John DeWaard, 83, of Kanawha, passed into his eternal home on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at the Kanawha Community Home. Funeral services for John DeWaard will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Wright Christian Reformed Church, 1730 East 130rd Street in rural Kanawha, with Pastor Jason Semans officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Ewing Funeral Home, 118 East 2nd Street in Kanawha, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. On November 4, 1938, he was born to Peter and Sadie DeWaard in Kanawha, Iowa. He attended a one room schoolhouse for grade school and then graduated from Kanawha High School in 1957. John married Beverly Ruter on August 25, 1967, at the Wright Christian Reformed Church. He and Bev lived, worked, and raised cattle and their three children on a farm west of Kanawha. John enjoyed farming and he was continually amazed at God's creation. He also loved putting his children to work and used that time together to model what it looked like to live out one's faith and live in awe of our God. Later in life, he enjoyed his grandchildren and was an active member of the Gideons. He loved God, his family, and the church where he was baptized, made profession of faith, and is now being buried. He is survived by his children, Pat (Hugh) Maetzold, Jacey (Rory) Wallace, Tim (Kristi) DeWaard, and his grandchildren, John Wallace, Jacob Wallace, Luke DeWaard, Samuel Wallace, Calvin Wallace, Olivia DeWaard, Bethany Maetzold, Benjamin Wallace, and Lily Maetzold, and sisters Adriana Beving and Ruth Diephius. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bev; his parents; his brothers, Gary and Herm; and his nephew, John Beving. In lieu of flowers, memorials in John's name may be made to the Wright Christian Reformed Church or the local chapter of Gideons International. We appreciate your kindness and expressions of sympathy. The family of John DeWaard For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. I Corinthians 13:12