Pals, Willemina Mrs. Willilam 1913-2010

PALS, VANDERKOOI, VISSER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/6/2010 at 05:14:07

WILLEMINA PALS
Mrs. Willemina Pals, age 96, of Orange City, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2010, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City.
There will be a funeral service on Tuesday, January 5, at 10:30am, at the Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev.. David Heilman will officiate. Interment will be on Tuesday, at 1:00pm, at the Hope Cemetery in Hull. Visitation with the family present will be the hour before the service on Tuesday at the church. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Willemina was born on December 1, 1913, on a farm in rural Hull, the daughter of Peter and Minnie (Vander Kooi) Visser. She attended a one room country school at Middleburg. When her father died prematurely of scarlet fever in 1930, she moved into Hull with her mother, younger brother, John, and sister, Josephine.
She pursued various types of employment to help support the family. Ironing clothes for other families was her first job. Working at the Bee Hive, a general store in Hull, was one position she truly enjoyed.. She often shared stories of the people of Hull, as they related to retail sales. She also spent several years at the Family Clothiers store, when it opened on Main Street in Hull in the early 1950s.
On July 9, 1937, "Mina" married William Pals in Hull. They made their home in Hull until 1961, when they moved to Sibley. There they purchased and were the administrators of the Sibley Motel until 1974. Then they moved to Orange City, where she worked at De Vries Drapery. "Bill" passed away on February 9, 1976, in Iowa City.
Later, she was very active in the Dinner Date, a senior citizen program in Orange City. In October of 2008, she became a resident of the Heritage House.
For 35 years, Mrs. Pals was a member of the Calvary Christian Reformed Church, where she was active in the Harmony Circle. She will be remembered for her crocheting, quilting, and sewing.
Survivors include her two sons and their wives, Arnold and Joan Pals, D.V.M., of Spring Lake, Michigan; and Peter and Helen Pals, D..D.S., of Orange City; five grandchildren, Carol (Martin) Stewart, Bill (Stephanie) Pals, Sarah (Blake) Born, Robin (Doug) Rylaarsdam, and Kay (Jeff) Joiner; eight great-grandchildren, a Native American foster daughter, Joan Pletcher, of Phoenix, Arizona; a brother, John W. Visser, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and a sister-in-law, Irene Monsma, of Silver Springs, Maryland.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Josephine Vogelzang.
Memorials may be directed to the Orange City Area Home Health and Hospice.
Source - Oleman Funeral Home obituary