Mrs. Margaret Reekers, age 89, of Orange City, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2007, at the Regency Park Nursing Home in Jefferson.
There will be a funeral service on Thursday, September 13, at 10:00am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. David Ter Beest will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 5:00pm on Wednesday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Margaret Adrianna was born on December 31, 1917, at Alton, the daughter of Anthony "Tony" and Jennie (Beltman) Schuller. She was raised in the Alton/Newkirk area. She graduated from the Northwestern Junior College in Orange City and attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She then was a teacher in one room schools near Linn Grove and Sutherland for several years.
On June 1, 1946, she married Arthur Lawrence Reekers at her parents' farm home. They farmed together on the northeast edge of Orange City, where she was also a homemaker. Art passed away on June 25, 1987, in Sioux City, after 41 years of marriage.
In 2002, Mrs. Reekers moved to Jefferson, where she made her home near a daughter. In October of 2005, she transferred to the Regency Park.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church. She enjoyed reading, sewing, cooking, baking, and traveling, and she loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her four children and their spouses, Arie and Nora Reekers, of Lawton; Shirley and Gary Haupert, of Jefferson; Sylvia and Jeff LeMaster, of Marquette, Michigan; and Ruth and Mark Kleinwolterink, of Sheldon; eight grandchildren, Chad Reekers; Curt Reekers; Jason Haupert; Jackie, and her husband, Sam Langstaff; Dan LeMaster; Derek LeMaster; Sean Kleinwolterink; and Michaela Kleinwolterink; two great-grandchildren, Carter and Nickolas Reekers; a sister, Violet Mouw, of Orange City; two brothers and their wives, Henry and Alberta Schuller, of Alton; and Dr. Robert Harold and Arvella Schuller, of Garden Grove, California; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister and her husband, Jessamine and Gerrit Vander Pol; and two brothers-in-law, Henry Mouw; and John Reekers, and his wives, Henrietta and Leona.
Memorials may be directed to the new media system at the First Reformed Church.
There will be a funeral service on Thursday, September 13, at 10:00am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. David Ter Beest will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 5:00pm on Wednesday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Margaret Adrianna was born on December 31, 1917, at Alton, the daughter of Anthony "Tony" and Jennie (Beltman) Schuller. She was raised in the Alton/Newkirk area. She graduated from the Northwestern Junior College in Orange City and attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She then was a teacher in one room schools near Linn Grove and Sutherland for several years.
On June 1, 1946, she married Arthur Lawrence Reekers at her parents' farm home. They farmed together on the northeast edge of Orange City, where she was also a homemaker. Art passed away on June 25, 1987, in Sioux City, after 41 years of marriage.
In 2002, Mrs. Reekers moved to Jefferson, where she made her home near a daughter. In October of 2005, she transferred to the Regency Park.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church. She enjoyed reading, sewing, cooking, baking, and traveling, and she loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her four children and their spouses, Arie and Nora Reekers, of Lawton; Shirley and Gary Haupert, of Jefferson; Sylvia and Jeff LeMaster, of Marquette, Michigan; and Ruth and Mark Kleinwolterink, of Sheldon; eight grandchildren, Chad Reekers; Curt Reekers; Jason Haupert; Jackie, and her husband, Sam Langstaff; Dan LeMaster; Derek LeMaster; Sean Kleinwolterink; and Michaela Kleinwolterink; two great-grandchildren, Carter and Nickolas Reekers; a sister, Violet Mouw, of Orange City; two brothers and their wives, Henry and Alberta Schuller, of Alton; and Dr. Robert Harold and Arvella Schuller, of Garden Grove, California; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister and her husband, Jessamine and Gerrit Vander Pol; and two brothers-in-law, Henry Mouw; and John Reekers, and his wives, Henrietta and Leona.
Memorials may be directed to the new media system at the First Reformed Church.
Mrs. Margaret Reekers, age 89, of Orange City, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2007, at the Regency Park Nursing Home in Jefferson.
There will be a funeral service on Thursday, September 13, at 10:00am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. David Ter Beest will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 5:00pm on Wednesday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Margaret Adrianna was born on December 31, 1917, at Alton, the daughter of Anthony "Tony" and Jennie (Beltman) Schuller. She was raised in the Alton/Newkirk area. She graduated from the Northwestern Junior College in Orange City and attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She then was a teacher in one room schools near Linn Grove and Sutherland for several years.
On June 1, 1946, she married Arthur Lawrence Reekers at her parents' farm home. They farmed together on the northeast edge of Orange City, where she was also a homemaker. Art passed away on June 25, 1987, in Sioux City, after 41 years of marriage.
In 2002, Mrs. Reekers moved to Jefferson, where she made her home near a daughter. In October of 2005, she transferred to the Regency Park.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church. She enjoyed reading, sewing, cooking, baking, and traveling, and she loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her four children and their spouses, Arie and Nora Reekers, of Lawton; Shirley and Gary Haupert, of Jefferson; Sylvia and Jeff LeMaster, of Marquette, Michigan; and Ruth and Mark Kleinwolterink, of Sheldon; eight grandchildren, Chad Reekers; Curt Reekers; Jason Haupert; Jackie, and her husband, Sam Langstaff; Dan LeMaster; Derek LeMaster; Sean Kleinwolterink; and Michaela Kleinwolterink; two great-grandchildren, Carter and Nickolas Reekers; a sister, Violet Mouw, of Orange City; two brothers and their wives, Henry and Alberta Schuller, of Alton; and Dr. Robert Harold and Arvella Schuller, of Garden Grove, California; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister and her husband, Jessamine and Gerrit Vander Pol; and two brothers-in-law, Henry Mouw; and John Reekers, and his wives, Henrietta and Leona.
Memorials may be directed to the new media system at the First Reformed Church.
There will be a funeral service on Thursday, September 13, at 10:00am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. David Ter Beest will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 5:00pm on Wednesday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Margaret Adrianna was born on December 31, 1917, at Alton, the daughter of Anthony "Tony" and Jennie (Beltman) Schuller. She was raised in the Alton/Newkirk area. She graduated from the Northwestern Junior College in Orange City and attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She then was a teacher in one room schools near Linn Grove and Sutherland for several years.
On June 1, 1946, she married Arthur Lawrence Reekers at her parents' farm home. They farmed together on the northeast edge of Orange City, where she was also a homemaker. Art passed away on June 25, 1987, in Sioux City, after 41 years of marriage.
In 2002, Mrs. Reekers moved to Jefferson, where she made her home near a daughter. In October of 2005, she transferred to the Regency Park.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church. She enjoyed reading, sewing, cooking, baking, and traveling, and she loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her four children and their spouses, Arie and Nora Reekers, of Lawton; Shirley and Gary Haupert, of Jefferson; Sylvia and Jeff LeMaster, of Marquette, Michigan; and Ruth and Mark Kleinwolterink, of Sheldon; eight grandchildren, Chad Reekers; Curt Reekers; Jason Haupert; Jackie, and her husband, Sam Langstaff; Dan LeMaster; Derek LeMaster; Sean Kleinwolterink; and Michaela Kleinwolterink; two great-grandchildren, Carter and Nickolas Reekers; a sister, Violet Mouw, of Orange City; two brothers and their wives, Henry and Alberta Schuller, of Alton; and Dr. Robert Harold and Arvella Schuller, of Garden Grove, California; and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister and her husband, Jessamine and Gerrit Vander Pol; and two brothers-in-law, Henry Mouw; and John Reekers, and his wives, Henrietta and Leona.
Memorials may be directed to the new media system at the First Reformed Church.
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