Mr. Henry Addink, age 90, of Orange City, passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2014, at the Orange City Area Health System.
There will be a funeral service on Saturday, October 18, at 10:00 am, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Mark Vande Zande will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Friday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the church.
Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Henry William was born on November 30, 1923, the son of John and Jennie (Lammers) Addink, on a farm near Sioux Center, IA. The youngest of seven children, he attended a country school and then helped on the family farm. At age 18, he volunteered to join the U.S. Navy and served as a torpedo man aboard the USS Carbonero during World War II.
On February 13, 1947, he married Mary Kiel and began farming near Sioux Center and then Orange City. He subsequently managed the Standard Oil Service Station in Orange City, before becoming a dealer for Snap-On Tools. At age 62, he retired, but continued to work part-time helping relatives with harvest and then driving truck until he was 80. He enjoyed traveling, flying remote control airplanes, collecting brass, playing cards and computer games, and fishing—and in retirement, a daily pool game with the late Kenny De Jong.
“Hank” was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church, where he served as Sunday school superintendent, elder, and delegate to Synod.
Survivors include: his wife of 67 years, Mary; six children and their spouses, Carol and Marlo Van Klompenburg, of Pella, IA; Marvin and Sherri Addink, of Sioux Falls, SD; Roger and Alice Addink, of Isleton, CA; Jan and Mike Verdoorn, of Orange City; Kathleen and John Woudstra, of Grand Rapids, MI; and Dale and Alyona Addink, of Keller, TX; a daughter-in-law, Mary Walcott Addink, of Phoenix, AZ; 21 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren; his brother-in-law and sisters-in-law, William and Joan Kiel, of Hartley, IA; Myrtle Kiel and Geri Kiel, both of Orange City; Hermina Hulstein, of Hull, IA; Evelyn Kroeze and Edna Kiel, both of Orange City; and Grada Kiel, of Sioux Center.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Donald; two grandchildren, Craig Van Klompenburg and Jodi Addink; his six siblings and their spouses, John and Gertrude DeGroot; John and Minnie Byl; Pete and Alice DeGroot; Albert and Dena Van Riesen; William and Hattie Verdoorn; and Dick and Hilda Addink; eleven siblings-in-law and their spouses, Stephen Hulstein, Steve and Henrietta Kiel; Kathryn and Arend Wassink; Howard and Marie Kiel; Orville Kroeze; Clarence Kiel; Ray Kiel; and Vern Kiel.
