Korver, Cornelius Harley "Casey" 1931-2025

KORVER, MUYSKENS, OLDENKAMP

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/25/2025 at 10:34:20

Mr. Casey Korver, age 93, of Orange City, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2025, at the Orange City Area Health System.

A visitation with the family present will be held on Friday, January 17, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. There will be a funeral service on Saturday, January 18, at 10:30am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City with the Rev. David Landegent and the Rev. Mark Haverdink officiating. Interment will follow the service at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City.

Cornelius Harley, lovingly known as “Casey”, was born on May 22, 1931, on a farm one mile south of Alton, the son of Henry and Grace (Muyskens) Korver. He attended country school and graduated from the Newkirk High School in 1949, where he participated in Boys Glee Club and Mixed Chorus and played basketball. He furthered his schooling at Northwestern Junior College in Orange City and Central College in Pella.

On November 7, 1952, he was united in marriage to Gladys Louise Oldenkamp at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. They made their home in Orange City, and briefly at Fort Ord, California, while Casey was in the military. Following his honorable discharge, Casey and Gladys returned to Orange City, where they started their family. In 1965, they moved their family to Pipestone, Minnesota, where Casey was an accountant at a public accounting firm. Through correspondence school, he earned his accounting degree, which he used until his retirement in 1996, when he and Gladys returned to Orange City. In 2016, they became residents of the Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community in Orange City until 2021, when Gladys moved to the Prairie Ridge Care Center and Casey joined her there the following year. Gladys passed away on July 4, 2023, in Orange City, after more than seventy years of marriage.

Mr. Korver was currently a member of the First Reformed Church in Orange City and had previously been a member of the Pipestone Christian Reformed Church and the Woodstock Reformed Church, both in Minnesota. Casey enjoyed singing, and used his talent as part of the church’s choirs, performing many solos, and even producing his own recording. He and Gladys also liked spending time at the Hart Ranch in the Black Hills and traveling within the United States and Europe. In later years, Casey volunteered as a greeter at the Orange City Area Health System, was the treasurer of the local Gideons, and looked forward to golfing with his friends and family. He was an avid supporter of Northwestern College in Orange City and of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren in their extracurricular activities.

Survivors include five children and their spouses, Rachel and Steve Paula, of Brookings, South Dakota; Lyle and Vicki Korver, of Orange City; Ruth and David Landegent, of Salem, Oregon; Gayle and Dennis Ver Hey, and Kyle and Lisa Korver, all of Sioux Falls; thirteen grandchildren, Joshua (Val) Paula, Jordan (Ketty) Paula, Travis (Jen) Korver, Jadi (Scott) Goins, Mikkell (Nick) Baker, Talitha Landegent, Ben (Sarah) Landegent, DJ (Anna) Ver Hey, Nicole (Tyler) Fluth, Casey Korver, Bryason (Rachel) Korver, Lily Korver, and Elysia Korver; eighteen great-grandchildren; a brother and his wife, Marvin and Norma Korver, of Le Mars; a sister, Lorraine Brink, of Owasso, Oklahoma; and three brothers-in-law, Al De Wild, of Pella; Herman Oldenkamp, of Orange City; and Ken Oldenkamp, and his wife, Mary, of Alton; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Kay Korver; a granddaughter, Kami Jo Korver; three sisters, Marlys De Wild; Wilma, and her husband, Roger Peterson; and Loretta, and her husband, Hank De Haan; and a brother-in-law, Stan Brink.

Memorials will be given to Gideons International.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.