Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
A memorial service for Rodney L. Douma was held Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at First Reformed Church in Sanborn. Pastor Mark Ellens officiated.
Honorary pallbearers were Payton Kamradt, Travis Kamradt, Dennis Seivert, Elroy Buren, Barney Buren, Paul Rozeboom and Mike Rozeboom. Interment was in Roseland Cemetery at Sanborn. Sanborn Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.
Rodney Lyle “Rod” Douma, son of Oscar and Cornelia (Veen) Douma, was born in Sheldon on March 21, 1948. His family lived on a farm south of Sheldon before moving to a farm northwest of Sanborn. He graduated from Sanborn High School in 1966 and attended one year of college at Northwest Iowa Technical College in Sheldon.
On Aug. 16, 1969, he married Linda Chesley and they lived on a farm near Peterson before moving to the family farm northwest of Sanborn.
On April 13, 1977, their daughter, Angela, was born. She had him wrapped around her finger since Day One.
He enjoyed going to his grandsons’ school activities. He was their biggest fan, whether it was band concerts, football games, basketball games, baseball games or track meets. He rarely missed an event, always cheering in the stands for the H-M-S Hawks. Every summer the family vacationed at Lake Miltona in Minnesota to relax and fish. In the winter, many trips were made to go ice fishing with his family and his fishing buddies. But don’t ask him where the fish were biting! He might tell you, but it could be a different lake. He loved farming and having his son-in-law farm with him. Gardening is something he enjoyed doing and sharing the produce with family and friends.
Rod passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at the age of 73. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Linda Douma, of Sanborn; his daughter and son-in-law, Angie and Brad Kamradt, of Sanborn; two grandsons: Payton Kamradt, of Iowa City; and Travis Kamradt, of Sanborn; his brother, Robert (Marcia) Douma, of Sanborn; two sisters-in-law: Delores Douma, of Sanborn; and Ronda Steffens, of Spencer; several nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Bradley; and many of his fishing buddies.
