VerSteeg, Sadie M. Mrs. Laurence 1910 -2009

VERSTEEG, SWARTS, POPMA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/6/2010 at 05:07:27

SADIE M. VER STEEG
Mrs. Sadie Ver Steeg, age 99, of Orange City, passed away on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, at the Orange City Area Health System Hospital.
There will be a funeral service on Monday, January 4, at 10:30am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Dr. Perry De Groot will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 2:00pm on Sunday, with the family present from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Sadie Marie was born on August 28, 1910, in rural Maurice, the daughter of Abel and Effie (Swarts) Popma. She was raised at Maurice, where she attended school.
On May 24, 1932, she married Laurence J. Ver Steeg in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Although they first lived in Sioux Center, they made their home in Orange City most of their lives. In addition to being a homemaker, she assisted her husband in the operation of Ver Steeg Trucking. He passed away on November 1, 1963, in Orange City.
Mrs. Ver Steeg then worked as a nurses' aide at the Orange City Municipal Hospital. In September of 2006, she became a resident of the Pioneer Memorial Home in Orange City. About a month ago, she transferred to the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church. In later years, when she wasn't able to attend worship there, she would still dress-up on Sundays and listen to their services on the radio.
She enjoyed crocheting, making Afghans or doilies for most of her descendents. She knew the birthdates of her many family members and always acknowledged them.
Survivors include her nine children, Wanda, and her husband, Wilson Kuiken, of Maurice; Irma, and her husband, Eldon "Red" Beuklman, of Madison, South Dakota; Leon "Bus" Ver Steeg, and his wife, Alice, of Orange City; Shirley, and her husband, Martin Wierda, of Sioux Center; Eva, and her husband, Ervin "Ike" Huizenga, of Orange City; Pat, and her husband, Don Fedders, of Milford; Larry Ver Steeg, and his wife, Jane, of Kalona; Stan Ver Steeg, of Orange City; and Nancy, and her husband, Dave Vellinga, of Clive; 46 grandchildren, 116 great-grandchildren, 39 great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Delbert Popma, of Orange City; a sister and her husband, Muriel and John Palsrok, of Rock Rapids; and two sisters-in-law, Wilmina and Sue Ver Steeg, both of Orange City.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Frank and Lloyd Popma; and two sisters, Madge De Boer and Blanche Popma, at age 9.
Memorials may be directed to the Pioneer Memorial Home.
Source - Oleman Funeral Home Obituary