Mr. Robert Reynen, age 61, of Orange City, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2008, at the Orange City Area Health System Hospital.

There will be a funeral service on Wednesday, April 23, at 10:00am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Dr. Perry De Groot and the Rev. Jim Daniels will officiate. Visitation will be after 3:00pm on Tuesday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, at the CHURCH.

There will be a graveside service on Wednesday, at 5:00pm, at the Hollandale, Minnesota, Cemetery. There will also be visitation with the family on Wednesday, from 3:30pm to 4:30pm, at the Hollandale Reformed Church.

Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Robert Wayne Reynen was born on July 4th, 1946, to Henry Gerard and Henrietta (Draayer) Reynen. He grew up on a farm in Hollandale, Minnesota, where he also attended elementary school. He later attended Albert Lea High School in Minnesota and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, in 1968.

On August 23, 1967, he married Patricia Eloise Block in Little Rock, Iowa. They taught in Kuwait for one year and returned to Hollandale to farm with Bob's father. They had four children, and after eighteen years of marriage, Pat passed away on February 10, 1986, in Albert Lea.

On January 15, 1988, Bob married Sharon Kay Kycek in Hollandale, where Bob continued to farm as well as run his own computer business. Bob spent a total of 27 years farming and he was a member of the Hollandale Reformed Church, serving on the consistory as a deacon and an elder and singing in the choir and men's quartet. Bob was also the president of the board of directors of the Hollandale Christian School. For the past six years, he lived in Orange City where he was the Director of Church Relations for Northwestern College. Most recently, Bob was a member of the First Reformed Church in Orange City, where he served as an elder and sang in the choir.

Bob enjoyed camping, road trips, singing, woodworking, and computers. His pride and joy was his family, and he especially loved that all six of his children called him “Dad”. Most important in Bob's life was his Christian walk, which was apparent in all aspects of his life.

Survivors include Bob's wife of the past twenty years; six children, Sue, and her husband, Jack Shields, of Blaine, Minnesota; Troy Broitzman, and his girlfriend, Christine Wytaske, of Wayzata, Minnesota; Tricia, and her husband, Brian Veenendaal, of Brown Deer, Wisconsin; Shannon, and her husband, Larry Kampa, of Myrtle, Minnesota; Greg Reynen, of Singapore; and Elizabeth Reynen, of Alamosa, Colorado; eleven grandchildren, Sara, Julia, Jace, and Jackson Shields; Brett, Taylor, and Brinn Veenendaal; and Jeremiah, Shania, Faith, and Emily Kampa; his mother, of Austin, Minnesota; a brother, Dave Reynen, and his wife, Joyce, of Austin; a sister Esther and her husband, Marvin Wynia, of Maurice, Iowa; his mother-in-law, Violet Kycek, of Albert Lea; two brothers-in-law, Ron Kycek, and his wife Renee, of Deerfield, Wisconsin; and Bob Block, and his wife, Vi, of Orange City; and a sister-in-law, Mary Block, of Milford, Iowa.

In addition to his first wife, Bob was preceded in death by his father and his father-in-law, Leonard W. Kycek.

Memorials will be directed to Northwestern College.