Tott, Wilma Johanna, (Mrs. George) 1916-2003

TOTT, RENSINK, SCHOLTEN, THIES

Posted By: Mary Lou Verburg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/18/2013 at 20:34:38

North West Iowa Review Sept 20, 2003

Born Feb. 17, 1916
Died Sept. 15, 2003

Wilma Johanna Tott,87, Sibley, died Monday, Sept. 15, at Osceola Community Hospitall in Sibley.

Services were Thursday, Sept. 18, at First Presbyterian Church in Sibley, with Pastor Terry Simm officiating. Burial was at Sheridan Township Cemetery in Boyden, under the direction of Walton-Roste Funeral Home in Sibley.

Wilma Tott, daughter of Joe and Hattie (Scholten) Rensink, was born Feb. 17, 1916, in Boyden. She was raised in the Boyden area, attended country school in Grant Township in Sioux County and graduated from Boyden High School in 1933.

She worked at an Indian Mmission in Dolce, New Mexico for five years before returning to the Ashton and Sibley area.

She married Art Thies on April 3, 1948. He died May 30, 1952. She moved to Sibley, where she later married George Tott on Oct. 4, 1953. She worked at Osceola Community Hospital in Sibley as an aide, and at Sibley High School as a cook in the cafeteria until her retirement, Mr. Tott Died Jan. 4, 1970.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Sibley, where she always was active in the Women's Church Organization. She also served on the Meals on Wheels Board and on the Country View Manor Nursing Home Board for nine years.

Survivors include two brothers, Gerrit "Ted" Rensink, of Sheldon, and Lawrence Rensink of Ashton; a sister-in-law Lorraine Rensink of Marshall MN; 10 nieces and nephews; and a stepson, Glen and Annabel Tott of Sibley.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Art Thies; her second husband, George Tott; and two brothers, Bernard Rensink, and Howard Rensink.