Mrs. Dorothy Vande Berg, age 89, of Orange City, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2009, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City.

There will be a memorial service on Wednesday, April 1, at 2:00pm, at the Newkirk Reformed Church in rural Hospers. The Rev. David Powers and Mr. Timothy Poppen will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the Newkirk Cemetery. There will be a prayer service on Wednesday, at 12:45pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Visitation will be after 5:00pm on Tuesday, with the family present from 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m., at the funeral home.

Dorothy Ann was born on February 10, 1920, at Sioux Center, the daughter of Jacob and Gertrude (De Zeeuw) Mol. She was raised at Sioux Center and attended Northwestern Junior College in Orange City for one year. She then was a school teacher.

On May 24, 1943, she married Wilbert Leonard Vande Berg in Sioux Center. They farmed at Newkirk, where she was a homemaker. She also worked in the Newkirk Store, was a saleswoman for the Des Moines Register and the World Book Encyclopedia, and was an aide at the Heritage House. In December of 2001, they became residents of the Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community in Orange City. Wilbert passed away on July 13, 2002, in Orange City.

In January of 2003, Mrs. Vande Berg transferred to the Heritage House.

She was a member of the Newkirk Reformed Church, where she was very active in the women's organizations, especially the Golden Hour Circle. She also taught Sunday school classes and led Bible studies.

Dorothy enjoyed reading, playing board games, and flower gardening.

Survivors include three daughters, Judy Plunkett, of The Colony, Texas; Gloria, and her husband, Byron Nelson, of Irving, Texas; and Debra, and her husband, Tim Poppen, of Sioux City; a son-in-law, Herman Kluis, of Orange City; four grandchildren, Adam Nelson, and his wife, Kristen; Brooke Nelson, and her fiancé, Michael Bailey; Zachary Poppen, and his wife, Larissa; and Daniel Poppen; a great-granddaughter, Hallie Nelson; a sister, Joanne Johnson, of Des Moines; a brother, John Mol, of Jenks, Oklahoma; and several nephews and nieces.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Merrie Lynn Kluis; a sister, Ethel Wiersma; and a brother, Neal Mol.

Memorials may be directed to United Christians International, for the mission work of Jean Jean and Kristie Mompremier in Haiti.