Edwin Hesinkveld

EDWIN HEUSINKVELD

Kalona

Edwin D. "Ed" Heusinkveld, 88, died Thursday, April 21, 2016, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at the Pleasantview Home Chapel, with Chaplains John King and Diane Brenneman officiating. A visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Friendship Center at Pleasantview Home. A second memorial service will be Monday, April 25, at St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Urbandale, with Pastor Dan Kuchuck officiating.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established for Mosaic (Lutheran-based services for people with intellectual disabilities) and the Pleasantview Home Building Fund.

Peterseim Funeral Home is assisting the family with Ed's arrangements.

Edwin David Heusinkveld was born Aug. 21, 1927, in Fulton, Ill., the son of Edwin D. and Rose (Anderson) Heusinkveld. He graduated from Franklin High School in Cedar Rapids and summa cum laude from Wheaton College, where he enjoyed singing in the Wheaton Glee Club. He also earned a Ph.D. in education at the University of Iowa. On June 6, 1957, he was united in marriage to Helen Rod in Story City, Iowa. Edwin served his country in the U.S. Navy in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. He spent his career as a college administrator at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and Grandview College in Des Moines.

Ed was a member of St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Urbandale and enjoyed singing, gardening, photography and collecting bird prints and puzzles. Edwin was talented at Hardanger Cross Stitch, winning several blue ribbons at the Iowa State Fair.

Survivors include his wife, Helen of Kalona; three sons, David (Gail) Heusinkveld of Kalona, John Heusinkveld of Tomahawk, Wis., and Mark Heusinkveld of Des Moines; four grand-children, Evan (Mara), Kari, Molly and Julianna Heusinkveld; and one

great-granddaughter, Brooklyn Heusinkveld.

Preceding Ed in death were his parents and one brother, Richard Heusinkveld.