VerSteeg, Jennie Mrs. John K. 1904-2008

VERSTEEG, VANDERMAATEN, VANVELDHUIZEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/2/2011 at 18:26:04

Jennie Ver Steeg
March 23, 1904---- March 10, 2008
Mrs. Jennie Ver Steeg, age 103, of Orange City, passed away on Monday, March 10, 2008, at the Orange City Area Health System Hospital.
There will be a funeral service on Thursday, March 13, at 10:00am, at the Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Jonathan Opgenorth will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 6:00pm on Wednesday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 7:30pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Jennie was born on March 23, 1904, in rural Alton, the daughter of William J. and Fannie (Vander Maaten) Van Veldhuizen. She was raised at Newkirk, where she went to a country school.
She then attended high school in Hospers, where she stayed in town during the week. After that she took a train to Pella, where she graduated from Central College. She then returned to Newkirk, where she was a teacher in their high school a few years.
On October 17, 1929, she married John K. Ver Steeg in Sioux Center. They made their home in Orange City, where she was a homemaker. "Jack" passed away on February 6, 1998, in Orange City, after more than 68 years of marriage.
Mrs. Ver Steeg was a member of the Trinity Reformed Church, where she participated in the women's activities in earlier years. In later years, she worshipped through church radio broadcasts.
She enjoyed tatting, crocheting, reading, and listening to sports events on the radio. When her eyesight failed, she appreciated being able to "read" books through recordings.
Survivors include her daughter, Joan Ver Steeg, of Orange City; her son and his wife, Walter and Providencia Ver Steeg, of Plymouth, Minnesota; and two granddaughters and their husbands, Deanna and Joseph Timmins, of Chicago, Illinois; and Liesl and Evan Euliss, of Battlefield, Missouri.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Jacob and Andrew Van Veldhuizen; and two sisters, Gertie Lammers and Wilhelmina Freese.
Source: Oolman Funeral Home, Orange City, IA., obit.