Ruby Maxine Van Wyk was born Nov. 16, 1924, to Paul and Gertie (Van Genderen) Van Der Kamp in Sully. She passed away on Oct. 31, 2020, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell at the age of 95. Socially distant visitation will be 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, at Sully First Reformed Church. Funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated for Lynnville Historical Society, Sully Garden Thyme Club, and Sully Christian School. Interment will be in Sully Cemetery.
Ruby lived in the Sully area her entire life and attended country schools through the eighth grade. When she was young, she washed milk bottles at the Van Der Kamp dairy.
Nov. 17, 1943, she was united in marriage to LaVerne Van Zante at her parents’ home. To this union, they were blessed with three children: Barb, Bev, and Brad. After LaVerne’s passing in 1976, Ruby married Ralph John Van Wyk on Feb. 10, 1978. In 1991, Ruby and Ralph moved to Sully where they had a meter reading route for many years.
Ruby was a wonderful homemaker. She would spend hours working in her vegetable garden and took great pride in her flowers. She milked cows and also raised chickens, butchered them, and sold eggs. She loved coloring, camping, volunteering, traveling, and going to the Iowa State Fair. Ruby was truly the best grandmother a person could have! She was a faithful member of Sully First Reformed Church.
Ruby is survived by her children: Barb (Paul) Fynaardt of Oskaloosa, Bev (Rod) Van Maanen of Lynnville, and Brad Van Zante of Grinnell; her stepchildren: Phyllis-deceased (David) Zylstra of Pella, Delwin (Karen) Van Wyk of Newton, and Ruth Renaud of Sully; her grandchildren; her great-grandchildren; her sister Neva Lanser; and her sister-in-law Dorothy Van Wyk.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands LaVerne Van Zante and Ralph Van Wyk; her siblings: Irene (Walt) Vander Leest, Milo (Velma) Van Der Kamp, Cleo (Maurine) Van Der Kamp, Floyd (Jeanetta) Van Der Kamp, and Vernon Van Der Kamp; and her brother-in-law Harry Lanser.
