David van Gorkom

David A. van Gorkom,

97, passed away peaceful-

ly on Saturday, May 28,

2022, at Miller Point in

Mandan, ND. He was born

February 17, 1925, in Salt

Lake City, UT to DR.

Jacob and Marion van

Gorkom. He served along-

side his identical twin

brother, Paul van Gorkom,

in WWII in England as a

mechanic and served 33

months overseas. He came

back and graduated from

Fort Wayne Bible College

in Fort Wayne, IN in

1951. He graduated in the

morning and married Bar-

bara Dalley in the after-

noon May 25, 1951. He

pastored churches across

Michigan, Wisconsin,

North Dakota, and Iowa.

He pastored for 50 years.

He loved camping, golf,

traveling and playing

trumpet and musical saw.

He was preceded in

death by his wife Barbara

van Gorkom; brother, Paul

van Gorkom and his wife

Ruth van Gorkom;

parents, Dr. Jacob and

Marion van Gorkom. He is

survived by daughter,

Sheryl (Mike) Forshier of

Amery, WI; sons, Timothy

(Michelle) of North

Branch, MN, David (Su-

san) of Minot, ND, Daniel

(Nadine) of Garrison, ND;

11 grandchildren; 21

great-grandchildren

A private family cele-

bration will be held in

Berthold, ND.

For those who would

like to sign the online

guestbook and share

memories with her family

please go to

www.bismarck

funeralhome.com.