SMIDT, Jean M. (1939-2004)
SMIDT, HILLENGA, MCNEIL, IVERSON, TAYLOR, HUNTER, HAUGLAND, CLENDENEN, BARNES
Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/11/2016 at 14:01:38
Jean M. Smidt, 1939-2004
August 11, 1004
Jean M. Smidt, of Woden, died on Friday, August 6, 2004, at the Westview Care Center, Britt. She was 65 years old.
Her funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Wednesday, at the Woden Christian Reformed Church, with the Rev. Kevin Jordan officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Jean Marie Smidt, the daughter of Edwin and Gertie (McNeil) Hillenga and Erna (Iverson) Hillenga, was born on January 26, 1939 at Algona. She made her profession of faith at the Woden Christian Reformed Church. She attended the rural schools of Orthel Township in Hancock County and graduated from the Britt High School in 1956. She continued her education at Dordt College.
On August 8, 1958, she was married to John Smidt at the Woden Christian Reformed Church. They lived on a farm north of Woden until 1964 when they moved to a farm near Burt. In 1988, they moved into Woden and continued farming.
Due to ill health she became a resident of the Westview Care Center in Britt in 2000. Jean enjoyed her family, designing and making cakes, reading and doing crossword puzzles. She was a member of the Woden Christian Reformed Church where she taught Bible School.
Jean is survived by her husband, John of Woden; her mother, Erna Hillenga of Woden; two children, Deanna (Mike) Taylor of Cherokee and Alan (Teresa) Smidt of Forest City; eleven grandchildren, Mandy, Trish and Jordan Taylor and Ryan, Sandi, Julianne, Tyler, Kyle, Emily, Allison and Nathan Smidt; five brothers and sisters, Kay Hunter of Cedar, Minnesota, Doris (Dean) Haugland of Forest City, Edwin (Vicki) Hillenga of Wesley, Carol Clendenen of Auto, West Virginia and Dean (Suzanne) Hillenga of Hobbs, New Mexico; a sister-in-law, Grace Barnes of Iowa City; a brother-in-law, Warren (Bev) Smidt of Clayton, Wisconsin; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a stillborn son; her father; and her mother, Gertie.
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