Anna "Dolly" Berkenpas, 85, of Alton died Sunday, May 2, at Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley.
Services were at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Alton Reformed Church with the Rev. Robert Vander Schaaf officiating. Burial was in Nassau Township Cemetery.
Mrs. Berkenpas was born June 10, 1913 in Alton, the daughter of Henry and Anna Marie (Ketel) Scholten. She was raised in Alton. She married Leonard Berkenpas May 18, 1939 in Alton. They lived in Seney, Alton and Carnes. He died November 2, 1975, in Carnes. Later, she returned to Alton. She became a resident of the Community Memorial Health Center in 1993.
She was a member of the Alton Reformed Church. She enjoyed church activities, crafts and handwork.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Ron and Sharon of Spencer, Rog and Jan of Fair Oaks, California, Jim and Sharon of Sioux Center and Phil and Cheryl of Orange City; a daughter and her husband, Marianne and Bryan Wassenaar of Orange City; 11 grandchildren; and sever great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Elroy, Gerrit and Lawrence Scholten; and five sisters, Julia Aberson, Marlys Rens, Leona Scholten, a 15-month old and a one-month old.
Memorials are being directed to Community Memorial Health Center's Alzheimer's Wing.
Services were at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Alton Reformed Church with the Rev. Robert Vander Schaaf officiating. Burial was in Nassau Township Cemetery.
Mrs. Berkenpas was born June 10, 1913 in Alton, the daughter of Henry and Anna Marie (Ketel) Scholten. She was raised in Alton. She married Leonard Berkenpas May 18, 1939 in Alton. They lived in Seney, Alton and Carnes. He died November 2, 1975, in Carnes. Later, she returned to Alton. She became a resident of the Community Memorial Health Center in 1993.
She was a member of the Alton Reformed Church. She enjoyed church activities, crafts and handwork.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Ron and Sharon of Spencer, Rog and Jan of Fair Oaks, California, Jim and Sharon of Sioux Center and Phil and Cheryl of Orange City; a daughter and her husband, Marianne and Bryan Wassenaar of Orange City; 11 grandchildren; and sever great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Elroy, Gerrit and Lawrence Scholten; and five sisters, Julia Aberson, Marlys Rens, Leona Scholten, a 15-month old and a one-month old.
Memorials are being directed to Community Memorial Health Center's Alzheimer's Wing.
Anna "Dolly" Berkenpas, 85, of Alton died Sunday, May 2, at Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley.
Services were at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Alton Reformed Church with the Rev. Robert Vander Schaaf officiating. Burial was in Nassau Township Cemetery.
Mrs. Berkenpas was born June 10, 1913 in Alton, the daughter of Henry and Anna Marie (Ketel) Scholten. She was raised in Alton. She married Leonard Berkenpas May 18, 1939 in Alton. They lived in Seney, Alton and Carnes. He died November 2, 1975, in Carnes. Later, she returned to Alton. She became a resident of the Community Memorial Health Center in 1993.
She was a member of the Alton Reformed Church. She enjoyed church activities, crafts and handwork.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Ron and Sharon of Spencer, Rog and Jan of Fair Oaks, California, Jim and Sharon of Sioux Center and Phil and Cheryl of Orange City; a daughter and her husband, Marianne and Bryan Wassenaar of Orange City; 11 grandchildren; and sever great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Elroy, Gerrit and Lawrence Scholten; and five sisters, Julia Aberson, Marlys Rens, Leona Scholten, a 15-month old and a one-month old.
Memorials are being directed to Community Memorial Health Center's Alzheimer's Wing.
Services were at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Alton Reformed Church with the Rev. Robert Vander Schaaf officiating. Burial was in Nassau Township Cemetery.
Mrs. Berkenpas was born June 10, 1913 in Alton, the daughter of Henry and Anna Marie (Ketel) Scholten. She was raised in Alton. She married Leonard Berkenpas May 18, 1939 in Alton. They lived in Seney, Alton and Carnes. He died November 2, 1975, in Carnes. Later, she returned to Alton. She became a resident of the Community Memorial Health Center in 1993.
She was a member of the Alton Reformed Church. She enjoyed church activities, crafts and handwork.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Ron and Sharon of Spencer, Rog and Jan of Fair Oaks, California, Jim and Sharon of Sioux Center and Phil and Cheryl of Orange City; a daughter and her husband, Marianne and Bryan Wassenaar of Orange City; 11 grandchildren; and sever great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Elroy, Gerrit and Lawrence Scholten; and five sisters, Julia Aberson, Marlys Rens, Leona Scholten, a 15-month old and a one-month old.
Memorials are being directed to Community Memorial Health Center's Alzheimer's Wing.
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