Hilda Bloemendaal, 86, Sioux Center, Iowa, died Thursday, March 28, 2002, at Sioux Center Nursing Facility in Sioux Center. She was the mother of Curt Bloemendaal of Luverne.
Services were Monday, April 1, at Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center. The Rev. Duane Tinklenberg officiated. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Sioux Center.
Hilda Mast was born to Nick and Mary (Meyer) Mast on July 11, 1915, in Volga, S.D.
She married William (Bill) Bloemendaal on Feb. 20, 1940, in Volga. They farmed near Volga until 1957 and then moved to Edgerton where they continued to farm until moving to Sioux Center in 1967. She worked at Dordt College in Sioux Center until her retirement in 1979. She moved to Sioux Center Nursing Facility in 1994.
She was a lifelong member of the Christian Reformed Church and an active member of the Ladies Aid at Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center. Her hobbies included knitting slippers for her children and grandchildren, crossword puzzles and traveling with her husband.
Survivors include two sons, Curt (Marilyn) Bloemendaal, Luverne, and Al (Lynne) Bloemendaal, Sioux Center; three daughters, Mary (John) Steward of Jesus, Hutchinson, Kan., Judy (Wayne) Sieps, Minnetonka, and Edie (Wayne) Dekkers, Hawarden, Iowa; 15 grandchildren, Dirk, Maria, Kirk, Cory, Diona, Rachel, Colleen, Laura, Ben, Stefanie, Scott, Lisa, Todd, Jay and Travis; seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Jeanette DeLange, Platte, S.D.; and two brothers, Henry Mast and Clarence Mast, both of Volga.
Mrs. Bloemendaal was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bill, one son, Calvin Dale, three brothers and one sister.
Memorial Funeral Home, Sioux Center, was in charge of arrangements.