Lender, Marie – 1926-2015

GEENEN, GREINER, LATCHAM, LENDER, TERLOUW, VANSANT, VERSENDAAL

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 1/1/2016 at 15:48:04

Marie Lender, 88, of Grinnell and formerly of Searsboro, died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at the Mayflower Health Care Center in Grinnell. Funeral services were held May 15 at Calvary Baptist Church in Grinnell. Burial was in the Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to Grinnell Regional Public Health Loan Closet.
Marie was the daughter of Andrew and Johanna Geenen Versendaal and was born Oct. 6, 1926, in rural Kellogg. She grew up in the Sully area and was a graduate of Sully High School.
Marie was married to Darrell G. Lender on Nov. 1, 1952, at Sully First Reformed Church. Following their wedding, the couple lived in Cedar Rapids, where they were employed at Collins Radio Company. The couple later moved to the Searsboro area, and in 1979, they moved to Grinnell. For 27 years, she was employed at St. Francis Manor, retiring at the age of 86.
Marie always enjoyed the farm life! She enjoyed working in the outdoors, tending to her garden, and canning her produce. She raised an acre of strawberries every year and thoroughly enjoyed sharing what she raised. Cooking and baking were a few of her qualities.
Survivors include two sisters, Dorothy “Dot” (John) Latcham and Joan (Louie) Terlouw; one brother, Adrian (Kathy) Versendaal; and most of all, her children: Darla (Ed) Greiner of Cedar Rapids, Daniel (Cindy) Lender of St. Louis, MO, Delmar (Ellen) Lender of Grinnell, and Duane Lender of rural Johnston; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two step great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Darrell; one sister, Matilda “Tillie” (Clarence) Van Sant; and one brother, Arie Joe, who died in infancy.
Source: Hometown Press (Sully, IA), Thursday, May 21, 2015, page 2