Beimers, Evelyn (Mrs. Thurlow) 1933-2020

BEIMERS, RIENSTRA, VAANDRAGER

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:37

Evelyn Beimers, age 87, of Sioux Center, IA died peacefully Monday, June 15, 2020 at her home in Sioux Center surrounded by her family.

A Private Family Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center, IA with Rev. Carl Klompien officiating. Interment will follow the service in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center, Iowa. Live Stream will be available on our website and a link can be found on Evelyn’s obituary page.

In lieu of flowers family prefers memorial be directed to the Sioux Center Health Hospice.

Evelyn Shirley (Vaandrager) Beimers was born on April 5, 1933 in Sheldon, IA, the daughter of Cornelius and Pearl (Rienstra) Vaandrager. She grew up on a farm near Sheldon, where she also attended school. On December 26, 1956, she was united in marriage to Thurlow Beimers in Tuscon, AZ. Beim and Evie made their home in Sioux Center where she was a homemaker and later worked at the Sioux Center Hospital. Evelyn was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center. She spent Saturday mornings at Casey’s Bakery making pig-in-the-blankets to support their Christian education fund. She enjoyed antique shopping, crossword puzzles, reading the newspaper, tending her plants, and hosting Christmas Eve dinner. She was very proud of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and cherished time spent with her siblings at family reunions. Beim and Evie enjoyed their yearly vacation to Cass Lake, MN to fish and spend time with family. In their retirement years, they loved spending time at their condo in Spirit Lake, IA.

Left to cherish her memory are her four children, Terry (Mary) Beimers of Sioux Center, IA, Pam (Howard) Vander Schaaf of Alton, IA, Lisa (Mike) Hilbelink of Temecula, CA and Jill Shepard of Grass Valley, CA; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, Wendy (Mike) Poppema, their children, Jaci, Peyton, and Kinzie; Evan (Jennifer) Beimers, their children, Claire and Eli; Kimberly (Kyle) Waterman, their children, Camden and Collins; Joshua Vander Schaaf, his son, Kyler; Justin (Angela) Vander Schaaf; Jordan Vander Schaaf (Marianna Jensen); and Riley Shephard, her son, Ruston; three sisters, Cynthia (Don) Hanenburg, Leona Broers and Glenda Vaandrager; two sisters-in-law, Kathryn Vaandrager and Carolyn Vaandrager; and nieces, nephews and other extended family.

In addition to her husband, Thurlow, she was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Charles, and Vernon Vaandrager; and one brother-in-law, Tom Broers.

Source: Memorial Funeral Home online obituary.