Henrietta Westra

Henrietta Westra, 91, of Hull, IA died Monday, April 5, 2010 at the Sioux Center Community Hospital. A visitation will be held Friday from 4-8PM with the family present from 6:30-8PM at Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center, IA. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 10:30AM at the First Reformed Church of Hull with Rev. Verlyn Boone officiating. Interment will follow the service in Hope Cemetery of Hull. The Westra Family prefers memorials be directed to the First Reformed Church of Hull. Henrietta Westra was born to John and Martha (De Zeeuw) Warntjes in Sioux Center, IA. Her family moved to a farm south of Perkins, IA where she attended country school through the eighth grade. The Warntjes family later moved to a farm near Boyden, IA. On February 8, 1939, she married John P. Westra at her parent's home. The couple farmed near Hull until they moved to town in 1978. Henrietta worked at the bakery in Hull for a number of years. Baking was one of her joys and the aroma of peanut butter cookies and banana bread often filled her home. She was a longtime member of the First Reformed Church of Hull where she was active in Ladies Aid. In her spare time Henrietta enjoyed reading poetry. She is survived by her six children: Muriel and Lyle Gritters of Sioux Center, Jim and Laura Westra of Rock Valley, Roger and Jacqulyn Westra, of Visalia, CA, Donna Dykstra of Rock Valley and John, Randy and Wai Westra of Roseville, CA and Darla Wanningen of Vista, CA; 15 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law: Christina Fylstra of Bellflower, CA and Pearl Roozing of Hull along with numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding Henrietta in death were her husband, John P. Westra; three grandchildren: Jeff Dykstra, Larry Gritters and Martha Westra; her parents; four brothers and sisters-in-law: John and Marie Warntjes, Henry and Jennie Warntjes, Richard and Lillian Warntjes and Walt and Esther Warntjes as well as one sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Orie Fylstra. Online Condolences Lynette S. Eekhoff Holland Relationship: grand-daughter Grandma, We are going to miss you but so happy that you finally have joined Grandpa and the rest of your family in heaven. See you in heaven someday Grandma !! Bright New World, A by : Helen Steiner Rice, We feel so sad when those we love Are touched by deaths dark hand, Bu it would ease our sorrow If we could but understand That death is just a gateway That all men must pass through And on the other side of death, In a world that's bright and new, Our loved ones wait to welcome us To that land free from tears Where joy becomes eternal And time is not counted by years. written by Helen Steiner Rice (one of Grandma's favorite poets) Sent: 4/6/2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance Gritters Waverly Relationship: grandchild We will always love and miss you Grandma! Sent: 4/11/2010