Wiersma, Alyda Mrs. Pier 1897-1987

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Date: 7/13/2010 at 07:30:32

ALYDA WIERSMA
Born: December 8, 1897; Sioux Center, Iowa
Passed Away: February 14, 1987; Orange City, Iowa
Age: 89 years, 2 months, 6 days
Funeral Service; Tuesday; February 17, 1987; 10:30 a.m.
First Christian Reformed Church
Orange City, Iowa
Clergymen
The Rev. Ralph A. Pontier
The Rev. John T. Ebbers
Interment: West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City, Iowa
Arrangements: Van Etten-Oolman Funeral Home, Orange City, Iowa
Alyda was the daughter of William Kosters and Nellie Van Zee Kosters.
On February 7, 1921, she married Pier Wiersma at Sioux Center. They farmed at Alton for about eleven years, at Maurice about two years, and then west of OrangeCity about nine years. In about 1945, they moved into Orange City.
In September of 1986, Mrs. Wiersma became a resident of the Orange City Municipal Nursing Home.
She was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church and its Thy Kingdom Come Society. She had also been a member of Ladies Zangkoor.
Survivors include her husband; five children, Mrs. Jerry (Sarah Ann "Dolly") Reinsma and Mrs. John (Wilma) Foreman, both of Orange City; Kenneth, of Redlands, California; Mrs. Frank (Darlene) White, of San Diego, California; and Mrs. Elmer (Helen) Huizenga, of Orange City; 14 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Tony (Minnie) Vander Wilt, of Orange City.
She was preceded in death by one great-grandchild, three brothers and four sisters.
Source: Van Etten-Oolman Funeral Home, Orange City, Iowa, obit.