Brunsting, Gertie (Mrs. Luke) 1898-1981

BRUNSTING, RIKKERS, STAAL

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--Volunteer
Date: 8/25/2016 at 18:54:20

Source: Sioux Center News (2-4-1981)

Birth: May 27, 1898
Death: January 27, 1981

Mrs. Luke H. Brunsting, 82, Hull, died Tuesday, January 27, in a hospital at Sheldon.

Services were at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the First Reformed Church at Hull. The Reerend Herman Van Galen officiated. Burial was in Hope Cemetery. Visitation was from 7:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Kraai Funeral Home at Hull.

Mrs. Brunsting, the former Gertie Rikkers, whose parents were Rutger and Jeanette (Staal) Rikkers was born May 28, 1896, at Hull. She was married November 20, 1919, at Hull. The couple farmed in the Hull area.

Mr. Brunsting died January 18, 1971.

Mrs. Brunsting was a member of the First Reformed Church.

Survivors include a son, Elmer H. of Houston, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Albert (Janette) Brunsting and Mrs. Bernard (Johanna) Moss, both of Hull, and Miss Margaret of Long Beach, California; a brother, Richard of Hull; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.