Pearl De Booy

Rock Rapids, IA    

     Pearl De Booy, age 95 of Rock Rapids, IA died on June 6, 2019 at her home near Rock Rapids, IA.

     Funeral service will be 10:30 AM, Tuesday, June 11^th at Hope Reformed Church rural George, IA, with Rev. David Poppen officiating.   Burial will follow at Evergreen Lawn Cemetery.

     Visitation will be Tuesday, June 11^th one hour prior to the service at the church.

     Pearl was born on June 1, 1924 on a farm east of Rock Rapids, Iowa to Henry and Maggie (Dirks) Van Briesen. She had 5 brothers, Ben, Heinie, Alfred, Frank and Harry. She had 2 sisters, Hattie and Mary. As she grew up, she went to country school. Later she attended high school in George and graduated in 1942. During high school she met a very handsome neighbor boy Hilbert Van Westen. Hilbert was drafted to the Air Force and moved to Denver. In January 1945, Pearl boarded a train and went to Denver, Colorado to marry her sweetheart. In 1947, Hilbert was discharged from the service. Hilbert and Pearl then moved back to Iowa where they rented a farm, which they later purchased. She worked alongside Hilbert with farm work and chores. Pearl did a lot of cooking and baking to feed the men that were there to help with the field work. They enjoyed having picnics with neighbors, family and friends. Pearl had a passion for sewing, especially sewing dresses for the girls. Time went by and Hilbert passed away in February 1984. She stayed on the farm but moved into the trailer house. Along came Dean DeBooy and they traveled to Hawaii and got married December 1990. They enjoyed going to the lake, auctions and Florida. Then, Dean passed away January 2006. Pearl continued to live in her little house. She loved to bake pumpkin bars and many many cookies for the enjoyment of her grandchildren. The last while she loved to go for rides, to see the girls. She passed away peacefully with Pat at her side.

     She lives on thru her daughter, Pat (Mark) Janssen of Rock Rapids, IA; three Granddaughters, Maggie (Aaron) Rice, Hillery (George) Croucher, Brittany Janssen and Jason Comes; two Great-grandsons, Avry & Ayson Rice, all of Sioux Falls, SD; brother-in-law, Albertus (Ruth) Van Westen of Ellsworth, MN; sisters-in-law, Inez Rogers of Owatonna, MN and Shirley (Howard) Heikes of Mantorville, MN; Stepchildren, Cindy (Chuck) Rodman and their children, Tom Rodman, Paula (Brian) Charchenko; Bonnie (Mike) Kochel; step-greatgrandchildren, Austin Krebsbach, Nikolai, Briar, Eric and Ryker Charchenko; Troy Kochel and Tony (Michelle) Kochel.

     Preceded in death by her parents; Henry and Maggie Van Briesen; her husbands, Hilbert and Dean; her five brothers, Ben, Heinie, Alfred, Frank and Harry, and her two sisters, Hattie and Mary.