Louis Wynia, 85, Rock Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002, at Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital in Rock Rapids.
Services were Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Roste Funeral Home in Rock Rapids. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Sioux Center, Iowa.
Louis Wynia was born to Frank and Johanna (Rodenburgh) Wynia on Aug. 19, 1916, in Maurice, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm near Maurice and attended school. After his education he worked as a farmhand.
He married Anna De Vos on Sept. 18, 1940, in Rock Valley, Iowa. The couple began farming near Ireton, Iowa. In 1954 they moved to a farm southeast of Rock Rapids. They farmed for 50 years. After they retired they continued to live on the acreage. He continued to help his son with spring fieldwork until the spring of 2000. He and his wife became residents of Rock Rapids Health Care Centre on Dec. 31, 2001. He was admitted to Merrill Pioneer Community Hospital on Jan. 17.
Survivors include his wife, Anna Wynia, Rock Rapids; four children, Frank (Mary) Wynia, Curtis (Sandy) Wynia, Nellie (Arthur) Van Veldhuisen, all of Rock Rapids, and Janice (Dennis) Weets, Grandview, Wash.; 28 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Martin (Wilmina) Wynia, Sioux Center, and Melvin (Arlene) Wynia, Luverne; and two sisters, Tena Wynia and Frances Wynia, both of Sioux Center.
Mr. Wynia was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Corwin, one great-granddaughter, Marissa Wynia, and one brother, Cornie.
Roste Funeral Home, Rock Rapids, was in charge of arrangements.