William "Duke" Elbert Kievit November 16, 1922 - June 27, 2016

Born November 16, 1922 to William Severus Kievit and Marie (Besemer) Kievit.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 through 1946 and lived and worked in the Clifton/Passaic, New Jersey, area working as an independent long-distance trucker, eventually working full time for Grand Union supermarkets until his retirement to Lake Wales, Florida.

He moved to Sisters in 2009.

Aside from his parents he was pre-deceased by his niece Kathleen "Apple" Eddy of Sisters, Oregon and leaves his sister, Eleanor Simonsen of Sisters.

A service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, at The Episcopal Church of The Transfiguration, 68825 Brooks Camp Road, Sisters, with a gathering at the Simonsen home afterwards.