Tolsma, Ella (Mrs. Peter) 1902-2004

TOLSMA

Posted By: Mary Lou Verburg - Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/11/2014 at 15:39:32

Born: March 25, 1902 Sioux Center, Iowa
Died: March 5, 2004 Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Ella Tolsma, 101, of Inwood, Iowa, died March 5, at Sioux Valley Hospital, in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Christian Reformed Church at Inwood, with Revs.Robert Timmer and Richard Kooista officiating.Burial in Richland Cemetery.

Ella was born March 25, 1902, at Sioux Center, Iowa. She married Peter Tolsma on Feb. 11, 1924, in Inwood. Together they farmed northeast of Inwood until retiring and moving to Inwood in 1958. Peter died April 25, 1976. Ella later moved to Fellowship Village at Inwood.

Survivors include, two sons, Dudley & Ruth of Payson, Ariz., Peter Tolsma III of Milwaukee, Wis.; son-in-law,Dean McNeil of Ephraim,Wis.; daughter-in-law, Rita Tolsma of Worthington, Minn.; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her beloved husband and companion, Peter, she preceded in death by her young son Peter Verick Tolsma; a son, Jack Tolsma; a daughter, Evadne McNeil; grandson, Dirk Tolsma.

Source: Northwest Iowa Review March 13, 2004