Berton James Rozeboom, 47, Garretson, S.D., died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., following a long battle with liver cancer. Services were Monday, Oct. 27, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Burial was in St. Catherine Cemetery, Luverne.Bert Rozeboom was born to James and Edith (Anema) Rozeboom on July 9, 1956, in Luverne. He grew up in the Beaver Creek area and graduated from Hills-Beaver Creek High School in 1974. After high school, he attended Southwest Minnesota Vocational Technical School in Canby and graduated with a degree in diesel mechanics. He married Michelle Reisch on Sept. 12, 1975, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Following their marriage, they lived in rural Garretson, S.D. He worked for 10 years as a mechanic at Doyle-Lunstra (later known as DMI) in Sioux Falls. He purchased his father’s manure hauling business in 1987. He sold this business to his family in August. He operated RRR Cattle Company the past six years. Mr. Rozeboom was a long-time member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. He was also a member of Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed woodworking and riding horses.Survivors include his wife, Michelle Rozeboom, Garretson; two sons, Jason (Kristin) Rozeboom, Beaver Creek, and Mark (Jenifer) Rozeboom, Garretson; three daughters, Staci Rozeboom and Sarah Rozeboom, both of Garretson, and Amy (fiancé Jim Susie) Rozeboom, Hills; five grandchildren, Carter, Synthia, Tristen, Keaten and Bailey; his father, Jim Rozeboom, Luverne; two brothers, Harley Rozeboom, Jasper, and Al (Denise) Rozeboom, Luverne; and two sisters, Cherlyn (Gary) Bosch, Valley Springs, S.D., and Dolly (Tom) Van Der Weerd, Rock Rapids, Iowa, and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Rozeboom was preceded in death by his mother, Edith, and niece, Angee.Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.
