DeWit, Johanna (Mrs. Julius) 1914-1994

DEWIT, EGGINK, BOEYINK

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DeWit, Johanna (Mrs. Julius) born 1914 died 1994

Sioux Center News Oct 4, 1994

February 20, 1914 September 29, 1994
Services for Johanna E. De Wit 80, of Canby was on Monday October 3, at First United Presbyterian Church in Canby MN with Pastor Dan Billings officiating. Burial was in the Canby Cemetery. She died unexpectedly on Thursday, September 29, at Valley City, ND.

DeWit was born on February 20, 1914, in Sioux Center to Henry K. and Lena (Boeyink) Eggink. She was baptized at First Reformed Church in Sioux Center, and was confirmed at Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center. She and Julius De Wit were married on June 21, 1940, at Sioux Center. They lived in Binghamton, New York; Cortland, New York; Rochester, MN and Canby, MN. Sher was an active member of First Presbyterian Church in Canby. She was past president of the Presbyterian Women and active in circle.

She is survived by her husband; her daughter Audrey Carlson, of Park Rapids, MN; her son, Joe, and his wife Susan, of Edina, MN; grandchildren, Paul and Jill Carlson, and Sarah and Emily DeWit; one Brother, Henry G. Eggink; and his wife, Lucile, of Sioux Center; one sister, Mabel VandeBrake, and He husband, Clarence of Portland, Oregon; a stepbrother, Peter Rons, and his wife, Johanna, of Scottsdale AZ and a step sister, Gertrude Pereboom, of Hawarden.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, one sister and one step-sister.