- Date Of Birth: March 6, 1936
- Date Of Death: March 25, 2020
- State: Iowa
Edward N. Rozendaal died peacefully in his sleep on March 25, 2020, at Park Centre in Newton, Iowa from complications of ALS.
Ed was born on March 6, 1936, to Peter G. and Anna May (Woody) Rozendaal on the family farm near Sully, Iowa. He grew up there and graduated from Sully High School. Ed met Mary Freeken while roller skating in Newton and they were married in 1957. When Ed’s parents died in 1962, Ed and Mary took over the home farm until moving to State Center, Iowa in 1968, where they farmed until they retired to the farm they owned near Colo, Iowa. They later moved to Newton.
He is survived by his wife, Mary of Newton; son, Doug (Kim Pardon) of Clear Lake; daughter, Kelley (Siamack) Haghighi of San Jose, California; his grandchildren, Kimia Haghighi of Oakland California, Annahita Haghighi of San Diego, California and Kayvon Haghighi of Tempe, Arizona. In death, he will be joining his parents as well as his siblings, Wilbur, Julia, and Oscar Rozendaal.
