Louis Bosveld

Louis Bosveld, 94, of Mason City, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Memorial services will be held 1:00 P.M. Saturday (December 19, 2009) at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue with Rev. Jim Stiles of First United Methodist Church officiating. There will be no visitation, upon his wishes his body has been donated to the University of Iowa Hospitals. Interment services will take place at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Good Shepherd Health Center.
Louis Bosveld was born May 15, 1915 in Pella, Iowa the son of John and Gertrude (Nadort) Bosveld. He graduated from Pella High School in 1932. He then attended and graduated from Central College in Pella in 1937. He later received his Masters Degree from the University of Iowa in 1941. He taught high school math at Attica, IA, where he also coached baseball and basketball. He then taught math and science and coached in Plymouth, IA. He was married to Bernice E. Schalekamp on August 12, 1938 in Sioux Center, IA. He taught in Goldfield, Storm Lake and Red Oak, IA. Louis served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 until his honorable discharge in 1947. In 1951 he moved to Mason City from Red Oak, IA where he taught first at the Mason City High School, then taught science at the Mason City Junior College. He retired from teaching at NIACC in 1980. From 1982 until 1985 he taught in a Methodist School in Tonga, South Pacific.
He was a life-time member of NEA & ISEA and was also a member of the Y.M.C.A. and a long time member of the First United Methodist Church. Louis had a passion for reading and enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. Louis is survived by his two sons, Roger Bosveld and wife Agnes of St. Paul, MN, John Bosveld of Mason City; five grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren.
Louis was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice; son, James; brothers, Robert and Fred and sisters, Alice and Jeanette.