Scheffers, Jeanette De Koning – 1904-1978

DEKONING, MCGREGOR, SCHEFFERS, VANWELDEN, WESTBROOK

Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp
Date: 8/25/2016 at 22:49:53

Life Story of Jeanette Scheffers
Funeral services were held Monday at the Monroe United Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Edd (Jeanette) Scheffers, 74.
The Rev. Doug Maben, pastor of the church conducted the services. Burial was in Silent City Cemetery in Monroe.
Mrs. Scheffers died Friday at Skiff memorial Hospital in Newton.
Survivors are a son, Duane Westbrook of Newton; a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth (Charlene) McGregor of Reasnor, eight grandchildren, and a brother, Martin De Koning of Mount Morris, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, a brother and her two husbands, Merritt Westbrook in 1935 and Edd Scheffers in 1972.
She was a member of the Monroe United Presbyterian Church, the Monroe American Legion Auxiliary and the Forever Young Club.
The daughter of Dick and Maggie Van Welden De Koning, she was born Jan. 15, 1904, at Killduff. She was a 1923 graduate of Newton Community High School.
She was married to Merritt Westbrook June 15, 1926 in Newton and after his death was married to Edd Scheffers August 31, 1940.
Source: Monroe Mirror; 07 September 1978