Dykstra, Eloise – 1924-2021

ALLEN, ANDEWEG, DAWSON, DYKSTRA, GROVES, HELMS, JOHNSON, JONES, SAMUELSON

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:33

Eloise Dykstra passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021. She had four children, Laura, Sharon, Pam and Craig.
She was preceded in death by daughter, Sharon in 2017, who was a very special person and loved very much and is missed by all who knew and loved her.
Source: Newton Daily News; May 10, 2021

Additional information from Pence-Reese Funeral Home website:
Eloise (Johnson) Dykstra passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021, at Park Centre at the age of 97. She was born April 8, 1924, on her family farm in Monroe, to Herbert and Dana (Groves) Johnson. She was married to Laurel “Dyke” Dykstra Oct. 19, 1943, in Corsicana, Texas. He was a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II. To this union were born four children, Laura, Sharon, Pam and Craig.
She was a wonderful, loving and vivacious wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother and a very good friend to all who knew her. She had fun with her family including floating down the Skunk River on inner tubes when she was in her 80s. At the age of 88, she went skydiving with her grandson, Brian Dawson. She and Dyke would spend their winters in Florida and made many good friends. We have so many special memories and treasure them all.
She is survived by her children, Laura Dawson of Newton, Pam (Rod) Helms of McComb, Ill., Craig (Cindy) Dykstra of Canon City, Colo.; eight grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; son-in-law, Dean Dawson; a granddaughter, Debbie Dawson; granddaughter, Dana Samuelson; a great-granddaughter, Faith Allen; her sisters, Mildred Andeweg and Marvella Jones. Her daughter, Pam (Rod) Helms, passed away April 25, 2021.
Services for Eloise will be set at a later date.