Elizabeth (Nikkel)Vander Weerdt passed peacefully to her Heavenly Home on Sunday evening, December 18, 2011, at the Pella Regional Health Center after being transported that afternoon from Fair Haven East in Pella.
Elizabeth was born April 28, 1921, on a farm near Sully, Iowa, to the late Marcellas and Annie (Baarda) Nikkel. She had nine siblings. She graduated from the Sully Christian School.
On December 17, 1941, Elizabeth married John Vander Weerdt in Sully, Iowa. The couple farmed near Searsboro, Iowa, most of their sixty years of marriage. They were faithful members of the Sully Christian Reformed Church and Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. They enjoyed traveling, making two trips to the Netherlands and one to Alaska, as well as to many other states. Elizabeth loved flower and vegetable gardening, embroidery, playing Scrabble, and doing word puzzle books. Most of all she cherished attending church services and Bible studies, and recently completed ten years of working with Crossroads Bible Institute. She and her sister, Cornelia, enjoyed playing their harmonicas together. John and Elizabeth moved to Fair Haven in Pella in 1997. John preceded her in death in 2001.
Survivors include two daughters: Karen (Sherwin) Koopmans of Tucson, Arizona, and Lorraine (David) Weavers of Oostburg, Wisconsin; three sons: Dennis (Connie) Vander Weerdt of Grinnell, Iowa, Stan (Bonnie) Vander Weerdt of Searsboro, Iowa, and Randy (Daminika) Vander Weerdt of Sully, Iowa; sixteen grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; three sisters: Cornelia Vander Weerdt of Knoxville, Marcella (Les) Laverman of Sully, Linda (Maurice) Rozendaal of Lynnville; two sisters-in-law: Wilda Nikkel of Sully, Marilyn Nikkel of Sully; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were two sisters and four brothers: Tillie (Art) Van Manen, James (Sadie) Nikkel, Bernie (Lenora) Nikkel, Polly (Clarence) Laverman, John Nikkel, and Les Nikkel; her brothers-in-law and sister-in-law: Brandt and Jennie Vander Weerdt, Henry Vander Weerdt, Garrett and Anna Hardeman, and Garrit and Isabel Vander Weerdt.
Elizabeth was born April 28, 1921, on a farm near Sully, Iowa, to the late Marcellas and Annie (Baarda) Nikkel. She had nine siblings. She graduated from the Sully Christian School.
On December 17, 1941, Elizabeth married John Vander Weerdt in Sully, Iowa. The couple farmed near Searsboro, Iowa, most of their sixty years of marriage. They were faithful members of the Sully Christian Reformed Church and Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. They enjoyed traveling, making two trips to the Netherlands and one to Alaska, as well as to many other states. Elizabeth loved flower and vegetable gardening, embroidery, playing Scrabble, and doing word puzzle books. Most of all she cherished attending church services and Bible studies, and recently completed ten years of working with Crossroads Bible Institute. She and her sister, Cornelia, enjoyed playing their harmonicas together. John and Elizabeth moved to Fair Haven in Pella in 1997. John preceded her in death in 2001.
Survivors include two daughters: Karen (Sherwin) Koopmans of Tucson, Arizona, and Lorraine (David) Weavers of Oostburg, Wisconsin; three sons: Dennis (Connie) Vander Weerdt of Grinnell, Iowa, Stan (Bonnie) Vander Weerdt of Searsboro, Iowa, and Randy (Daminika) Vander Weerdt of Sully, Iowa; sixteen grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; three sisters: Cornelia Vander Weerdt of Knoxville, Marcella (Les) Laverman of Sully, Linda (Maurice) Rozendaal of Lynnville; two sisters-in-law: Wilda Nikkel of Sully, Marilyn Nikkel of Sully; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were two sisters and four brothers: Tillie (Art) Van Manen, James (Sadie) Nikkel, Bernie (Lenora) Nikkel, Polly (Clarence) Laverman, John Nikkel, and Les Nikkel; her brothers-in-law and sister-in-law: Brandt and Jennie Vander Weerdt, Henry Vander Weerdt, Garrett and Anna Hardeman, and Garrit and Isabel Vander Weerdt.
