Bouma, Hermina (Mrs. Louis) 1901-1996

BOUMA, VANROEKEL, STADT

Posted By: Janet Bosler - Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/12/2013 at 22:41:44

Sioux Center News May 28, 1996

Born: 8-16-1901
Died: 5-23-1996

Hermina Bouma, 94, of Sioux Center died on Thursday, May 23, at Sioux Center Community Health Center. A family service was at 9:45 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center with burial at Hope Cemetery in Hull. A memorial service was today, Tuesday, at 11:15 a.m. at Covenant Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center with the Rev. Daniel De Groot officiating.

Mrs. Bouma was born on August 16, 1901, in Ogilvie, Minnesota, the daughter of Albert and Katharine (Stadt) Van Roekel. She was graduated from high school at Hull and attended Grundy College in Grundy Center. She taught at Hull and Perkins in Iowa and Munster Christian Schools in Munster, Indiana.

She married Louis Bouma on July 30, 1926, in Hull. The couple lived in Chicago for 10 years where he taught school. They then moved to Artesia, California; Ontario, California; Inwood; Sussex, New Jersey; and Dispatch, Kansas. In 1969, they retired in Sioux Center. He preceded her in death.

Mrs. Bouma was a member of Covenant Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center. She enjoyed crafts, handwork and playing and teaching piano.

Survivors include six daughters and spouses, Marion and John Tiemeyer of Tallahassee, Florida, Bea and Ted Bloemhof of San Antonio, Texas, Esther and Bill Nawyn of Troy, Illinois, Carol and Arnold Koekkoek of Sioux Center, Anita and Arthur Schoonveld of Grandville, Michigan, and Rayda Bouma of West Hartford, Connecticut; 20 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Theodora Guest, of Gurnee, Illinois.

She was also preceded in death by three sisters and a grandson.