Duane SandbulteDuane Alan Sandbulte, 68, Steen, died Saturday, April 19, 2003, at Luverne Community Hospital in Luverne. Services were Tuesday, April 22, at Steen Reformed Church in Steen. The Rev. Dan Ramaker officiated. Burial was in Eastside Cemetery, Steen.Duane Sandbulte was born to William and Rebecca (Wesselink) Sandbulte on April 7, 1935, at Carmel, Iowa. He graduated from Sioux Center High School, Sioux Center, Iowa. He married Bernice Vonk at Rock Valley Reformed Church. They lived in Carmel from 1959 to 1965, Steen from 1965 to 1976, and moved to Hills in 1976. He worked with Sandbulte Brothers Construction Co., Sioux Falls; he was an independent insurance salesman for Minnesota Benefit and helped out as a bus driver for the Hills-Beaver Creek Schools. He also helped his son, Dale, with custom round baling. He served in the Army National Guard from 1957 to 1963 at Sheldon, Iowa. Mr. Sandbulte was a member of Steen Reformed Church in Steen where he taught catechism and Sunday School. He also served a term as Sunday School superintendent, was an usher and was involved in the M2 Program which ministers to inmates at South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. He enjoyed farming, softball, bike riding, walking and swimming. Survivors include his wife, Bernice Sandbulte, Hills; five sons, Dale (Jodi) Sandbulte, Steen, Craig (Brenda) Sandbulte, George, Iowa, Myron (Lisa) Sandbulte, Brian (Tracie) Sandbulte, all of Hills, and Nathan (Mary) Sandbulte, Sioux Falls; two daughters, Julie (Jim) Harsma, Steen, and Denise Dudley, Hills; 16 grandchildren; three brothers, Howard (Bernice) Sandbulte, Sioux Center, Iowa, Glen Sandbulte, Winfield, Kan., and Rodney (Carol) Sandbulte, Rock Valley, Iowa; five sisters, Hermina (August) Ykema, Allendale, Mich., Angeline (Calvin) Korver, Alton, Iowa, Iola Statema, Zeeland, Mich., Ronda (Rich) Kooistra, Inwood, and Laura (Jim) Westra, Rock Valley; two brothers-in-law, John Draayer, Hawarden, Iowa, and Ed (Elaine) Kats, Rock Valley; one sister-in-law, Hermina Sandbulte, Edgerton; and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Sandbulte was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, John, Henry Bernard and Lloyd, and two sisters, Sharon Kats and Henrietta Draayer.Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.
