Vande Krol , Margaret Ruth – 1927-2023

BRECKENRIDGE, DE GROOT DUNSBERGEN, HALBLOM, HUYSER, MATHES, PALTZER, VAN WYK, VANDE KROL, VANDER POL, VANDER ZYL, VELDSEMA

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 6/8/2023 at 10:56:25

Margaret Ruth Van Wyk, the youngest of six children born to Henry J. and Christina (Mathes) Van Wyk, was born on April 21,1927, at their farm home east of Sully, Iowa. Margaret attended the Taylor Country Grade School, Sully Grade School and Sully High School, and one semester at Central College in Pella, Iowa. She then taught for one year at the Brown Country School east of Galesburg, Iowa. On June 5, 1946, she and Lester Loren Huyser, son of Stoffel and Grace (Paltzer) Huyser, were united in marriage at the home of Margaret’s parents in Sully. They became the parents of three sons: Dale Eugene, Norman Gene, and Darl Lee. Their farm home was on the west edge of Sully where she unexpectedly lost Lester at the young age of 43 years old on June 26,1969. Margaret remained living there, providing for, and nurturing her sons, whom she was very proud of. Family and home were her priorities, baking and caring for her family she enjoyed. With that passion for baking she was widely known to many in the community. She independently took a vacant building in Sully and opened and operated the Coffee Cup Café for many years. She baked pies, buns, pecan rolls, cinnamon rolls, cookies and loved every minute of it.
On November 3, 1972, Margaret and Russell Vande Krol were married and they made their home together east of Sully, later moving into Sully. Russell passed away on October 3, 2002. Margaret continued living in their home where she remained active with her home bakeshop, an active member of First Reformed Church where she provided cookies for coffee after services. She will be fondly remembered by many for her baking, even at her advanced age. On May 31, 2023, Margaret passed away in Pella, Iowa at the age of 96 years, where she had been residing since March, 2019. She is survived by her three sons and their families:
Dale and Minnie (Veldsema) Huyser of Sully, IA and family: Steve and Kristin Huyser, Kenton and Jaynie Huyser, Clara, Eloise, Hayden, Maverick, Jason and Bailey Huyser, Clay, Brielle.
Norman Huyser of Buckeye, AZ and family: Chad and Valerie Huyser, Camryn, Gage, Cor, Suzanne and Patrick Jensen, Catherine, Jonathan, Lauren.
Darl Huyser and Joyce Halblom of Grinnell, IA and family: Dustin Huyser, Joel Huyser.
Margaret’s step-children and their families are: Delwin and Patti Vande Krol, Douglas and Karen Vande Krol, Carolyn (Claren) Vande Krol, Cynthia (Roland) Vande Krol, James (Lillian) Breckenridge.
Margaret also leaves two brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Lehrl and Ruth Vande Krol, Daniel and Sandy Vande Krol. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Lester Huyser and Russell Vande Krol; two step-sons: Claren and Roland Vande Krol and a step-daughter, Lillian Breckenridge; her parents, Henry J. and Christina Van Wyk and all of her siblings and their spouses: Tressie and Walter Vander Zyl, Henry and Pearl Van Wyk, Wilma and Arthur Vander Pol, Martin and Marjorie Van Wyk, Jeanette and Fred De Groot; her parents-in-law, Stoffel and Grace Huyser, and sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Margaret (Huyser) and Ben Dunsbergen. Margaret had a lifelong membership at the Sully First Reformed Church in Sully, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 2:00 pm. First Reformed Church, Sully, Iowa. Interment will follow in the Sully Cemetery, Sully, Iowa.
Visitation will begin Friday at 5:00 pm at First Reformed Church in Sully where the family will be present from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.
Memorial contributions may be designated for the First Reformed Church, Sully, Iowa.
Source: Van Dyk-Duven Funera Home website.