Donkersloot, Marie, (Mrs. Nicholas) 1896-2002

DONKERSLOOT, KOSTER, SIEMENS

Posted By: Mary Lou Verburg Volunteer (email)
Date: 9/22/2014 at 18:37:49

Born: May 3, 1896 New Holland, South Dakota
Died: April 3, 2002 Hull, Iowa

Marie Donkersloot, 105 of Hull, died Wed. April 3, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull.

Memorial services were at 11 a.m. at Oolman Funeral Home in Hull with the Rev. Joel Bensema officiating. Burial was in Sheridan Township Cemetery, Boyden.

Mrs. Donkersloot was born May 3, 1896 in New Holland, S.D., the daughter of John and Kate (Siemens) Koster. She was raised in Kanawha and Sanborn. She married Nicholas Donkersloot in Sanborn on Feb. 24, 1918. They farmed near Sheldon, Sanborn and for 27 years at Boyden. They retired in 1951 and moved to Denver, CO. He died April 25, 1966 in Sheldon. She moved to Hull in 1988 and on April 22, 1992 she became a resident of Pleasant Acres.

She was a member of First Reformed Church in Hull.

Survivors include three children, Ilene Donkersloot of Hull, Ed Donkersloot and his wife Alma of Sanborn, and Mae and her husband Clayton Vis of Hull; a daughter-in-law Betty Donkersloot of Zeeland, MI; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-granchildren; 7 great-stepgrandchildren; two great-great grandchildren and three great-great-step grandchildren.

She was also prescribed in death by a son, Raymond; a sister, and two brothers.

Source: Local paper after 4/3/2002