LUITJENS, Minnie 1906-2000

LUITJENS, MEYER, MEESTER

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 11/11/2019 at 10:15:18

Minnie Luitjens, 93

Minnie Luitjens, of Dike, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls of natural causes, having attained the age of 93 years, two months and seven days.

Funeral services were held on Friday, Jan. 14, at 1:30 p.m. at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike. Burial followed in the Elmwood Cemetery in Dike. Pastor Rick Johnson officiated. A memorial fund has been established.

Minnie was born on Nov. 4, 1906, in Grundy Center the daughter of Dirk and Mattie (Meester) Meyer. She was united in marriage to Lewis Luitjens on Feb. 12, 1930, in Waverly. Minnie was a member of Dike United Methodist Church, the UMW and the Grant Township Homemakers.

Survivors include her husband, Lewis; three daughters and their husbands, Betty and Clem Kofron of Lime Springs, Bonnie and Roger Behrens of Horseshoe Bend, AK, and Darlene and Ron Itzen of Grundy Center; a son-in-law, Larry Bruhn of Dike; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Minnie was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Carol Bruhn; two sisters, Rachel Meyer and Grace Smit; two brothers, Marcus Meyer and Harm Meyer.

Dike Funeral Chapel, Dike, was in charge of the arrangements.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 20 January 2000, pg 11