Somsen, Wilemina Hendrieka, (Mrs. Harry) 1915-1992

SOMSEN, MUYSKENS, GEURINK

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Date: 9/19/2013 at 11:15:56

Sioux Center News Sept. 16, 1992

Born August 30, 1915
Died Sept. 9, 1992

Mrs. Wilemina Somsen, age 77, of Orange City died Wed. Sept. 9, 1992 at Orange City Municipal Hospital.

Wilemina Hendrieka was born August 30, 1915 at Alton, the daughter of Cornelius and Hendrieka (Geurink) Muyskens. She was raised at Alton.

On June 13, 1945, she married Harry Somsen at Orange City. They made their home in Woodwille, Wisconsin, until 1970 when they moved to Orange City. "Mina" was then employed by the food service and housekeeping dept. of Northwestern College in Orange City, retiring in 1984. Mr. Somsen died Oct. 13, 1985 at Orange City.

She was a member of the First Reformed Church and the Lydia Circle of the church. She also served as a Stephen's Minister.

Survivors include seven children, Cornelius and his wife Glenda, and Ruth and her husband Tom Keizer, all of Minnetonka, Minn; the Rev. Philip and his wife Evelyn of Inwood, Rachel and her husband Dan Tkach of St. Paul, Minn. Miriam and her husband Mark Vellinga of Orange City, Lois and her husband Tim Ditmer of Denver, Colo, and Eunice and her husband Keith Stroh of Sioux Falls, S.D.; 10 grandchildren, Mary and John Somsen, Alaina and Brandon Keizer, Alissa, Leah and Coby Somsen, and Brittany, Abby and Tyler Vellinga; and brother, Dick Muyskens of Edgerton, Minn.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her still born daughter, Harriet; five brothers, Henry, John, George, Peter, and Case (her twin) Muyskens and three sisters, Mathilda, and Grace Korver and Kathryn Hibma.

Funeral services were held Monday, Sept. 14, 1992 at the First Reformed Church of Orange City. The Rev. Steven Vander Molen officiated. Interment followed at West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City under the direction of the Van Etten-Oolman-Van Gelder Funeral Home of Orange City.