Wielenga, Myrna Mae (Mrs. Verne Lee Roy) 1937-2014

WIELENGA, GEBAUER, KLEINHESSELINK

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting (email)
Date: 6/23/2014 at 14:33:17

Mrs. Myrna Wielenga, age 76, of Orange City, passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at her residence.

There will be a funeral service on Saturday, June 21, at 11:00am, at the First Reformed Church Chapel in Orange City. Mr. Tom Hydeen will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation with the family will be the hour before the service on Saturday at the church.

Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Myrna Mae was born on October 4, 1937, in Alton, the daughter of Ralph and Wilmina (Kleinhesselink) Gebauer. She was raised in Orange City, where she attended the public high school.

On June 1, 1955, she married Verne Lee Roy Wielenga in Orange City. They made their home in Orange City, where she was a homemaker and a cook at the Maurice - Orange City schools.

She enjoyed fixing puzzles and traveling, including some winters in Texas. She liked volunteering at the Bibles for Missions store in Orange City.

Survivors include her husband of 59 years; four children and their spouses, Michael and Muriel Wielenga, of Sioux Center; Kevin and Dixie Wielenga, of Orange City; Laura and Pete Schuelke, of Ringsted; and Mary and Mike Cline, of Rockford, Illinois; eighteen grandchildren, Daniel, Raelle, Erin, Abby, Autumn, Olivia, Zachary, Nicolas, Klayton, Emily, Samantha, Travis, Shayne, Shawna, Samuel, Kevin, Madeline, and Tyler; sixteen great-grandchildren; a brother, Ralph Gebauer, Jr.; and a sister, Barb Brock.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandchild, Jamie; and a sister, Joan Poppen.

Memorials will be directed to the Orange City Area Home Health and Hospice.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.