Dykstra, Margaret Mrs. Thys 1893-1983

DYKSTRA, TALSMA, LANKHEET, RIENSTRA

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-Volunteer
Date: 3/30/2013 at 11:27:57

Source: Sioux Center News (7 Sep-1983)

Margaret Dykstra, 89 of Hull died Sunday in a Suiox Center nursing home. Services were at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Hope Christian Reformed Church in Hull. The Rev Tim Ouwinga Officiated. Burial was in the Hope Cemetery. Visitation was from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Kraai-Oolman Funeral Home in Hull.

Mrs. Dykstra, the former Margaret Talsma, was born Nov 30, 1893 at McCool, Ind. She married Herman Lankheet June 14, 1916. He died Feb. 8, 1919. She married Thys Dykstra June 1, 1920. They made their home in the Chicago area, retiring to Florida about 1957. They moved to Hull about 1973. Mr. Dykstra died Sept. 30, 1978 and she entered the nursing wing of the Sioux Center Community Hospital about 1977. Mrs. Dykstra was a member of Hope Christian Reformed Church.

Survivors include one son, the Rev. Allan of Hull; one brother John of Milaca, Minn., one sister Mrs. Grace Rienstra of Poulsbo, Wash., three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren