Ivan Stienstra

Ivan Stienstra, the son of Peter and Jessie (Kroese) Stienstra, was born on October 1, 1923 in Hull, Iowa. He received his elementary and high school education in the Hull Public Schools. He graduated from Northwestern Junior College in Orange City, Iowa. Ivan entered into the military on April 30, 1943, serving in the U.S. Army. He served in the U.S., New Guinea, Australia, and the Philippines for almost 3 years. He was honorably discharged on January 25, 1946. He then returned to college and graduated from Drake University in 1948. On September 7, 1949, Ivan married Alma Lois DeJager in Orange City. After college he worked as an examiner-auditor of savings and loans for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board for 3 years. He then joined Northwest Federal Savings & Loan in Spencer, where he worked for 30 years. Ivan passed away on December 21, 2010, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 87. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Lois; his two brothers: Chuck and his wife, Netty and Gerald; and his granddaughter, Katie. Left to cherish his memory are his two sons: James and his wife, Char and grandchildren Chris and Laura of Sioux Falls, SD, and David and his wife, Kathleen and grandson, Matthew of Terre Haute, IN; two brothers: Peter of Wickenburg, AZ and James and his wife, Linda of Lancaster, PA; one sister, Helena Whitehurst and her husband, Bill of Redlands, CA; and other relatives and many friends.

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