Broek, Albertha "Birdie" (Mrs. Cornelius "Cornie") 1928-2017

BROEK, HULSTEIN, GRITTERS

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/10/2017 at 10:45:30

Mrs. Albertha “Berdie” Broek, age 89, of Sioux Center, passed away on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at the Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center.

There will be a funeral service on Friday, April 7, at 1:30pm, at the Faith Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center. The Rev. Bob Pollema will officiate. Interment will follow the service at the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Thursday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the CHURCH.

Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Albertha Bernice, the daughter of Raymond Sr. and Della (Gritters) Hulstein, was born on January 9, 1928, in Sioux Center, the first of thirteen children. She was raised in the Hull and Sioux Center areas.

On February 11, 1948, she married Cornelius Broek in Hull. Thru the years they lived on several farms, until building a house and chicken farm west of Sioux Center. In 1973, they moved into Sioux Center. Besides being a homemaker, she also worked at the Dordt College Book Store and from 1975 to 1991, she and her husband operated Sam’s Variety Store, both in Sioux Center. They then enjoyed wintering in Arizona. Cornie passed away on May 14, 2005, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

In September of 2016, Berdie became a resident of Crown Pointe Independent Living, and in January of this year, she transferred to the Royale Meadows Care Center, both in Sioux Center.

She was a charter member of the Faith Christian Reformed Church, where she was an active supporter. She enjoyed playing games with friends, fixing puzzles, watching Dordt basketball and volleyball games, crocheting, and baking for others.

Survivors include her four daughters, Judy Nibbelink; Fonda, and her husband, Warren Post; and Diane, and her husband Arlin Van De Berg, all of Sioux Center; and Kathy, and her husband, Loren Velgersdyk, of Sioux Falls; thirteen grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren; siblings, Lavonne Hulstein, Arlene Hulstein, Marge Mesman, Ray Hulstein, Jr., Leonard and Jean Hulstein, Delmar and Faye Hulstein, Garneth and Harold Van Surksum, Lee and Faye Hulstein, Sharon and Pete Struiksma, Iva Hoogeveen, and Karon and Lee Blom; and Cornie’s sister, Chris Schouten; and sister-in-law, Gert Broek.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Harv Nibbelink; two grandchildren, Angie Post and Justin Van De Berg; a great-grandson, Dylan Nibbelink; siblings, Gary Hulstein, Ed Hulstein, Lois Buyert; and in-laws, Arvin Mesman, Teen Hulstein, Barney Buyert, and Jim Hoogeveen.

Memorials may be directed to the Faith Christian Reformed Church.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.