Mark Hoogendoorn, 40, Steen, died Friday, May 3, 2002, in a farming accident three miles west of Garretson, S.D.
Services were Tuesday, May 7, at Steen Reformed Church, Steen. The Rev. Dan Ramaker officiated. Burial was in Eastside Cemetery, Steen.
Mark Allen Hoogendoorn was born to Jacob and Kathy (Vis) Hoogendoorn on March 28, 1962, in Rock Rapids, Iowa. When he was 6 years old he moved with his family from the Rock Rapids area to a farm near Hills. He graduated from Hills-Beaver Creek High School in 1980. In 1982 he attended Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, for a short time.
He married Brenda Nyhof, Sioux Center, in September 1985. He later married Tina Thury. He farmed and maintained a large crop operation along with having feeder cattle and stock cows.
Mr. Hoogendoorn was a member of Steen Reformed Church. In his leisure time he enjoyed the outdoors and went trapping, hunting and fishing.
Survivors include his three children, Jarid, Grant and Courtney Hoogendoorn, his parents, and one sister, Peggy (Jim) Zimmer and their children, Tim, A.J. and Emily, Harrisburg, S.D.
Mr. Hoogendoorn was preceded in death by his grandparents.
Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.