Genee Lou

Van Wyk

HAWARDEN, IOWA ~ Genee Lou Van Wyk, 80, of rural Hawarden, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2026, at Friendly Horizons in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Associated Church in Hawarden with Pastor Jean Layton officiating. Burial will follow at Grace Hill Cemetery in Hawarden. Visitation with the family will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday at the Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden. Condolences may be sent to www.porterfuneralhomes.com. Genee’s family prefers memorials be directed to Friendly Horizons in Sioux Center.

Genee Lou Van Wyk was born to Rev. Harold and Thelma (Savereide) Sieglaff on June 5, 1946. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while her parents were serving as missionaries in Ethiopia.

Genee went to high school and graduated from West Sioux in 1964. From there she went on to acquire a degree to be a lab and x-ray technician from Minneapolis Institute. And in later years, she went back to school at NCC in Sheldon to get her degree in nursing.

She married Gerald Van Wyk on April 10, 1965, and had 61 amazing years of adventure. They had three children, Gayle, Genelle, and Gregg. Genee began as a lab and x-ray tech at the Hawarden Hospital. She later worked as an RN and the hospital, clinic, and nursing home in Akron, Iowa and the Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. During the winters she also worked at the Banner Health Hospital in Mesa, Arizona.

Genee had many hobbies which includes reading, sewing and quilting, making yarn hangers, and her favorite being shopping. She was extremely proud of their home in Arizona and being able to winter there with Gerald.

She is survived by her husband, Gerald; children, Gayle (Todd) Coulander, Genelle (Matt) Fuks, and Gregg (special friend, Hannah) Van Wyk; grandchildren, Christina, Adriana, Coleton, Alyssa, Shaela, Jadon, Logan, and Alexa; five great-grandchildren, Theodore, Ashtyn, Henry, Drexton, and Casen; in-laws, Diane (Denny) Ten Napel, Betty Van Wyk, Stan (Lynette) Van Wyk, and Deb (Ernie) Gabel; and many nieces and nephews.

Genee was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Thelma Sieglaff; brother, Harold Paul Sieglaff; parents-in-law, Dick and Alice Van Wyk; brother-in-law, John D. Van Wyk; and nephews, Kenny Van Wyk and Adam Gabel.