Adelaide Hoekstra, 81, of Sioux Center, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, at the Bethany Manor in Story City.
A funeral service was held on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center, The Rev. Raymond V Van Rathbun offciated. Burial followed at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center under the direction of the Oolman Funeral Home in Sioux Center.
Adelaide Bernice was born July 10, 1921, in Sioux Center, the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Kastein) Wandscheer.
She was raised at Sioux Center where she graduated from high school. She attended Central College in Pella for two years and graduated from Hope College in Holland, Mich, with a music degree.
On Aug. 27, 1943, she married the Rev. John Henry Hoekstra in Sioux Center. They served the Bethel Reformed Church in Lester for four years; the Aurora Reformed Church in Stickney, S.D. for four years; the Nooksack Valley Reformed Church in Nooksack, Wash, for four years, the First Reformed Church in Alexander for five years; the Stout Reformed Church in Stout for seven years; and the Faith Reformed Church in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. for seven years.
They then retired to Sioux Center. In 1999, Mrs. Hoekstra became a resident of the Sioux Center Community Nursing Home. Mr. Hoekstra died April 19, 2002, in Sioux Center.
She transferred to Bethany Manor in August of 2002.
She was a homemaker and an organ and piano teacher. She shared her musical talents with the churches she and her husband served, especially working with choirs.
Adelaide was currently a member of the Central Reformed Church where she had participated in the women's activities and the adult Sunday school. She also belonged to the Northwest Association of Retired Ministers, Missionaries and Spouses. She enjoyed reading, playing piano and sewing.
Survivors include her three sons, James Hoekstra and his wife, Bea of Ames; Paul Hoekstra and his wife, Lori of Waukesha, Wis.; and David Hoekstra of Sioux Center; and five grandchildren, Steve Hoekstra, Tim Hoekstra, Wendy and her husband, David Vogelgesang, Alex Hoekstra and Ann Hoekstra.
Memorials will be directed to the Central Reformed Church music program.
Sioux County Capital Democrat 2003-02-06.
Adelaide Hoekstra, 81, of Sioux Center, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, at the Bethany Manor in Story City.
A funeral service was held on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the Central Reformed Church in Sioux Center, The Rev. Raymond V Van Rathbun offciated. Burial followed at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center under the direction of the Oolman Funeral Home in Sioux Center.
Adelaide Bernice was born July 10, 1921, in Sioux Center, the daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Kastein) Wandscheer.
She was raised at Sioux Center where she graduated from high school. She attended Central College in Pella for two years and graduated from Hope College in Holland, Mich, with a music degree.
On Aug. 27, 1943, she married the Rev. John Henry Hoekstra in Sioux Center. They served the Bethel Reformed Church in Lester for four years; the Aurora Reformed Church in Stickney, S.D. for four years; the Nooksack Valley Reformed Church in Nooksack, Wash, for four years, the First Reformed Church in Alexander for five years; the Stout Reformed Church in Stout for seven years; and the Faith Reformed Church in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. for seven years.
They then retired to Sioux Center. In 1999, Mrs. Hoekstra became a resident of the Sioux Center Community Nursing Home. Mr. Hoekstra died April 19, 2002, in Sioux Center.
She transferred to Bethany Manor in August of 2002.
She was a homemaker and an organ and piano teacher. She shared her musical talents with the churches she and her husband served, especially working with choirs.
Adelaide was currently a member of the Central Reformed Church where she had participated in the women's activities and the adult Sunday school. She also belonged to the Northwest Association of Retired Ministers, Missionaries and Spouses. She enjoyed reading, playing piano and sewing.
Survivors include her three sons, James Hoekstra and his wife, Bea of Ames; Paul Hoekstra and his wife, Lori of Waukesha, Wis.; and David Hoekstra of Sioux Center; and five grandchildren, Steve Hoekstra, Tim Hoekstra, Wendy and her husband, David Vogelgesang, Alex Hoekstra and Ann Hoekstra.
Memorials will be directed to the Central Reformed Church music program.
Sioux County Capital Democrat 2003-02-06.
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