- Date Of Birth: January 16, 1927
- Date Of Death: August 8, 2022
- State: Iowa
Paul Vos was born the tenth of twelve children to Dirk and Jennie (Bruxvoort) Vos on a farm three miles west of Sully, Iowa, on January 16, 1927.
Paul said it was always fun to be part of a large family. His boyhood years were spent on the farm near Sully and on a farm near Pella. He received his education in both Jasper and Marion County Schools. Paul’s first real paying job as a boy was bringing fresh water to the threshing crew for a neighbor and was paid one dollar per day. He pooled his money with brothers John and Harold to buy a used bicycle for $9.21. Paul’s first car was a 1938 Chevrolet.
Paul and Marjorie had four children: Byron in 1949, Arvin in 1951, Mark in 1954, and Ruth in 1958. Sorrow came into Paul’s life when after 59 years of marriage, Marjorie passed away October 14, 2007.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife Marilyn and his family:
Arvin and Laura Vos, Pella
Dale and Jennifer Vos, Pella
Trinity Vos
Treyton Vos
Jana and Michael Noteboom, Pella
Brenda Vos and Derek Moyer, Oskaloosa
Beckett Moyer
Finley Moyer
Mark Vos, Brooklyn
Rick Vos, Virginia
Paul is also survived by his brother Harold (Carolyn) Vos, his brothers-in-law: Rev. John Van Den Berg, and Arie Boot, and Marilyn’s children and their families: Bonnie and John Verburg, Norma and David Y’Dean, Karen and Edwin Spoelstra, Rosa and Bernie Veenstra, Diane and Bob Mitchell, and Joy and Steve Flinchum.
He was preceded in death by his wife Marjorie, his son Byron in infancy, daughter Ruth Swihart, his parents Dirk and Jennie Vos, his sisters: Clazena (Henry) Roelofsen, Dirkie (William) Bandstra, Adrianna (Jake) Jansen, Rosie Van Den Berg, Helen Vos, and Laura (Andrew) Slings; his brothers: Bernie (Johanna) Vos, William (Marjorie) Vos, Richard (Wilma) Vos, Marion (Annette) Vos, and John (Alma) Vos; and his sisters and brothers-in-law: Junella (Lester) Van Haaften, Wilma (Neal) De Ronde, Josephine (Howard) Gosselink, Delos (Angie) Van Den Berg, and Alveretta Boot.
