Hertiage
Duane Kulk ’60
Oct. 26, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
James Kuipers ’66
Dec. 9, 2016, Newaygo, Mich.
Everett Kuizema ex’55
March 9, 2016, Delton, Mich.
Betty Ten Hoor Medema ’46
Oct. 16, 2016, Lynden, Wash.
Arthur Ophoff ex’46
Nov. 5, 2016, Bend, Ore.
Nancy Wallace Peters ’61
Nov. 12, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Neal Punt ’51
Oct. 18, 2016, Grand Haven, Mich.
Quentin Remein ’45
Aug. 1, 2016, Bethesda, Md.
Douglas Ribbens ’50
Aug. 10, 2016, Sioux Center, Iowa
Richard Rusthoven ’62
Dec. 5, 2016, Sarasota, Fla.
Paul Schutt ’59
Oct. 8, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Duane Sjaardema ’58
Feb. 19, 2016, Littleton, Colo.
David Stiefler ex’51
Jan. 31, 2016, Buff alo, N.Y.
Peter De Boer
Peter De Boer ’51 joined Calvin’s faculty in the fall of 1962 as a member of the history department. After one year at his alma mater, then-President William Spoelhof encouraged him to join the Calvin education department and consider graduate study for a PhD. He did not turn down his president’s request and left for the University of Chicago in the summer of 1964, returning to Calvin in the fall of 1966 and completing his doctorate in the spring of 1968.
At Calvin he primarily taught the philosophy of education and the history of education.
In addition to teaching, he worked for the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship and was active in the development of Calvin’s graduate program in education. He also wrote widely on the history of Calvin’s education program and the history of Christian education more generally.
“My father discussed education all the time,” recalled his son Peter De Boer. “He loved it. He shared stories about good teachers he had met; he loved to travel to different schools to give lectures. Even to his weakest last few days, he made sure we had ‘lie, lay, lain’ correct, along with the right ways to use ‘I’ and ‘me.’”
Former Calvin education professor Arden Ruth Post remembered De Boer’s love of education as well, but also remembered him as a caring colleague. “On a personal level,” she said, “he was always kind and courteous. Professionally, I saw him as appreciative of colleagues and their scholarly work, interested in their work without being competitive.”
De Boer is survived by his wife, Joy, and his children: Bonnie Nyenhuis, Walter (Jesslyn) De Boer, Peter (Nancy) De Boer, and Susan (Bill) Steketee.
Wallace Stob ’51
Nov. 30, 2016, Hudsonville, Mich.
Joanne Vander Heide Terpsma ’66
Dec. 16, 2016, Ripon, Calif.
Arnold Toering ex’58
Oct. 17, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Marian Zylstra VandenBerg ’44
Oct. 20, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Robert Vander Bilt ex’52
Dec. 20, 2016, Crete, Ill.
Milton Vander Linde ex’47
Aug. 28, 2016, Redlands, Calif.
George VanderPloeg ’49
Oct. 3, 2016, Holland, Mich.
Thea Bouma Van Halsema ’45
Nov. 8, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Trudy DeRooy Vermaire ex’50
Nov. 5, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Edith Osinga Visser ex’49
April 18, 2016, Seattle, Wash.
Alice Stumvoll Wakeman ’50
Jan. 21, 2016, Mequon, Wis.
Hermina Vanden Brink Witteveen ex’48
Oct. 17, 2016, Holland, Mich.
Simon Wolfert ’62
Aug. 6, 2016, Surrey,
British Columbia
Jay Zandstra ex’58
Oct. 22, 2016, Highland, Ind.
Henry Zwaanstra ’58
Nov. 26, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
John Zwiers ’57
Oct. 26, 2016, Aurora, Colo.
1960s
David Bol ’67
March 11, 2016, Hudsonville, Mich.
Carlene Visser Fisher ’68
Oct. 29, 2016, Brighton, Mich.
1970s
Sherri Dykema Bashaw ex’70
Nov. 26, 2016, Loveland, Colo.
Jim Bolt ’70
Nov. 14, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Deb Negen Brink ex’77
Nov. 8, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Patricia McClain DeGraff ’76
Nov. 28, 2016, South Holland, Ill.
Richard Leensvaart ’70
May 30, 2016, Castle Rock, Colo.
Cherilyn Anderson Ross ’74
Dec. 5, 2016, Johnston, Iowa
1980s
Othneil Abaaka ’83
Dec. 1, 2016, Benue, Nigeria
Steven Jacobsma ’80
Nov. 1, 2016, Shawnee Mission, Kan.
Jerry Koetje ex’82
Dec. 16, 2015, Anchorage, Alaska
1990s
Christine Stuit VanZomeren ’91
Nov. 27, 2016, Grand Rapids, Mich.
