Dokter, Adrianna (Mrs. Edwin D.) 1933-2002

DOKTER, DEWIT, SNIEDER

Posted By: Janet Brown - volunteer (email)
Date: 7/22/2013 at 13:08:04

From the N'west Iowa Review, August 10, 2002:

Adrianna Dokter
May 11, 1933-Aug. 7, 2002

SIOUX CENTER - Adrianna Dokter, 69, of Sioux Center, died Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.

Services will be 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Aug. 10) at Faith Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center, with the Rev. Bernie Haan officiating. Burial will be prior to the service at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center. There will be a family prayer service at 1 p.m. today at Oolman Funeral Home in Sioux Center.

Adrianna Dokter, daughter of Albert and Alice (Snieder) De Wit, was born May 11, 1933, in Hull. She was raised on a farm by Hull and graduated from Western Christian High School in Hull. She also attended Northwestern College in Orange City for two years and took summer classes at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. She then was a teacher at Rock Valley Christian School. She married Edwin D. Dokter on June 27, 1956, in Hull. They made their home in Sioux Center, where she was a homemaker and active volunteer.

She was a charter member of Faith Christian Reformed Church. She was active in the life of the church, including the Women of Faith Circle She participated in the Laotian Ministries for 20 years.

Survivors include her husband, Edwin D. Dokter; three children, Shar and Gary Alsum of Loveland, CO, Jay and Kathy Dokter of Loveland CO, and Sue and Jerry Wilson of Central Lake, MI; seven grandchildren; three sisters, Margaret and John Meendering of Hull, Stephena Vander Werff of Sanborn, and Betty Vande Griend of Sioux Center; a brother, Harold and Tress De Wit of Hull; and a sister-in-law, Catherine De wit of Hull.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Elmer De With, and a brother-in-law, Cornie Vander Werff.

Memorials may be directed ot Laotian ministries.