Driesen, Harriet Mrs. Henry 1916-2012

DRIESEN, HUBERS, GERRITSEN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/14/2012 at 06:25:19

Harriet Driesen
June 3, 1916 - August 8, 2012
Mrs. Harriet Driesen, age 96, of Hull, passed away on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at the Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center.

There will be a memorial service on Saturday, August 11, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Hull. Interment will be prior to the service at the Valley View Cemetery in Rock Valley.

Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Friday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the funeral home.

Harriet was born on June 3, 1916, at Sioux Center, the daughter of Albert and Minnie (Hubers) Gerritsen. She attended a country school.

On January 20, 1938, she married Henry James Driesen at Rock Valley. They farmed near Sioux Center until 1951, when they moved to a farm near Hull. In 1976, they retired into Hull. Henry passed away on February 2, 2003, in Sioux Center.

In December of 2002, Harriet became a resident of the Sioux Center Community Nursing Home (now the Royale Meadows Care Center).

She was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church.

Survivors include a daughter and her husband, Wilma and Bob Brink, of Sheldon; seven grandchildren, Marcia, and her husband, Peter Fedor, of Palm Beach Garden, Florida; Randy Horstman, and his wife, Julie, of Hull; Adam Driesen, of Sheldon; Alex Driesen, and his wife, Meagan, of Omaha, Nebraska; and Andy Driesen; Shelby Driesen; and Shea Driesen, all of Sheldon; and three great-grandchildren, Carly and Jillian Horstman, and Rachel Fedor.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Arlin Driesen; five brothers, Albert, Bill, Henry, John, and Peter Gerritsen; and seven sisters, Ida De Jager, Nellie Driesen, Alice Lems, Anna Roelofs, Minnie Roelofs, Hattie Vande Kamp, and Winnie Wielenga.

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