Tuinstra, Janet (Mrs. Cornelia) 1874-1961

TUINSTRA

Posted By: Janet Bosler - Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/24/2013 at 22:35:16

Sioux Center News July 6, 1961

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Janet Tuinstra, 87, of Santa Cruz, Calif, on Tuesday, June 20 at Santa Cruz and also Thursday, June 22, at the Vander Ploeg chapel at Sheldon, with Rev. Kenneth Leemsta, pastor of the Bethal Reformed Church, officiating.

Mrs. Tuinstra was born in Friesland, The Netherlands, on September 11, 1874, and passed away at Santa Cruz June 18, 1961. At the age of seven years, she, with her parents came to America, moving to the Hull, Iowa, vicinity. She was married to Cornelia Tuinstra in 1893. They lived on farms near Hull and Boyden until the death of her husband in 1942. , when she moved to Sheldon and resided there until 1951 when she went to California, where she lived with her daughters.

Her husband, one daughter, Janet (Mrs. Jake Thevenat) and one son, Arthur, who died in infancy, preceded her in death.

Surviving are seven daughters, 17 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren and one sister.