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Arthur W. Vos

July 9, 1918 — January 27, 2013

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR WILLIAM VOS

BORN

July 9, 1918
Boyden, Iowa

PASSED AWAY
January 27, 2013
Sheldon, Iowa


MEMORIAL SERVICE
11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 2, 2013
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Dale Lint ~ officiating

Visitation will be Saturday, February 2, 2013 with the Family present from 9:00 – 10:00am at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon, Iowa.

MUSIC
“Ivory Palaces”
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
Duet by: Rev. Dale Lint and Bobbi Lint
CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
“Amazing Grace”
Organist: Bobbi Lint

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Grandchildren & Nephews
Mary Tobin Bruce Larsen
Chris Larsen Carol Fisher
Will Kooiker Clair Jacobsma
Carl Jacobsma

FINAL RESTING PLACE
East Lawn Cemetery ~ Sheldon, Iowa

After the memorial service, relatives and friends are invited
to join the family for lunch and fellowship
at Prairie Queen Café in Sheldon.

Arrangements under the care of the:
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home ~ Sheldon, Iowa

ARTHUR WILLIAM VOS

Arthur Vos was born in Boyden, Iowa on July 9, 1918 to William and Mina (Tott) Vos. He graduated from Boyden High School and married Ruth Van Houte on June 29, 1940 in Rock Rapids, Iowa. They lived for a time in San Diego, California, then to Mora, Minnesota, Sheldon, Sibley and Rock Rapids, Iowa. Art was a brick layer and a lifetime member of SDADC (Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Union) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The couple returned to Sheldon and remained there for the last 31 years. Ruth preceded him in death on June 18, 2006. Two years after her death Art moved into Fieldcrest Assisted Living where he passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2013 reaching the age of 94 years, 6 months and 18 days.
Art enjoyed visiting with his many friends, playing cards and fishing.
He is survived by his daughter, Sue and her husband, Wayne Kooiker of Orange City, Iowa; five grandchildren, Mary and her husband, John Tobin of Yorba Linda, California, Bruce and his wife, Linda Larsen of Cedar, Minnesota, Chris Larsen and his fiancé, Tracy Coelho of Rancho Santa Margarita, California, Carol and her husband, Pip Fisher of Granger, Iowa and Will and his wife, Heather Kooiker of Colonial Heights, Virginia; five great grandchildren, Kristen Tobin, Jeffrey and his wife, Tara Kaye Tobin, Aubrie and Easton Kooiker and Lincoln Fisher; one great-great granddaughter, Aubree Tobin; and many nieces and nephews.
Art was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth of 64 years, his parents, a daughter, Bonnie Larsen, sister, Caroline Jacobsma and brother, Billy Vos.
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