Ann Meyer

Ann Meyer, 88 of Sioux Center died Monday, August 22, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home of Corsica, South Dakota. A visitation will be held Friday from 4-8PM with the family present from 5-7PM at Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. A prayer service for family and friends will be held on Saturday at 1:15PM at First Reformed Church of Sioux Center. Interment will follow the prayer service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. A memorial service will be held on Saturday at 2PM at First Reformed Church with Rev. Roger Voskuil officiating. The Meyer family prefers memorials to be directed to Christian Education or the Sioux Center Community Hospital Foundation (Crown Pointe.) Anna Johanna Meyer was born February 13, 1923 at Sioux Center, Iowa to William and Dena (Kempers) Schuiteman. Ann was raised on the family farm east of Sioux Center where she attended West Branch Rural School through the eighth grade. On November 22, 1944, she was united in marriage to Gerrit Meyer, Jr. at her parent's home. Following their marriage the couple farmed east of Sioux Center. To this union God blessed them with six children. As their family grew so did the farm. Gerrit and Ann worked side by side - both of them loving the outdoors and farming. After Ann raised her children, she worked as a cook at the Pioneer Home in Orange City and worked at long-term care in the Orange City Hospital. Ann's hands were always busy with flowers, gardening, baking, and making many knitted and crocheted items for family and friends. She always had the cupboard and freezer full of baked goods to share with all who stopped to visit. Currently, Ann was a member of the First Reformed Church of Sioux Center where she was active in women's society. Blessed to have shared her life are her husband of 66 years, Gerrit Meyer of Sioux Center; her six children: Gib and Ruth Meyer of Sioux Center; Harriet and Curt Ver Steeg of New Holland, SD; Viola Wylie of Chula Vista, CA; Bill and Carol Meyer of Orange City; Glenda and Tim Mulder of Orange City; Sharon and Dennis McClain of Merrill, IA along with her 20 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. Ann is also survived by a brother, Arthur W. Schuiteman of Jenison, MI; brother and sister-in-law, Melvin and Wilmina Schuiteman of Sioux Center and numerous nieces and nephews. Ann was preceded in death by her parents and sister-in-law, Alice Schuiteman.