VanEngen, Amy H. Mrs. John 1916-2011

VANENGEN, VINK, TEBRINK

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 10/19/2011 at 05:43:44

Amy H. Van Engen
May 20, 1916 - October 15, 2011
Mrs. Amy Van Engen, age 95, of Orange City, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2011, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City.

There will be a funeral service on Tuesday, October 18, at 10:30am, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Aldon Kuiper will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Monday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Amy Harriet was born on May 20, 1916, at Orange City, the daughter of Bert and Jennie (Vink) Te Brink. She was raised at Orange City, where she attended the Christian School.

On October 16, 1940, she married John Van Engen at Orange City. They made their home on farms near Sanborn and Orange City, where she was a homemaker. In June of 1984, they retired into Orange City. John passed away on April 3, 1993, in Orange City.

In July of 2000, Mrs. Van Engen became a resident of the Heritage House, where she looked forward to their activities, particularly the hymn sings.

She was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church and a former member of the Monica Society of the Christian School.

Amy enjoyed crocheting, sewing, quilting, making plastic canvas keepsakes, and baking, especially cookies for the grandchildren. She was always a very loving, thoughtful, kind, content, and unselfish wife, mother, and grandmother.

Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters and their husbands, Geneva and Clifford Korver, of Orange City; and Beverly and Harris Kaster, of George; seven grandchildren, Bruce (Sarah) Korver, Rhonda (Coby) Mohrhauser, Julie (Brian) Junck, Pam (Doug) Krull, Kristy (Patrick) Connor, Brad (Sharon) Kaster, and Eric Kaster; twelve great-grandchildren; a brother, Alfred (Jean) Te Brink, of Denver, Colorado; and five sisters-in-law, Lois Te Brink and Joyce (Nick) Hulst, both of Orange City; Ruth Van Engen, of Sioux Center; Mina Van Kley, of Sanborn; and Tina (Norman) Buysman of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Judy Van Engen, on November 8, 2000; three sisters, Nettie (Pete) Mars, Dorothy (Abe) Jacobsma, and Bernice (Henry) Mellema; and two brothers, Dick and John Te Brink.
Source: Oolman Funeral Home, Orange City, IA., obit.