HOEKSTRA, Mary Margaret 1929 - 2015
HOEKSTRA, REED, HORRAS, BRECHT, MILLAND, GREENE
Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 6/25/2015 at 21:52:02
"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Page 6Mary Margaret HOEKSTRA
Mary Margaret HOEKSTRA, 85, of Wilton, died Monday, June 16, 2015, at Wilton Retirement Community in Wilton, surrounded by her family.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Richland Friends Cemetery in Richland (note: in Keokuk Co., IA).
Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wilton. Mass of the Christian burial will be recited at 6 p.m., followed by a light meal in the church hall. Additional visitation will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland.
Memorial donations can be made to the building fund for St. Mary's Church in Wilton or Iowa City Hospice. Online remembrances and condolences can be left at www.bentleyfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. HOEKSTRA was born Sept. 14, 1929, in Richland, the daughter of Richard and Margaret REED HORRAS. She married Verne HOEKSTRA Oct. 1, 1950, in East Pleasant Plain. He died June 29, 1984.
Mrs. HOEKSTRA graduated from Richland High School in 1947 and attended air traffic control school. She and her husband moved to Wilton in 1965.
She raised her family and worked as a teacher's aide. She retired from Louis Rich in West Liberty in 1991.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wilton and a local investment club. She enjoyed playing cards and was a member of numerous card clubs. After retirement, she volunteered as a teacher's assistant at the Wilton Elementary School. Above all, she loved her family and enjoyed spending time with them.
Survivors include: one daughter, Elizabeth BRECHT and husband Richard of Clive; two sons, Michael HOEKSTRA and wife Connie of Wilton and Christopher HOEKSTRA and wife Paula of Wilton; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Catherine MILLANE of Fairfield and Carol GREENE of Williamsport, Pennsylvania; and one brother. Richard HORRAS of Richland.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. HOEKSTRA was preceded in death by: her parents; and three brothers, John, Joseph and Robert HORRAS.
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