Services for Chris Spykerboer will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at First Baptist Church in Luverne with the Rev. Dale Phelps officiating. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery in Rock Rapids, Iowa. Visitation is from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 29, with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m. at Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. Visitation will also be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.
Chris Spykerboer, 58, Luverne, died Monday, March 25, 2002, in Luverne Community Hospital.
Chris Spykerboer was born to William and Lena (Kracht) Spykerboer on April 30, 1943, in Rock Rapids. He grew up on a farm in rural Ellsworth. He attended country school in Kanaranzi Township and later attended Ellsworth High School. He farmed in Vienna Township until he retired because of health problems. He recently moved to Parkview Manor in Ellsworth.
Mr. Spykerboer was a past member of First Baptist Church in Luverne.
Survivors include one daughter, Christy Wilson, Somerset, N.J.; two brothers, Bert (Priscilla) Spykerboer, and Henry (Wilmanette) Spykerboer, all of rural Ellsworth; three sisters, Hattie (James) Brands, Pipestone, Mary (John) Brands, rural Kenneth, and Albertha Tiedemann, Worthington; and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Spykerboer was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Jennetta and Jennie (Mrs. Bob Dykema).
Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne is in charge of arrangements.