Dykstra, Mary Ann 1949-2007

DYKSTRA, ANDRINGA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/28/2011 at 10:20:47

MARY ANN DYKSTRA
Miss Mary Ann Dykstra, age 57, of Hospers, passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at the Northwest Iowa Health Center Senior Care in Sheldon.

There will be a funeral service on Monday, April 23, at 11:00am, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Hospers. The Rev. Duane Tinklenberg will officiate. Interment will follow at the Hospers Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2:00pm on Sunday, with the family present from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Hospers.

Mary Ann was born on December 18, 1949, in Sheldon, the daughter of Dick J. and Wilma (Andringa) Dykstra. She was raised at Archer until 1951, when she moved to a farm by Hospers, attending the Hospers Christian School.

She made her home with her parents, until her mother passed away in 1993. She then lived with her sister, Elizabeth, and her family until 1995. She then moved to the Hope Haven Residential Training Center in Orange City. In June of 2006, she became a resident of the Northwest Iowa Health Center.

While living at Hope Haven, Mary Ann was employed at Park View Industries in Rock Valley. She enjoyed attending Hope Haven's Wednesday evening Bible studies.

She was a professing member of the First Christian Reformed Church. She liked listening to hymns and doing embroidering.

Survivors include a brother and his wife, Jacob and Joan Dykstra, of Archer; two sisters and their husbands, Edith and Robert Swaving, of Lakewood, California; and Elizabeth and Glenn Gesink, of Maurice; a sister-in-law, Karen Dykstra, of Worthington, Minnesota; and ten nephews and nieces.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Dykstra.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home, Hull, IA., obit.