Groeneweg, Magdlaene S. (Schippers)

GROENEWEG, SCHIPPERS, POPMA

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Date: 7/18/2005 at 20:09:25

Funeral service for Magdlaene S. Groeneweg, 84, of Pella were held Thursday, May 8, 2003 at Church of the Open Bible in Pella, the Rev. Aaron Loree', officiating. Music was provided by organist Mrs. Joann Pfadenhauer, and voloist Rhonda and Ashley Van Soelen.

Interment was at the Oakwood Cemetery in Pella. Casket bearers were Jerry Schippers, Randy Steenhoek, Dan Wichhart, Galen Rozenboom, Luke Nieuwsma, Craig Schuring, Eric Stursma.

Mrs. Mary Magdalene Schippers was born on October 26, 1918, south of Pella. She was the fourth of five children that were born to Andrew and Alida Popma Schippers. Magdalene lived in this vicinity during her childhood years and attended the Pleasant Grove Country Grade School.

On June 15, 1940 she and Harold Franklin Groeneweg, a hired farm hand, were united in marriage at Kirksville, Miss., accompanied by her parents. Magdalene and Harold lived and farmed south of Pella for 44 years. They retired in 1998 and moved into an apartment at 905 West First Street in Pella.

On Memorial Day, May 31, 1999, Harold passed away at the age of 84. Following his death, Magdalene continued to live in the apartment for a year. She was then cared by her great-niece, Brenda (Stursma) Van Vark and her family, for the next three years. They provided for her physical needs until the past month when she became hospitalized at the Pella Regional Health Center. Magdalene passed away there on Monday morning, May 5. Magdalene was a former member of the Third Reformed Church in Pella.

Magdalene is survived by her youngest brother, John Schippers of Rogers, Ark.; a sister-in-law, Jennie (Francis) Schippers of Pella; and several dear nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews, who were considered their children.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold; her parents, Andrew and Alida Schippers; her oldest sister, Henrietta Goemaat and her two older brothers: Leonard and Francis Schippers.

The family prefers memorials be given to the Church of the Open Bible in Pella to be used for tables in the fellowship hall or Hospice of Pella.

Arrangements were handled by Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella.

The Pella Chronicle, May 20, 2003