Westra, Edna J. (Mrs. Rev. Peter) 1914-2002

WESTRA, KOOI, HOOK

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke-volunteer
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

Source: Pioneer Press (2-3-2002)

Born: January 4, 1914
Died: January 31, 2002

Edna Jean Kooi Westra, 88, of Duluth, formerly of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died Thursday, January 31, 2002, in Lake Haven Manor. She has been a Duluth resident for the past two years, living at Pines III.

She was born on January 4, 1914 in Morrison, Illinois to Robert and Ethel (Hook) Kooi. She graduated from Fulton, Illinois High School and attended Central College in Pella, Iowa. In 1938, she married Reverend Peter J. Westra in Pottersville, New Jersey. She taught in rural schools in Fulton and elementary schools in Flandreau and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She served as a minister's wife and partner in St. Johnsville, New York; Hammond, Indiana; Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; Flandreau, South Dakota; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Des Moines, Iowa; Jefferson, Iowa and at the Good Life Retirement Village in Mesa, Arizona.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter, in 1996, a son, Dr. John Westra in 1980 and a grandson, Peter Mark Westra, in 2001. She is survived by a son, Mark; two daughters, Donna and Ruth; nine grandchildren; and a brother, Earl Kooi of Upland, California.

Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with burial in Hope Cemetery, Hull, Iowa.