VanderWilt, Mathilda Mrs. Herman 1912-2010

VANDERWILT, DYKSTRA, BUURMAN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/6/2010 at 05:12:00

MATHILDA VANDER WILT
Mrs. Mathilda Vander Wilt, age 97, of Orange City, passed away on Friday, January 1, 2010, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City.
There will be a memorial service on Wednesday, January 6, at 11:00am, at the First Reformed Church Chapel in Orange City. The Rev. Dr. Perry De Groot will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. There will be a prayer service on Wednesday, at 10:00am, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Visitation will be after 5:00pm on Tuesday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the funeral home.
Mathilda Cornelia was born on July 2, 1912, in Orange City, the daughter of John and Grace (Dykstra) Buurman. She was raised at Orange City, where she attended the Northwestern Junior College. She then became a school teacher.
On June 26, 1939, she married Herman Vander Wilt in Orange City. He passed away on October 30, 1944 in Topeka, Kansas. She made her home in Orange City, where she was a homemaker, raising her children as a single mother.
In January of 2005, she became a resident of the Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community, and in November of 2005, she transferred to the Heritage House.
Mrs. Vander Wilt was a member of the First Reformed Church, where she participated in the women's organizations. She was also active in Christian education, teaching Sunday school and catechism classes and serving as Sunday school superintendent. She enjoyed playing cards, reading, and baking, especially cookies.
Survivors include her daughter and her husband, Glenda Mae and Terry De Jong, of Rockville, Maryland; a son and his wife, Harold John and Betsy Vander Wilt, of Virginia Beach, Virginia; five grandchildren, Paul (Paula) De Jong, Michelle De Jong, John (Alexandra) Vander Wilt, Margaret (William) Allen, and Sarah (Matthew) Warner; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, Clarence Buurman, of Greenville, South Carolina.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Adrian Buurman.
In lieu of flowers, memorials will be directed to the Heritage House or First Reformed Church.
Source - Oleman Funeral Home obituary