Vander Well, Joyce Geneva (Mrs. Walter Vernon) 1933-2022

VANDERWELL, HUBERS, VANPYKEREN, WYNIA

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting (email)
Date: 8/23/2022 at 15:09:37

Mrs. Joyce Vander Well, age 89, of Hull, passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2022, at Lyon Specialty Care in Rock Rapids.

A visitation with the family present will be held on Thursday, August 18, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Hull. There will be a funeral service on Friday, August 19, at 10:30am, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Hull with the Rev. Timothy Ouwinga officiating. Following a time of lunch and fellowship at the church, a graveside service will be held at 1:30pm, at the Riverview Cemetery in Rock Rapids.

Joyce Geneva was born on February 21, 1933, in Hull, the daughter of Gerrit and Dena (Hubers) Van Pykeren. She grew up in Hull where she attended the Hull Christian School and Western Christian High School. After graduating in 1950, she started working at the Sheldon Telephone Office as well as at Len’s Market and Kooiker Chevrolet.

She was united in marriage to Pier W. Wynia on February 4, 1953, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Hull. Two years later, after Pier returned from his military service, the couple settled on a farm near Larchwood, where they raised their five children. In 1975, as Pier’s health declined, the family moved to Rock Rapids, where Joyce worked as a secretary at K-Products. Pier passed away on April 4, 1979, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after more than 26 years of marriage.

On July 7, 1984, Joyce married Walter Vernon Vander Well, and together they made their home in Hull. After 21 years, Joyce retired from K-Products in 1995. She then worked part-time at the Foreign Candy Company in Hull for sixteen years and volunteered her time at Justice for All in Rock Valley and at the Treasure Chest II in Hull. She and Vern delivered for Meals on Wheels and together they enjoyed attending Gospel Music events, regularly traveling to Branson, Missouri, to attend shows. Vern passed away on April 18, 2010, in Rock Rapids, after more than 25 years together.

In earlier years, Mrs. Vander Well was an active member of the Rock Rapids Christian Reformed Church. She was currently a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Hull, where she participated in the Mission Guild and Bereans Bible Study. She regularly attended the community Coffee Break Bible Study, and looked forward to socializing with her friends, often playing games together or going out to eat. In her free time, Joyce enjoyed listening to music and playing the piano, doing counted cross stitch and Sudoku puzzles, and using her iPad to play Words with Friends and to keep in touch with family through her Facebook account.

She will be lovingly remembered by her three daughters and their husbands, Kay and David Kroese, of Hull; Lora and Brad Van Dyke, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; and Kathy and Bill Bajema, of Rock Valley; a son and his wife, Dale and Joni Wynia, of Luverne, Minnesota; a daughter-in-law, Crystal Wynia, of Muskegon, Michigan; five step-children, Corinne Vander Well, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Glen Vander Well, and his wife, Connie, of Holland, Michigan; Daryl Vander Well, and his wife, Cindy, of Prinsburg, Minnesota; Bev Vander Well, of Grand Rapids, and Dee Vander Well, of Orange City; ten grandchildren, Joni Wynia, Jessica (Jonathan) Van Maanen, Eric (Bobbie) Kroese, Andrea Bajema, Daryl Wynia, Scott Kroese, Maria (DJ) Van’t Hul, Brady (Jessica) Van Dyke, Alison Kroese, and Jared (Glenna) Van Dyke; eleven step-grandchildren, Darin (April) Vander Well, Lindsey (Ted) Taatjes, Kyleigh Vander Well, Cassandra (Seth Pegman) Vander Well, Kathy (Nate) Field, Roger (Julie) Ferris, Tony (Megan) Ferris, Rodney (Loretta) Ferris, Tim Ferris, Kristen (Clint) Madrzejewski, and Bethany (Chris) Cumings; 19 great-grandchildren; 36 step-great-grandchildren; eleven, step-great-great-grandchildren; a brother and his wife, Gerard “Pike” and Darlene Van Pykeren; two sisters-in-law, Anna Vander Well and Devin Vander Well; a brother-in-law and his wife, Lester and Evadean Vander Well; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by a son, David Wynia in 2018; two sisters-in-law and their husbands, Lydia and Arthur De Boer and Wilma and Sam Altena; and three brothers-in-law, Henry Wynia, and his wife, Johanna; Loren Vander Well, and Allen Vander Well.

Memorials will be given to the Western Christian High School in Hull.

Source: Oolman Funeral Home online obituary.