Siemonsma, Joyce Mrs. Jake J. 1930-2005

SIEMONSMA, POPMA, WICHERS

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/15/2012 at 09:30:21

Joyce Siemonsma
Joyce Marie Siemonsma, 75, of Alton died Thursday, June 9, 2005 at the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City A memorial service was Monday at 7 p.m. at Alton Reformed Church in Alton with the Rev. Michael Hardeman and the Rev. Elizabeth Hardeman officiating. Interment was at the Nassau Township Cemetery, near Alton.
Mrs. Siemonsma was born April 11, 1930, in Maurice, the daughter of Garrett and Margaret (Popma) Wichers. She was raised at Maurice, where she graduated from high school. On August 28, 1953, she married Jake John Siemonsma at Maurice. They lived at Newkirk for five years and then moved into Alton, where they have since made their home. She was a homemaker
and was also employed at Harker's, later called Tyson's, in Orange City. She was a member of Alton Reformed Church, where she sang in the choir and served on the flower committee. She enjoyed gardening and crocheting. She liked to fly and was a pilot in earlier years. Her family was very important to her, and she loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband of 51 years; four children, Jimmy Jay Siemonsma of Matlock, Benton Odin Siemonsma and his wife Darla of Sioux Center, Laura Lea and her husband Terry Sitzmann of Orange City and Perry Patrick Siemonsma and his wife Lola of Alton; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and seven brothers and three sisters, Marlin Wichers of Orange City, Russell Wichers of Sioux Center, Myron Wichers of Vancouver, Washington, Donald Wichers of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Allen Wichers of Maurice, Betty Pott of Parkersburg, Leon Wichers of Sioux Center, Lola Heys of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Robert Wichers, of Orange City and Alma Engeltjes, of Orange City.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Doreen Mars; and a sister, Irene Zublis.
Source: Sioux Center News of June 15,2005.