Lode, May Esther (Mrs. Gerrit) 1924-2002
LODE, REIMERS, JANSMA
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Date: 10/16/2015 at 16:16:35
Born: March 31, 1924 Near Boyden, Iowa
Died: October 28, 2002 Boyden, IowaMay Esther Lode, 78. Boyden, died Monday, Oct. 28, at her residence in Boyden.
Services were Thurs. Oct. 31, at Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Boyden, with Rev. Dennis Hope of Sutherland United Methodist Church officiating. Burial was at Sheridan Township Cemetery in Boyden.
May Lode, daughter of George and Maude (Jansma) Reimers, was born March 31, 1924 on a farm near Boyden. She attended the Boyden school systsem. She married Gerrit Lode on Sept. 15, 1965, in Las Vegas. They made their home in Artesia CA. She worked as a Soldering Engineer for Hughes Aircraft Company in Fullerton, CA. fabricating circuit boards. She retired in 1993 and they returned to Boyden.
She enjoyed baseball, hunting, fishing, riding motorcycles and most of all, her grandchldren.
Survivors, include her husband, Gerrit Lode of Boyden; a daughter Cyrilla May "Cooky" Williams of Longmont CO. five step children, 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Nelvina Diekevers of Boyden.
She was preceded in death by an infant son, Conrad George Houtsma; a sister, Florence "Flossie" Heemskerk; and two brothers-in-law, Aadrian "Rusty" Diekevers and Wilbur "Hempy" Heemskerk.
Source: Northwest Iowa Review 11/2/2002
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