VanderZwaag, Etta (Mrs. Henry) 1915-2004

VANDERZWAAG, DEVRIES, TERHORST

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 8/24/2014 at 14:42:41

Sioux County Capital Democrat January 15, 2004

Etta Vander Zwaag, age 88, of Orange City, died on Tuesday, Jan. 6,2004, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City. A funeral service was held on Friday, Jan. 9, at American Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Lizbeth Moss officiated. Burial followed at West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City under the direction of the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Etta was born on June 9,1915, at rural Orange City, the daughter of Gerrit and Clara (De Vries) Ter Horst. She graduated from the Orange City Christian School. On Nov. 25,1937, she married Henry B. Vander Zwaag at Orange City. They lived most of their married life near Newkirk where they farmed and she was a homemaker. In 1978, they retired to Orange City. Mr. Vander Zwaag died March 26,1993, at Jensen Beach, Fla. In May of 2000, Etta became a resident of the Landsmeer Ridge Retirement Community in Orange City. In August of 2003,she transferred to the .Heritage House.

Mrs. Vander Zwaag was a member of the American Reformed Church in Orange City, where she belonged to the Ruth Circle. Etta enjoyed crocheting, needlepoint, and quilting. She was known for her beautiful flower gardens and for being an excellent photographer. She also compiled extensive genealogical records for the Ter Horst and Vander Zwaag families. The residents of Landsmeer Ridge and the Heritage House appreciated her ability to play hymns on the piano "by ear."

Survivors include a daughter and her husband, Kathleen and James Dekker of Sioux City; a son, Dr. Benjamin Vander Zwaag of Kelseyville, Calif.; five grandchildren, Krista and her husband Dennis Hilburn, Daniel Dekker, and Sarah and her husband Chuck Keleher, all of Sioux City, Kari Vander Zwaag of Sacramento, Calif, and Craig Vander Zwaag of Arroyo Grande, Calif.; four great-grandchildren, Caitlynn and Michele Hilburn and Ashley and Garrett Dekker; a sister Clareen Vanden Berg of New Jersey; and brother-in- law Wein Vander Zwaag of Orange City.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Bert and Bill Ter Horst, and five sisters, Minnie Ter Horst, Arta Gesink, Bertha Bruxvoort, Johanna Sandbulte and Leo Heynen. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Siouxland or Hope Haven Wheelchair Ministry.