Joyce Lucille (Muilenburg) Bender Booher
Joyce died peacefully on Friday, September 16, 2022 at the Markesan Resident Home, Markesan, Wisconsin at the age of 99. She was born May 7, 1923 in the family's farm home near Maurice, Iowa. She graduated from Maurice Public High School in Maurice, Iowa, Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and received a B.A. degree from Hope College, Holland, Michigan (cum laude). After living in Elba, New York for 40 years, in 1995 she moved to The Manor House in Batavia, New York. Since 2013 she lived with her daughter and son-in-law in Illinois then Wisconsin.
Her four grandparents emigrated from the Netherlands to escape religious persecution. In the United States they were free to believe in their strong Dutch Reformed faith. When she visited Amsterdam, the present liberal atmosphere of Amsterdam perplexed her, and she was glad to find that Holland, in general, is not happy with Amsterdam.
Life, for her, was always full of something more to be learned, read, or done. Faith and humor instilled by her parents were her strong life supports. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, bowling, reading, birding, writing, crafts, teaching Sunday School, and singing in choirs. Whenever possible, she traveled. At various times she had memberships in Home Bureau, Elba Elegants, Art Club, Bloom Class, 20-30 Club, Books and Topics, and was on the Advisory Board of the Batavia, New York Office for the Aging. Her most recent challenge was to become "computer literate".
Nursing, to her, meant a wide variety of choices. Hers included being a college clinic nurse, a "girl Friday" for two doctors in the small Orange City, Iowa hospital, a floor nurse on the post-surgical tuberculosis ward in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a nighttime floor nurse at Genesee Memorial (now UMMC), and the Batavia, New York Veterans Administration. She enjoyed patient care, declining offers to climb the administrative ladder. Her first love, always, was being a mother and homemaker.
Preceding her in death were her grandparents, her parents (Harry and Anna (De Jong) Muilenburg, two husbands (Alfred W. Bender, Jr. and Claire L. Booher), brother Wallace Muilenburg, sister Lois De Jong, stepdaughter Lynda Booher Porter and grandson Henry Bender.
Surviving siblings are Ladene Altena, Centerton, Arkansas, Harriet (Roger) Harmelink, Newton, Iowa, and sister-in-law Henrietta Muilenburg, Orange City, Iowa.
Her children are Paul (Jody) Bender, Marion, New York, Dan (Wanda) Bender, West Hartford, Connecticut, Laurie (Dan) Tricarico, Green Lake, Wisconsin, Charles (Bonnie) Bender, Freedom, Pennsylvania, Ray (Mary-Lynn) Bender, Pittsford, New York, and Bob (Sarah) Booher, Rochester, New York. Survivors include their six spouses, twenty grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and many nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Life service: 15 October 2022 - Elba Presbyterian Church
Interment: Grandview Cemetery - Batavia, New York
Source: 22 September 2022 - Hartson Funeral Home - Hales Corners
Joyce died peacefully on Friday, September 16, 2022 at the Markesan Resident Home, Markesan, Wisconsin at the age of 99. She was born May 7, 1923 in the family's farm home near Maurice, Iowa. She graduated from Maurice Public High School in Maurice, Iowa, Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and received a B.A. degree from Hope College, Holland, Michigan (cum laude). After living in Elba, New York for 40 years, in 1995 she moved to The Manor House in Batavia, New York. Since 2013 she lived with her daughter and son-in-law in Illinois then Wisconsin.
Her four grandparents emigrated from the Netherlands to escape religious persecution. In the United States they were free to believe in their strong Dutch Reformed faith. When she visited Amsterdam, the present liberal atmosphere of Amsterdam perplexed her, and she was glad to find that Holland, in general, is not happy with Amsterdam.
Life, for her, was always full of something more to be learned, read, or done. Faith and humor instilled by her parents were her strong life supports. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, bowling, reading, birding, writing, crafts, teaching Sunday School, and singing in choirs. Whenever possible, she traveled. At various times she had memberships in Home Bureau, Elba Elegants, Art Club, Bloom Class, 20-30 Club, Books and Topics, and was on the Advisory Board of the Batavia, New York Office for the Aging. Her most recent challenge was to become "computer literate".
Nursing, to her, meant a wide variety of choices. Hers included being a college clinic nurse, a "girl Friday" for two doctors in the small Orange City, Iowa hospital, a floor nurse on the post-surgical tuberculosis ward in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a nighttime floor nurse at Genesee Memorial (now UMMC), and the Batavia, New York Veterans Administration. She enjoyed patient care, declining offers to climb the administrative ladder. Her first love, always, was being a mother and homemaker.
Preceding her in death were her grandparents, her parents (Harry and Anna (De Jong) Muilenburg, two husbands (Alfred W. Bender, Jr. and Claire L. Booher), brother Wallace Muilenburg, sister Lois De Jong, stepdaughter Lynda Booher Porter and grandson Henry Bender.
Surviving siblings are Ladene Altena, Centerton, Arkansas, Harriet (Roger) Harmelink, Newton, Iowa, and sister-in-law Henrietta Muilenburg, Orange City, Iowa.
Her children are Paul (Jody) Bender, Marion, New York, Dan (Wanda) Bender, West Hartford, Connecticut, Laurie (Dan) Tricarico, Green Lake, Wisconsin, Charles (Bonnie) Bender, Freedom, Pennsylvania, Ray (Mary-Lynn) Bender, Pittsford, New York, and Bob (Sarah) Booher, Rochester, New York. Survivors include their six spouses, twenty grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and many nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Life service: 15 October 2022 - Elba Presbyterian Church
Interment: Grandview Cemetery - Batavia, New York
Source: 22 September 2022 - Hartson Funeral Home - Hales Corners
Joyce Lucille (Muilenburg) Bender Booher
Joyce died peacefully on Friday, September 16, 2022 at the Markesan Resident Home, Markesan, Wisconsin at the age of 99. She was born May 7, 1923 in the family's farm home near Maurice, Iowa. She graduated from Maurice Public High School in Maurice, Iowa, Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and received a B.A. degree from Hope College, Holland, Michigan (cum laude). After living in Elba, New York for 40 years, in 1995 she moved to The Manor House in Batavia, New York. Since 2013 she lived with her daughter and son-in-law in Illinois then Wisconsin.
