Beekhuizen, Sara Leona – 1924-2010

ALLEN, ALTENHOFEN, BEEKHUIZEN, GROENENDYK, OZINGA, POL, ROZENBOOM, SLINGS, VAN DUSSELDORP, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, VAN MAANEN, VAN ZEE, VANDER LINDEN

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Date: 11/22/2010 at 13:34:36

A funeral service for Sara Leona Beekhuizen, 86, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Tracy Christian Reformed Church. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Pella, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be given to Area Hospice or Tracy Christian Reformed Church.
Sara Leona Vander Linden Beekhuizen was born Oct. 25, 1924, in Pella, Iowa. She was the fourth of nine children born to Luke and Minnie Van Zee Vander Linden. Sara went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at the Serenity House in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at the age of 86.
As a young girl, Sara met John Beekhuizen at a church gathering. After a couple years of courtship, they were united in marriage on Feb. 1, 1950, at the home of her parents near Harvey, Iowa. John and Sara were blessed with eight children, Janice, Laura, Sandy, Vicky, Cathy, Bernie, Karen and Jonathan.
John and Sara farmed the family farm for 50 years. They are members of the Tracy Christian Reformed Church. John passed away Wednesday, April 14, 2010, at the age of 85.
Sara enjoyed being a homemaker and caring for her children, raising them in the Lord. She enjoyed going to the State Fair and picnicking with fried chicken. She loved spending time at Lake Keomah and enjoyed sewing and baking chocolate chip cookies.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Janice (Lee) Allen of Tucson, Ariz., Laura Jean (Dennis) Van Dusseldorp, of Pella, Sandy (Marvin) Ozinga of Oskaloosa, Vicky (Phil) Slings of Pella, Cathy (Larry) Rozenboom of Tracy, Bernie (Lois) Beekhuizen of Leighton, Karen (Tim) Altenhofen of Newton and Jonathan (Staci) Beekhuizen of Hamilton, Ill.; 17 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; her sisters, Jeanette Van Engelenhoven and Betty Pol; her brothers, Warren, Willis and Robert Vander Linden; and two sisters-in-law, Marie (Harold) Van Maanen of Pella and Grace (Eldert “Buck”) Groenendyk of Des Moines.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; her parents; daughter-in-law, Lynda Beekhuizen; and her three brothers, Gerald, Ray and Don Vander Linden.
Burial will take place at the Bethel Cemetery near Tracy, Iowa. The Pella Garden Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Source: Newton Daily News; Thursday, November 18, 2010