Obit for VONECK, Hugo (b.1932 d.2007), Murray Co., MN

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Murray County

 

Hugo Van Eck was born November 9, 1932 to Bastiaan and Annie (Van't Hof) 

Van Eck on a farm northwest of Lake Wilson, MN in Cameron Township, Murray 

County.  He was baptized and confessed his faith at the Chandler Reformed 

Church, Chandler, MN.  He attended country school in Ellsborough Township 

and worked as a farm hand for several area farmers.  On May 20, 1953 Hugo 

was drafted into the US Army.  He served overseas in Korea following the 

Korean War and returned to the US receiving his Honorable Discharge on 

April 28, 1955.  He returned to the home farm and continued farming with 

his family.

 On October 17, 1957 Hugo married Beulah Schelhaas in Edgerton, MN.  

They made their home on a farm in Ellsborough Township near Ruthton, MN.  

On May 12, 1983 Hugo's wife died and he and his children remained on the 

farm until October of 1983 when they moved to a farm near Woodstock, MN.

 On Friday, June 1, 2007 Hugo died at the McKennan Hospital Hospice in 

Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 74.

 Hugo is survived by five sons, Glen (Wanda) Van Eck of Woodstock, MN, 

Dennis Van Eck of Duluth, MN, Allen (Amy) Van Eck of Baltic, SD, Mark 

(Barb) Van Eck of Hendricks, MN and David (Jenny) Van Eck of Eagle Lake, 

MN; two daughters, Marilyn (Ivan) Van Peursem of Chandler, MN, and Cindy 

(Kenny) Nielsen of Lake Benton, MN; twenty grandchildren; three brothers, 

John (Gardena) Van Eck of Ruthton, MN, Corky (Mary) Van Eck of Chandler, 

MN, and Bud (Janice) Van Eck of Luverne, MN; three sisters; Nellie Ellgen 

of Lake Wilson, MN, Jennie (Bob) Van Roekel of Sioux Falls, SD and Annie 

(Richard) Severeid of LaFayette, CO; and mother-in-law Carrie Schelhaas 

of Edgerton, MN.

 His parents, wife, Beulah, one infant brother, Tony, and three sisters, 

Cornielia Bodewitz, Margaret Eisfeld and Annetta Eisfeld preceded him 

in death.

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