Calsbeek, Angeline (Mrs. Harvey) 1928-2017

CALSBEEK, SMIT, DEBELTS

Posted By: Mary Lou Verburg,volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:37

Angeline Calsbeek, age 88, of Balaton, Minnesota, formerly of Sibley, Iowa, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Colonial Manor in Balaton, Minnesota.

Funeral Services will be Monday, May 1, 2017 at 10:30 A.M. at the First Reformed Church in Sibley. Rev. Luke Schouten officiating.

Burial at Holman Township Cemetery in Sibley.

Visitation will be Sunday, April 30, from 2:00 to 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the Andringa Funeral Home in Sibley.

Angeline Jennie Calsbeek was born on September 13, 1928 in rural Davis, SD. She was the daughter of Andy and Helen (DeBelts) Smit. She lived her youth with her family on their farm in rural Davis, where she attended a country school. Angeline graduated from Davis High School, then continued her education at Northwestern College in Orange City, IA and attained a teaching certificate. She was an elementary teacher in Inwood, IA from 1948 to 1949.
She was united in marriage to Harvey Calsbeek of Sibley, IA on June 10, 1949 at the Bethel Reformed Church in Davis, SD. After their marriage, Harvey became a pastor of the Reformed Church in America and Angeline served in church ministry as an active pastor’s wife. She taught Sunday School, Christian education, and women’s Bible studies; she played the piano and organ; she also directed choir in several of the churches they served. Angeline also taught in elementary schools in Holland, MI and Yankton, SD.
Rev. Harvey and “Angie” lived and served in the following communities and churches: Logan Reformed Church in Dell Rapids, SD, from 1953 to 1954; Mescalero Reformed Church in Mescalero, NM, from 1954 to 1962; Jicarilla Apache Reformed Church in Dulce, NM, from 1962 to 1966; Silver Creek Reformed Church in Silver Creek Silver Creek, MN, from 1966 to 1970; Riverview Park Reformed Church in Yankton, SD, from 1970 to 1975; United Presbyterian and Reformed Church in Willow Lake, SD, from 1975 to 1978; and Macy Reformed Church in Macy, NE, from 1978 to 1988. Harvey was an interim pastor at Jicarilla Apache Reformed Church in Dulce, NM, from 1988 to 1989, and an associate pastor of the First Reformed Church in Sibley, IA, from 1990 to 1996. Harvey passed away on May 25, 1996.
Angeline was also involved in the American Legion Auxiliary, Hospital Auxiliary and Reformed Church Cursillo.
Angeline loved to knit and crochet, especially for her new grandchildren. She was an avid reader and letter writer, she grew beautiful flowers indoors and out, and she created delightful baked goods that she shared freely. She was friendly, she encouraged others, and she made a point of learning the names of everyone she met and showing an interest in their lives. And she deeply loved her Lord.
She moved from Sibley, IA to rural Pipestone, MN to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Marcia and Dave Vermeer, from September 2014 to January 2016, then moved to the Colonial Manor in Balaton, MN, where she lived until the day of her death, Friday, April 21, 2017.
Those left to cherish her memories are her children, Douglas and Janine Calsbeek of Orange City, IA, Marcia and Dave Vermeer of Pipestone, MN, Harold and Diane Calsbeek of Tyrone, GA and foster son, Keith Bultena of Spirit Lake, IA; 10 grandchildren: Jonas (Caitlin), Stephen (Madeline), Andrew, Brady, John and Ann Calsbeek; Bethannie (Luke) Kjolhaug; Dianna (Preston) Engelkes; Benjamin and Daniel Vermeer; four great-grandchildren: Jacob, Liliana and Wren Calsbeek and Natalie Engelkes; two sisters, Elvena Hyronimus of Brandon, SD and Hilda (John) Bach of Renville, MN.
She was also blessed with Harvey’s brothers and sisters and their families.
Angeline was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Harvey Calsbeek; her brother-in-law Floyd Hyronimus; and her parents.

Source: Doon Press 5-4-2017