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Leonard “Lane” Visser

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Leonard “Lane” Visser

Birth
Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death
22 Jan 1973 (aged 56)
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Burial
Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.0679614, Longitude: -96.1721395
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Final rites for Lane Visser,56, 1:30 on Friday

Funeral services will be held at the First Christian Reformed Church here at 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 26, for Lane Visser, 56, a longtime partner in the operation of the Visser Elevator Co. here, who died suddenly and unexpectedly at Delray Beach, Fla., Monday afternoon of an apparent heart attack.

He had been vacationing in Florida with Mrs. Visser for a few days and was reported to have been sunning on the beach at the time he was stricken.

Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Peter Y. De Jong, and burial will be in Sioux Center Memory Gardens under the direction of Vander Ploeg's Funeral Home.

Stores close for funeral
Chamber of Commerce officials announced yesterday that Sioux Center business places would be closed from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. during the funeral, In tribute to the deceased businessman.

Mr. Visser was born in Sioux Center October 23, 1916, and resided in this community all his life. He had for many years operated the Visser Elevator here in partnership with his brother, John. After John's death a number of years ago, he had taken two of his sons into the business.

Lane was married to the former Angeline Slobe June 28, 1939, in Sioux Center, and to this union five children were born, all of whom survive.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Russell (Donna) De Jong of Pella; four sons, Roger, Larry, Dennis and Scott, all of Sioux Center, the latter two still at home; a sister, Mrs. Wally Schaap of Sheldon; a brother, Peter, of Algona; and eight grandchildren.

The remains will lie in state at the Vander Ploeg Funeral chapel Wednesday evening, and members of the family will be there from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Sioux Center News 1973-01-25.


Final rites for Lane Visser,56, 1:30 on Friday

Funeral services will be held at the First Christian Reformed Church here at 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 26, for Lane Visser, 56, a longtime partner in the operation of the Visser Elevator Co. here, who died suddenly and unexpectedly at Delray Beach, Fla., Monday afternoon of an apparent heart attack.

He had been vacationing in Florida with Mrs. Visser for a few days and was reported to have been sunning on the beach at the time he was stricken.

Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Peter Y. De Jong, and burial will be in Sioux Center Memory Gardens under the direction of Vander Ploeg's Funeral Home.

Stores close for funeral
Chamber of Commerce officials announced yesterday that Sioux Center business places would be closed from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. during the funeral, In tribute to the deceased businessman.

Mr. Visser was born in Sioux Center October 23, 1916, and resided in this community all his life. He had for many years operated the Visser Elevator here in partnership with his brother, John. After John's death a number of years ago, he had taken two of his sons into the business.

Lane was married to the former Angeline Slobe June 28, 1939, in Sioux Center, and to this union five children were born, all of whom survive.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Russell (Donna) De Jong of Pella; four sons, Roger, Larry, Dennis and Scott, all of Sioux Center, the latter two still at home; a sister, Mrs. Wally Schaap of Sheldon; a brother, Peter, of Algona; and eight grandchildren.

The remains will lie in state at the Vander Ploeg Funeral chapel Wednesday evening, and members of the family will be there from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Sioux Center News 1973-01-25.



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101665257/leonard-visser: accessed ), memorial page for Leonard “Lane” Visser (23 Oct 1916–22 Jan 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101665257, citing Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by GS (contributor 47162417).