Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Vaarberg, John C. February 23, 2017
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Tues. Feb. 28, 2017

JOHN VAARBERT 1928-2017
John C. Vaarberg, 88 of Ionia, passed away with his family by his side, Feb. 
23, 2017. He was born Nov. 8, 1928 in Sneek, Friesland, The Netherlands, the 
son of Willem B. and Maria C.J. (VanDerWal) Vaarberg. John served in the 
Royal Dutch Marines. He married Ann Holkema Nov. 27, 1947 in the Netherlands. 
John and Ann came to the United States in 1952 and proudly gained citizenship 
in 1963.

John was an Industrial engineer for Chrysler at the Lyons Trim Plant, and 
plants in Michigan city, IN and Lima, OH. he was later employed by General 
Dynamics Services Company at their Detroit Operations and their Egyptian tank 
Program in Cairo, Egypt.

John was a charter member of the Berlin Orange Fire Department. He was a 
member of LeValley United Methodist Church, Michigan United Conservation 
Club, and the Ionia County Fishing and Hunting Club, where he served two 
terms as President. John was a great outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and 
fishing, and very talented at skeet shooting. He was a volunteer for the 
Ionia county Victim Advocates and Habitat for Humanity. John and Ann loved to 
travel.

John is survived by his loving wife of 69 years, Ann Vaarberg of Ionia; son 
William (Sherry) Vaarberg and children, John William and Cassidy; daughter 
Maria (Gregory) Droste and children, Jessica (Christopher) Anglin and Seth 
Droste; daughter Carla (Louis) Schut; and sister-in-law Adriana Miliusis.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister-in-law, and two brothers-
in-law.

Special thanks to the staff of Ionia Green Acres for their loving care; also 
to the the staff of Great Lakes Caring Hospice for their comfort care.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 27, at LeValley, United 
Methodist Church with Pastor David Flagel officiating; Interment at Balcom 
Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. at Lake Funeral Home in 
Ionia. Memorial contributions may be made to Ionia County Fishing and Hunting 
Club. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com

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