 1970)

Anna Tammenga Berkenpas

(1882 - 1942)

Spouse

Jennie Scholten Berkenpas

(1906 - 2001)

Siblings

Sidney E Berkenpas

(1911 - 1965)

Leonard “Lum” Berkenpas

(1913 - 1978)

Gilbert Berkenpas

(1916 - 1998)

Donald “Don” Berkenpas

(1919 - 2002)

Gertrude H Berkenpas Zoerink

(1921 - 2015)

Harold Lloyd Berkenpas

(1926 - 2005)

Children

Jeanine A. Berkenpas

(1943 - 1978)

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Coordinate: 43.0680000, -96.1720000

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Coordinate: 43.0996700, -96.3578300

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Coordinate: 43.0661011, -95.9781036

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Coordinate: 42.9681015, -96.3143997

18. Saint Mary's Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1864014, -96.2878036

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Coordinate: 43.1866989, -96.2953033

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Coordinate: 43.2282000, -96.0985000

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Coordinate: 42.8953018, -96.2005997

22. Sheridan Township Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2047005, -96.0208969

23. Hospers Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0732994, -95.9197006

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