Geraline Iva Wiersma

Mrs. Jerome (Iva) Calsbeek, age 75, of Orange City, died Tuesday, June 6, 1995 at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Sioux City.

Funeral services were held on Friday, June 9 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. David C. Ter Beest officiated. Interment followed at West Lawn Cemetery under the direction of the Van Etten-Oolman-Van Gelder Funeral Home in Orange City.

Iva, who was actually named Geraline Iva, was born Oct. 25, 1919 at Boyden, the daughter of Gerrit and Jennie (Kreykes) Wiersma. She was raised mostly at Sheldon.

On June 17, 1943 she married Jerome J. "Joe" Calsbeek at Sheldon. They lived their entire married life at Orange City. Mr. Calsbeek died July 30, 1979 at Orange City.

In March of 1993, Mrs. Calsbeek became a resident of the Good Samaritan Center in George. In January of 1994, she transferred to the Westwood Convalescent Center in Sioux City.

She was a member of the First Reformed Church and Reformed Church Woman's Ministries. She also belonged to a birthday club and had attended the Senior Citizen's Dinner Date in Orange City.

Survivors include her two daughters, Jeralyn WAddle of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Belvia Goedken of Spencer; two sons, Conrad of Sioux City, and Bradley of Glyndon, Minn.; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; her mother, Jennie Wiersma of Sheldon; three brothers, Donald Wiersma of Storm Lake, Orville Wiersma, formerly of Sanborn; and James Wiersma of El Cajon, Calif.; and a sister-in-law, Fannie Vande Brake of Sioux Center.

Sioux County Capital - 15 June 1995* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 19 2019, 2:14:59 UTC