Nibbelink, Christine (Mrs. Gerrit W.) 1911-2001

NIBBELINK, VANDERLINDEN, ENGBERS

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/2/2013 at 12:28:27

Christine Nibbelink

Christine Nibbelink, 90, of Orange City died Tuesday, November 7, at Orange City. Municipal Hospital. Memorial services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City with the Rev, Paul Bakker officiating.
Burial was in West Lawn Cemetery.

Mrs. Nibbelink was born February 6, 1911, in Pella, the daughter of George and Grace (Vander Linden) Engbers. She was raised on a farm near Pella. She moved with her family to Orange City in 1928. She married Gerrit W. Nibbelink in Orange City on September 1, 1932. They farmed northwest of Orange City. He died July 28, 1961, in Orange City. She moved into Orange City in October 1964. She became a resident of Pioneer Memorial Home in January 1986 and transferred to Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community in November 1999. She was a member of Calvary Christian Reformed Church, where she participated in Harmony Circle. In earlier years she taught Sunday school and catechism. She enjoyed doing volunteer work.

Survivors include a son and his wife, Dr. Donald and Elsie Nibbelink of Lansdale, Pennsylvania; four grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Leona Kooistra of Jenison, Michigan. She was also preceded in death by a son, Erwin Lee, on October 14, 1996; a brother, Albert Engbers; and a sister, Freda Heynen. Memorials are being directed to Hope Haven in Rock Valley.

Sioux Center News, Wednesday, November 14, 2001, Sioux Center, Iowa.