Elizabeth (Nikkel)Vander Weerdt passed peacefully to her Heavenly Home on Sunday evening, December 18, 2011, at the Pella Regional Health Center after being transported that afternoon from Fair Haven East in Pella.
Elizabeth was born April 28, 1921, on a farm near Sully, Iowa, to the late Marcellas and Annie (Baarda) Nikkel. She had nine siblings. She graduated from the Sully Christian School.
On December 17, 1941, Elizabeth married John Vander Weerdt in Sully, Iowa. The couple farmed near Searsboro, Iowa, most of their sixty years of marriage. They were faithful members of the Sully Christian Reformed Church and Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. They enjoyed traveling, making two trips to the Netherlands and one to Alaska, as well as to many other states. Elizabeth loved flower and vegetable gardening, embroidery, playing Scrabble, and doing word puzzle books. Most of all she cherished attending church services and Bible studies, and recently completed ten years of working with Crossroads Bible Institute. She and her sister, Cornelia, enjoyed playing their harmonicas together. John and Elizabeth moved to Fair Haven in Pella in 1997. John preceded her in death in 2001.
Survivors include two daughters: Karen (Sherwin) Koopmans of Tucson, Arizona, and Lorraine (David) Weavers of Oostburg, Wisconsin; three sons: Dennis (Connie) Vander Weerdt of Grinnell, Iowa, Stan (Bonnie) Vander Weerdt of Searsboro, Iowa, and Randy (Daminika) Vander Weerdt of Sully, Iowa; sixteen grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; three sisters: Cornelia Vander Weerdt of Knoxville, Marcella (Les) Laverman of Sully, Linda (Maurice) Rozendaal of Lynnville; two sisters-in-law: Wilda Nikkel of Sully, Marilyn Nikkel of Sully; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were two sisters and four brothers: Tillie (Art) Van Manen, James (Sadie) Nikkel, Bernie (Lenora) Nikkel, Polly (Clarence) Laverman, John Nikkel, and Les Nikkel; her brothers-in-law and sister-in-law: Brandt and Jennie Vander Weerdt, Henry Vander Weerdt, Garrett and Anna Hardeman, and Garrit and Isabel Vander Weerdt.
Elizabeth was born April 28, 1921, on a farm near Sully, Iowa, to the late Marcellas and Annie (Baarda) Nikkel. She had nine siblings. She graduated from the Sully Christian School.
On December 17, 1941, Elizabeth married John Vander Weerdt in Sully, Iowa. The couple farmed near Searsboro, Iowa, most of their sixty years of marriage. They were faithful members of the Sully Christian Reformed Church and Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. They enjoyed traveling, making two trips to the Netherlands and one to Alaska, as well as to many other states. Elizabeth loved flower and vegetable gardening, embroidery, playing Scrabble, and doing word puzzle books. Most of all she cherished attending church services and Bible studies, and recently completed ten years of working with Crossroads Bible Institute. She and her sister, Cornelia, enjoyed playing their harmonicas together. John and Elizabeth moved to Fair Haven in Pella in 1997. John preceded her in death in 2001.
Survivors include two daughters: Karen (Sherwin) Koopmans of Tucson, Arizona, and Lorraine (David) Weavers of Oostburg, Wisconsin; three sons: Dennis (Connie) Vander Weerdt of Grinnell, Iowa, Stan (Bonnie) Vander Weerdt of Searsboro, Iowa, and Randy (Daminika) Vander Weerdt of Sully, Iowa; sixteen grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; three sisters: Cornelia Vander Weerdt of Knoxville, Marcella (Les) Laverman of Sully, Linda (Maurice) Rozendaal of Lynnville; two sisters-in-law: Wilda Nikkel of Sully, Marilyn Nikkel of Sully; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were two sisters and four brothers: Tillie (Art) Van Manen, James (Sadie) Nikkel, Bernie (Lenora) Nikkel, Polly (Clarence) Laverman, John Nikkel, and Les Nikkel; her brothers-in-law and sister-in-law: Brandt and Jennie Vander Weerdt, Henry Vander Weerdt, Garrett and Anna Hardeman, and Garrit and Isabel Vander Weerdt.
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