Gerrit Christian Vandenburg, age 89 of Carson, ND, died on April 15, 2010 of pancreatic and liver cancer at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin.

The Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 am (MST) on Monday, April 19, 2010 at the Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Carson, ND with Reverend Vern Picknally, officiating. Interment will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery at Lark, ND immediately following the service with military honors by the Walter J. Thome American Legion Post #45 of Carson. Please join the family and friends for a luncheon and a time fellowship following the burial in the church fellowship hall.

Visitation will be held Sunday afternoon, April 18, 2010 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm (MST) at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin, ND and on Monday one hour prior to services at Bethel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Carson.

Special music will be provided by Lena Picknally, soloist, Jacqueline and Judith Campbell, pianists, and the Vandenburg cousins.

Serving as casketbearers are his grandchildren, Wesley, Preston, and Kaylene Fisbeck, Michelle Eaton, Christian, John Patton, and Deborah Whitlock.

Memorials are preferred in Gerrit's name to the Jacobson Memorial Hospital.

GERRIT CHRISTIAN VANDENBURG was born November 9, 1920 in Lake Wilson, Minnesota. He was the oldest of ten children born to Henry and Elizabeth (Drenth) Vandenburg. He grew up and attended school at Lark graduating from Raleigh High School. Gerrit was inducted into the US Navy on October 24, 1942. He served as a storekeeper in the Navy during WWII and was discharged on March 12, 1946. He then entered Taylor University in Upland, Indiana graduating in 1953 earning a Teaching Certificate.

Gerrit was united in marriage to Barbara Knight on May 2, 1953. They began their life together in Haslett, Michigan. They moved to North Dakota where he began teaching school at Brisbane. They moved to Denver, Colorado where Gerrit taught school for 20 years. Gerrit and Barbara retired and moved to Carson, ND.
He was a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed gardening, reading, and pitching horseshoe's.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Barbara, Carson, ND; three daughters, Cheryl Eaton of Denver, CO, Lori Fisbeck of Loveland, CO, and Marlayne Whitlock of Atlanta, GA; seven grandchildren, Wesley, Preston, and Kaylene Fisbeck, Michelle Eaton, Christian, John Patton and Deborah Whitlock; two brothers and 4 sisters-in-law, Henry and Pat Vandenburg, Jonesboro, IN, Melvin and Barb Vandenburg, Billings, MT, JoAnn Vandenburg, Carson, ND, Allene Vandenburg, Minneapolis, MN; three sisters and 2 brothers-in-law, Ella Nieuwsma, Ripon, CA, Darlene and Eldon Droog, Pollock, SD, Ione and Dennis Huber, Pollock, SD; one aunt, Mildred Witkowski, Crete, ND, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Debra Kay in 1986, his parents, and four brothers, Richard, William, Robert and Arlow Vandenburg.