William Bartold DeBoer

Funeral services for William B. DeBoer, age 96, of Albert Lea and formerly of Hollandale will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 10, 2011 at the Faith Baptist Church.  Rev. Dennis Seiler will officiate.  Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. at the church, prior to the service.  To sign the guest book, go to www.bayviewfuneral.com.

Bill died on Friday, September 2, 2011 at Thorne Crest.

William Bartold DeBoer was born of February 19, 1915 in Assen, Holland, the son of Bartold (Ben) and Janna (Bos) DeBoer.  He emigrated from the Netherlands at age 5, arriving at Ellis Island on the USS Lapland, March 31, 1920.  Bill grew up and went to school in the Platt, SD area.  On February 19, 1941 he was united in marriage to Sadie P. VanderPloeg in Hollandale.  The couple farmed in Org, MN, moving to Hollandale in 1947.  Bill was a member of Faith Baptist Church, the Gideon’s for 67 years, and the Golden K-1 Kiwanis.  He enjoyed travelling. Farming was both Bill’s occupation and his delight.

Survivors include his wife Sadie of Albert Lea, children Marie DeBoer, Arnold (Jean) DeBoer, Burton (Kay) DeBoer, and Jane (Don) Errett, 12 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, brother Percy (Elva) DeBoer, sisters Alice Wolter and Lucy Post, brother-in-law George Steensma, sisters-in-law Maxine VanderPloeg, Winnie Meelker, Jeanette VandeBrake, and Kathleen VanderPloeg, and many nieces and nephews.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Henry DeBoer, and sisters Hattie and Marie Steensma.

Memorials are suggested to the Gideon’s International.