Wielenga, Jacoba 'Coba' (Mrs. Nick) 1899-1996

WIELENGA, VANOORT, RAVESTEIN

Posted By: Janet Bosler - volunteer (email)
Date: 10/2/2013 at 14:33:13

Sioux Center News March 12, 1996

Born: 11-23-1899
Died: 3-5-1996

Mrs. Jacoba Wielenga, age 96, of Orange City, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 1996, at the Orange City Municipal Hospital.

Funeral services were held on Friday, March 8 at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. David Ter Beest 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.

Jacoba, who was known as "Coba", was born November 23, 1899, at Orange City, the daughter of Jacob and Wilhelmina (Ravestein) Van Oort. She was raised at Newkirk. On July 9, 1923, she married Nick Wielenga at Orange City. They farmed in the Orange City area until the early 1950's, when they moved into Orange City. In 1979, they became residents of the Heritage House in Orange City. Mr. Wielenga passed away October 31, 1983, at Orange City.

Jacoba was a member of the First Reformed Church.

Survivors include her daughter and her husband, George and Kathleen De Vries, Jr., of Orange City; two sons, Jack, and his wife Elaine, of CedarFalls; and Wilton Jan, of Stockton, California; six grandchildren, George De Vries III, and his wife, Patsy; Nicholas De Vries, and his wife, Cynthia; Maria De Vries; Dwight Wielenga; Kristin Wielenga; and Nathan De Vries; and three great-grandchildren, Jessica, Jenny, and Samuel De Vries.

Jacoba was preceeded in death by a grandson, Joel De Vries; a premature infant grandson; two brothers, John and Peter Van Oort; and three sisters, Mrs. Edward (Reka) Fikse, Effie Van Oort, and Mrs. Adrian (Jennie) Vander Wilt.