VanVoorst, Tillie Mrs. John H. 1924-2010

VANVOORST, WIELENGA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/2/2010 at 15:03:39

Tillie Van Voorst
8/19/1924 - Saturday, January 23, 2010
Tillie Van Voorst, 85, of Sioux Center, IA died Saturday, January 23, 2010 at the Sioux Center Community Hospital.
Visitation will be held Tuesday from 4-8PM, with the family present from 5-7PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.
A prayer service for family and friends will be held Wednesday at 9:30AM at First Reformed Church of Sioux Center with interment to follow in Lebanon Cemetery of rural Sioux Center.
A celebration of life service will be held Wednesday at 11AM at First Reformed Church of Sioux Center with Rev. Roger Voskuil officiating.
Tillie Van Voorst was born on August 19, 1924 to Peter & Lydia Wielenga in Sioux Center. She married the love of her life, John H. Van Voorst, on April 12, 1943 in Abilene, TX.
Tillie volunteered for numerous organizations where she shared her gift of music, which impacted other’s lives like a stone dropped into a lake. The stone quickly disappears from sight, but its impact leaves behind a series of ripples that broaden and reach across the water. In the same way, Tillie lived for Christ and will leave behind an influence for good that will reach the lives of many others to come.
She modeled a Christ like life for her 13 grandchildren and 24 (and two on the way) great grandchildren, as well as her children and their spouses: Lois and Lloyd De Jong, Ken and Sandy Van Voorst, Judy and Mark Vander Stouwe all of Sioux Center, Linetta and Mike Pollock of Omaha, NE; two sisters: Mrs. Lydia Tamminga of Caledonia, MI, Mrs. Mary Ann Van Bemmel of Rock Valley and sister-in-law, Mrs. Katherine Wielenga of Ontario, CA.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her son, Howard; a great granddaughter, Katelyn De Jong; her parents; a brother, Jake Wielenga; a sister and brother-in-law, Henrietta and Gene Hanson and brothers-in-law: Jim Tamminga, and Henry Van Bemmel.