Marie (Grifhorst) BUYERT

GRIFHORST, BUYERT, BLEEKER, CHRISTENSEN, HOFTIEZER, SCHOEP, KORVER, BUYERT, PIERCE, HOFKAMP

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/12/2013 at 12:44:24

December 8, 1912 --- April 23, 2010

Funeral services for Marie Buyert, age 97, of Dell Rapids, SD, formerly Watertown, SD, will be at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Castlewood Presbyterian Church in Castlewood, SD. Rev. Terry Drew will officiate. Music will be provided by Marsha Kurtenbach as organist and Margie Vornbrock and Rev. Drew as vocalists. Marie passed away on Friday, April 23, 2010, at the hospital in Dell Rapids. She was the widow of Henry Buyert. Burial will be in the Castlewood Cemetery, Castlewood. Pallbearers will be: Mark Buyert, Myron Buyert, Rodney Christensen, Jason Hoftiezer, Jon Bunkers, Steve Vornbrock, and Darin Nagelhout. Visitation, with the family present, will be prior to services at the church on Wednesday from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. The family is requested to meet at the church on Wednesday by 1:00 p.m. for a prayer service. Arrangements are being handled by the Crawford Funeral Chapel of Watertown, SD.

Marie was born on December 8, 1912, in Kanawha, IA, to Neil and Emma (Bleeker) Grifhorst. On January 11, 1934 Marie married Henry Buyert on the family farm near Bemis, SD. The couple lived in Clear Lake for two years before moving back to the family farm. They farmed from 1936 to 1965 until they retired and moved to Watertown, SD; where Marie volunteered at the Memorial Nursing Home for 17 years. Marie attended and participated in many activities at the Ninth Avenue United Methodist Church in Watertown. She enjoyed many craft projects and entertained numerous coffee guests. Due to mobility issues, she moved to the Orchard Hills Community in July of 2003 and then to Terrace Manor in December of 2009, both in Dell Rapids.

Marie is survived by one son, Merle (Maxine) Buyert, of Clear Lake, SD; two daughters: Mavis (Roger) Christensen of Sioux Falls, SD, and Elaine Hoftiezer of Dell Rapids, SD; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; four sisters: Bernice Schoep of Hull, IA, Gertrude Korver of Lynden, WA, Grace Buyert of Watertown, SD, and Phyllis Pierce of Olympia, WA; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry; infant twin grandchildren; one son-in-law, Gerald Hoftiezer; and one sister, Helen Hofkamp.