Henrietta Knibbe

     Henrietta Knibbe, age 100 of Sioux Center, Iowa died Monday, July 11, 2022, at Lyon Specialty Care in Rock Rapids, IA.

    A funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at the Netherlands Reformed Church in Sioux Center with Rev. H. H. Hofman officiating.  Interment will follow the service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. 

    A prayer service will take place prior to the funeral service at 9:45 AM at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center.

     Visitation will be held from 5-7PM on Monday, July 18, 2022, at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center.

     In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to: Netherlands Reformed Christian School of Rock Valley.

     Henrietta Knibbe was born November 6, 1921 to Rochus and Jennie (Harskamp) Schelling on the family farm in rural Sioux County, IA. She grew up on the family farm, near Lebanon, and attended country school. After her education she worked for neighbors and other families, doing household chores and raising the children.  After leaving the Lebanon farm, and moving to Sioux Center, with her parents, she worked at the jeans factory in Sheldon, IA, until her marriage to Klaas Knibbe.  Henrietta was united in marriage to Klaas Knibbe on March 29, 1967.  KIaas was a widower, at the time, with seven children. 

     They made their home on an acreage near Sioux Center, Iowa, until her husband, Klaas, passed away in 1988.  She continued to live there on her own until 2000, when she moved to a condo in Sioux Center. 

     She was a member of the Netherlands Reformed Church in Sioux Center.   She enjoyed letters, cards, pictures and communicating with friends across the country and in the Netherlands.  She traveled to the Netherlands several times to visit family there.  Her highlights of the year were the annual Knibbe family reunion and the holiday visits from various family members, and the weekly family visits with her siblings.  She enjoyed listening to sermons on tape and being involved in the church.  She enjoyed puzzles and popcorn, working on genealogy, and looking at old family photos. 

     She is survived by her stepchildren, Dirk (Mary) Knibbe of Grand Rapids, MI, Klaas Knibbe of Springfield, MO, Pieter Knibbe (Carla) Knibbe of Newkirk, IA, Marianne Knibbe of Greenville, SC, Engel (Sharon) Knibbe of Richland, WA, and Jan (Cheryl) Knibbe of Denver, CO; 27 grandchildren; 84 great grandchildren; 11 great-great grandchildren; a brother, John R. (LaVonne) Schelling of Sioux Center, IA; 2 sisters, Jeane Zomer of Rock Valley, IA and Joane Zomer of Sioux Center, IA; and many nieces, nephews and other extended family.

     She was preceded in death by her husband Klaas, of 21 years, her stepson Hendrik “Henk”, daughter-in-law Peggy (Henk) Knibbe; grandchildren David Knibbe, Kenneth Knibbe , Kelly Knibbe, Kevin Knibbe; great grandchildren Nicholas “Nick” Knibbe, Joshua Ashworth; and her parents, Rochus and Jennie Schelling; brothers, Cornelius "Case" (Gertrude) Schelling; Gilbert (Wilma) Schelling; sisters, Alida (Edward) Ymker and Emma (Gerrit) Roskam; brother-in-laws, Cornie Zomer, Herman Zomer, Edward Ymker, Gerrit Roskam; sister-in-laws Gertrude (Cornelius) Schelling, and Wilma (Gilbert) Schelling; 4 year old brother, Jan, 12 year old brother, John; infant sister, Fredrika; 7 year old brother, William “Willy”, and an infant child.