Chadwick Lee Ver Ploeg was born October 10, 1928, to Dick and Agnes (Van Rees) Ver Ploeg, in Pella, Iowa. He passed away on March 18, 2019, in Pella, at the age of ninety. In 1935, Chadwick’s family moved to a farm near Sully.
He attended Battle Ridge Grade School through eighth grade. Chadwick was a charter 4-H leader of the Lynn Grove Hustlers in 1940. On October 10, 1950, he was united in marriage to Irene Elscott, at the First Reformed Church in Sully.
One year later, Chadwick was drafted into the U.S. Army, and served 13 months in Korea. He attained the rank of sergeant and was honorably discharged in 1953. After returning from Korea they settled in the Monroe area where they started farming and they were blessed with four children: Doyle Jay, Diane Sue, Darla Jean, and Duane Dean.
This is when Chadwick also started in sales by selling cattle oilers door-to-door, out of the back of his ’49 Chevy pickup. They lived there until 1958, and then moved to the farm, which is now considered the family farm, southwest of Sully. In 1962, Chadwick also got into the grain bin business, which he later sold to two employees.
Chadwick and Irene moved to Pella when they retired. Chadwick was a member of the Third Reformed Church in Pella. He was also a member of the V.F.W. and the Red Rock Thrashers.
Chadwick loved going to auctions, collecting and selling anything. Even at age 90, he was driving, and going to the farms and Sully. Every day, he enjoyed coffee with friends at McDonald’s.
He adored his family, grandchildren and great grandchildren. He will be remembered for his great sense of humor, his wit, and generosity. Those left to cherish his memory are his four children and their families: Doyle and Karna Ver Ploeg, Lynnville Kristen and Jeremy Van Donselaar, Cedar Courtney, Trisha, Leah, Bethany, Luke Dustin and Angela Ver Ploeg, Sully Isaac, Abigail, Emily Diane and Steve Vos, Sully Mark and Angela Vos, Urbandale Kyra, Haley, Isabella, Claire Michelle and Fred Sylvia, Ames Darla and Ed Merwald, Marshalltown Michael and Lindsay Merwald, Leawood, Kansas Melissa Merwald, Ankeny Duane and Myrna Ver Ploeg, Newton Kelsi and Bryan Vander Meiden, Pella Liam, Mason, Henry Jenna and Jonathon Schroeder, Ames Franklin He is also survived by his brothers: Dick Junior (Joyce) Ver Ploeg of Sully, and Wendell (Erma) Ver Ploeg of Sedona, Arizona, and his special friend Lois Harthoorn.
Chadwick was preceded in death by his wife Irene, his son in infancy, his parents Dick and Agnes Ver Ploeg, his parents-in-law John and Maggie Elscott, and his brothers and sisters-in-law: Jennie and Harold Geurts, Ellen and Francis Van Zante, Grace and John Renaud, Glen and Verna Elscott, Gladys and James Renaud, and Elmer Elscott.
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