Mrs. Phyllis Van Wyk, age 84, of Orange City, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at the Orange City Area Health System Long Term Care Facility.

There will be a funeral service on Friday, February 5, at 10:30am, at the Alton Reformed Church in Alton. The Rev. Michael Hardeman and the Rev. Elizabeth Hardeman will officiate. Interment will follow at the Nassau Township Cemetery, near Alton. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Thursday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Phyllis Irene was born on February 15, 1925, in rural Seney, the daughter of Ed and Hattie (Ruisch) Sorgdrager. At the age of four, her family moved to a farm by Alton.

On February 22, 1949, she married Gerrit Van Wyk at Alton. They made their home on the Sorgdrager farm, where she was a homemaker. In later times, she was also a ward secretary at the Orange City Municipal Hospital for 23 years. In 1994, they retired to Orange City. She moved to the Oak Park Care Center in Sheldon in 2004, and in May of 2008, Mr. and Mrs. Van Wyk both became residents of the Long Term Care Facility. Gerrit passed away there on July 12, 2009, after more than sixty years of marriage.

Phyllis was a member of the Alton Reformed Church, where she participated in the women's organizations. She also belonged to the Floyd American Legion Post Auxiliary.

She enjoyed music, especially playing the piano, doing yard work, and going to travelogues. She looked forward to quality time with her grandchildren and spent many hours caring for them.

Survivors include her six children, Harlan Van Wyk, and his wife, Jocelyn, of Des Moines; Stanley Van Wyk, and his wife, Nancy, of Marshalltown; Ronald Van Wyk, and his wife, Connie, of Alton; Lila, and her husband, Brad Goslinga, of Orange City; Gordon Van Wyk, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Roger Van Wyk, and his wife, Kristie, of Sergeant Bluff; seventeen grandchildren, Michelle Davis, Sarah Quang, Dan Van Wyk, Natasha Billow, Nathan Finestead; Lindsey and Ryan Van Wyk; Jesse, Joshua, and Andrew Van Wyk; Brett, Stephanie, Jennifer, and Jason Goslinga; Haley Tomlinson, and Tanner and Jayden Van Wyk; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Edith Rozeboom, of Sheldon.

She was preceded in death by a sister and her husband, Harriet and Theodore Feekes, and a brother-in-law, Lammert Rozeboom.