Cynthia Van Den Oever, 95, Doon, Iowa, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002.
Services were Saturday, Oct. 26, at First Reformed Church in Doon. The Rev. Don Baker officiated. Burial was at Hope Cemetery in Hull, Iowa.
Cynthia Van Den Oever was born to Peter and Barbara (Brouwer) Van Den Oever on Nov. 16, 1906, near Perkins, Iowa.
She attended the Burr Oak Country School near Perkins. The Van Den Oever family moved to the Koster farm on Hwy. 75 in 1917. After her father died, she and her mother moved to Doon in 1948. She cared for her mother until 1968 when her mother died. She then moved to her current residence in Doon in 1980. She worked for many in the community, cleaning houses and helping at her church.
Ms. Van Den Oever was the oldest member of the Doon First Reformed Church. She was a member of the women's circle in her church. She enjoyed crocheting and activities at the Senior Citizens Center.
Survivors include two sisters, Katie Top, Hills, and Rena Top, Milaca; three sisters-in-law, Elsie Van Den Oever, Stickney, S.D., Irma Van Den Oever, Pipestone, and Henrietta Oostra, Hull; and 39 nieces and nephews.
Ms. Van Den Oever was preceded in death by her parents, nine brothers, John, Fred, Andrew, Jake, Henry, Peter, James, Henry and an infant; and one sister, Ada Burggraaf.
Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa, was in charge of arrangements.