Her four grandparents emigrated from the Netherlands to escape religious persecution. In the United States they were free to believe in their strong Dutch Reformed faith. When she visited Amsterdam, the present liberal atmosphere of Amsterdam perplexed her, and she was glad to find that Holland, in general, is not happy with Amsterdam.
Life, for her, was always full of something more to be learned, read, or done. Faith and humor instilled by her parents were her strong life supports. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, bowling, reading, birding, writing, crafts, teaching Sunday School, and singing in choirs. Whenever possible, she traveled. At various times she had memberships in Home Bureau, Elba Elegants, Art Club, Bloom Class, 20-30 Club, Books and Topics, and was on the Advisory Board of the Batavia, New York Office for the Aging. Her most recent challenge was to become "computer literate".
Nursing, to her, meant a wide variety of choices. Hers included being a college clinic nurse, a "girl Friday" for two doctors in the small Orange City, Iowa hospital, a floor nurse on the post-surgical tuberculosis ward in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a nighttime floor nurse at Genesee Memorial (now UMMC), and the Batavia, New York Veterans Administration. She enjoyed patient care, declining offers to climb the administrative ladder. Her first love, always, was being a mother and homemaker.
Preceding her in death were her grandparents, her parents (Harry and Anna (De Jong) Muilenburg, two husbands (Alfred W. Bender, Jr. and Claire L. Booher), brother Wallace Muilenburg, sister Lois De Jong, stepdaughter Lynda Booher Porter and grandson Henry Bender.
Surviving siblings are Ladene Altena, Centerton, Arkansas, Harriet (Roger) Harmelink, Newton, Iowa, and sister-in-law Henrietta Muilenburg, Orange City, Iowa.
Her children are Paul (Jody) Bender, Marion, New York, Dan (Wanda) Bender, West Hartford, Connecticut, Laurie (Dan) Tricarico, Green Lake, Wisconsin, Charles (Bonnie) Bender, Freedom, Pennsylvania, Ray (Mary-Lynn) Bender, Pittsford, New York, and Bob (Sarah) Booher, Rochester, New York. Survivors include their six spouses, twenty grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and many nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Life service: 15 October 2022 - Elba Presbyterian Church
Interment: Grandview Cemetery - Batavia, New York
Source: 22 September 2022 - Hartson Funeral Home - Hales Corners
Joyce died peacefully on Friday, September 16, 2022 at the Markesan Resident Home, Markesan, Wisconsin at the age of 99. She was born May 7, 1923 in the family's farm home near Maurice, Iowa. She graduated from Maurice Public High School in Maurice, Iowa, Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and received a B.A. degree from Hope College, Holland, Michigan (cum laude). After living in Elba, New York for 40 years, in 1995 she moved to The Manor House in Batavia, New York. Since 2013 she lived with her daughter and son-in-law in Illinois then Wisconsin.
Her four grandparents emigrated from the Netherlands to escape religious persecution. In the United States they were free to believe in their strong Dutch Reformed faith. When she visited Amsterdam, the present liberal atmosphere of Amsterdam perplexed her, and she was glad to find that Holland, in general, is not happy with Amsterdam.
Life, for her, was always full of something more to be learned, read, or done. Faith and humor instilled by her parents were her strong life supports. She enjoyed gardening, knitting, bowling, reading, birding, writing, crafts, teaching Sunday School, and singing in choirs. Whenever possible, she traveled. At various times she had memberships in Home Bureau, Elba Elegants, Art Club, Bloom Class, 20-30 Club, Books and Topics, and was on the Advisory Board of the Batavia, New York Office for the Aging. Her most recent challenge was to become "computer literate".
Nursing, to her, meant a wide variety of choices. Hers included being a college clinic nurse, a "girl Friday" for two doctors in the small Orange City, Iowa hospital, a floor nurse on the post-surgical tuberculosis ward in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a nighttime floor nurse at Genesee Memorial (now UMMC), and the Batavia, New York Veterans Administration. She enjoyed patient care, declining offers to climb the administrative ladder. Her first love, always, was being a mother and homemaker.
Preceding her in death were her grandparents, her parents (Harry and Anna (De Jong) Muilenburg, two husbands (Alfred W. Bender, Jr. and Claire L. Booher), brother Wallace Muilenburg, sister Lois De Jong, stepdaughter Lynda Booher Porter and grandson Henry Bender.
Surviving siblings are Ladene Altena, Centerton, Arkansas, Harriet (Roger) Harmelink, Newton, Iowa, and sister-in-law Henrietta Muilenburg, Orange City, Iowa.
Her children are Paul (Jody) Bender, Marion, New York, Dan (Wanda) Bender, West Hartford, Connecticut, Laurie (Dan) Tricarico, Green Lake, Wisconsin, Charles (Bonnie) Bender, Freedom, Pennsylvania, Ray (Mary-Lynn) Bender, Pittsford, New York, and Bob (Sarah) Booher, Rochester, New York. Survivors include their six spouses, twenty grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and many nieces and nephews.
Celebration of Life service: 15 October 2022 - Elba Presbyterian Church
Interment: Grandview Cemetery - Batavia, New York
Source: 22 September 2022 - Hartson Funeral Home - Hales Corners
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