John H. Van Iperen was born May 29, 1934 at home on the family farm near Alton, Iowa to Bastian and Tracy Hulst Van Iperen.
On September 18, 1952 he was married to Shirley Schuller at Hawarden, Iowa. They farmed at Alton, then moved to Hospers, Iowa where he owned and operated Van Iperen Feed and Grain. In 1983 they moved to Spirit Lake, Iowa.
John died Wednesday, November 21, at the Lakes Regional Hospital in Spirit Lake.
He is survived by his wife Shirley; daughters, Bonne Erkes and her husband, Jerry, of Sgt. Bluff, Iowa and Brenda Herington and her husband, Ken, of Kalona, Iowa; sons, Bruce Van Iperen of Omaha, Nebraska and Barry Van Iperen and his wife, Julie, of Lake Park, Iowa; 7 grand-children; 1 great grandchild and a sister Joan Weber of Hartford, Wisconsin.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and 2 sisters.