VanRooyen, Willie L. (Mrs. Irwin) 1928-2011

VANROOYEN, HASSEL, GODFREY

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 5/9/2016 at 05:39:36

Willie L. Aalberts Van Rooyen
July 5, 1928 - June 27, 2011

Mrs. Willie Aalberts Van Rooyen, age 82, of Orange City, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2011, at the Lakes Regional Medical Center in Spirit Lake. There will be a memorial service on Friday, July 1, at 10:30am, at the Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Jonathan Opgenorth will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. There will be a prayer service on Friday, at 9:30am, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Willie Lee was born on July 5, 1928, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, the daughter of Wallace and Nellie (Hassel) Godfrey. She was raised in Elizabeth City. On March 21, 1954, she married Irwin Richard Aalberts in Elizabeth City. They made their home in Orange City, where she was a homemaker. "Squirt" passed away on May 14, 1965, in Orange City. Mrs. Aalberts then became the manager of the windmill branch of the Northwestern State Bank in Orange City. On December 31, 1993, she married Jacob Leroy Van Rooyen in Orange City, where they continued to live. In May of this year, she moved to the home of one of her daughters. Mrs. Van Rooyen was a member of the Trinity Reformed Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family.

Survivors include her husband, "Jack"; two daughters, Bonnie Overman, of Hull; and Barb, and her husband, Warren Jager, of Arnolds Park; five grandchildren, Greg Aalberts; Tim Jager; April, and her husband, Steve De Kam; Sarah Jager; and Tracy, and her husband, Eric Punt; a great-grandson, Cole Punt; a sister, Audrey Collette, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida; a special aunt, Iris Jones, of Elizabeth City; six step-children and their spouses, many step-grandchildren, and several step-great-grandchildren. In addition to her first husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Michael Aalberts; and a son-in-law, Wesley Overman.
Source: Oolman Funeral Homes, Orange City, IA., obit.