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Bessie
Van Dusseldorp PELLA
— Bessie "Bess" Van Dusseldorp, 93, of Pella, formerly of Prairie
City, died from a heart ailment Monday, Dec. 17, at the Pella Regional Health
Center in Pella. Funeral
services will be Friday at 10 a.m. at the First Reformed Church in Prairie City
with the Rev. Joel Brummel officiating. Walters-Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie
City is handling arrangements. Friends
may call after noon at the funeral home where family will be available from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. The
daughter of Leonard and Tillie De Jong Jabaai, she was born May 11, 1908, in
Palco, Kan. On Feb. 23, 1939, she married Leo Van Dusseldorp in Prairie City.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church in Prairie City and of the
Faith and Mission Circle group of the church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed
making pies and won several awards at the Jasper County Fair. Survivors
include her husband, three daughter and two sons-in-law, Elaine and Bert E.
Bandstra of Oskaloosa, Janice Swenson of Clive and Charlotte and David McClellan
of Prairie City; seven grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, five brothers, a son-in-law
and a granddaughter. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, December 19, 2001. |
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