HOSPERS, Iowa -- Jennie Huygens, 100, of Hospers passed away on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at the Happy Siesta Care Center in Remsen, Iowa. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at the First Reformed Church in Hospers, with the Rev. Milton Sikkema officiating. Interment will follow in the Hospers Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with the family present 2 to 4 p.m., at Oolman Funeral Home in Hospers.
Jennie was born on Aug. 19, 1911, at Hospers, the daughter of John and Jessie (Roos) Brink. At the tender age of seven, her mother passed away, and she and her sister, Nellie went to live with their maternal grandmother, Jane Roos, while her sister Artie went to live with an aunt and uncle in Hospers.
Jennie attended the Hospers public school through the eighth grade. She was an excellent student who loved school, but had to quit because of her aging grandmother, whom she continued to live with and care for until her marriage to the love of her life, James Carl Huygens.
Jim and Jennie were married on June 18, 1931, at Hospers. They made their home at Hospers, where she was a dedicated and loving wife and the mother of three children. J. C. passed away on June 22, 1993, in Sioux City, after 62 years of marriage.
She is survived by her daughter, Betty Mouw and her husband Roger of Hospers; two sons, Larry Huygens and his wife Marge of Sioux Center, and Jim Huygens and his wife Bonnie of Orange City; six grandchildren and their spouses, Roma and Kevin Westra of Dallas, Texas, Robin and Jose Ortega of Orlando, Fla., Jami Huygens of Galveston, Texas, Shane and Margaret Huygens of Orlando, Michael and Robyn Huygens of Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Tom Huygens of San Diego, Calif.; and eight great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Nellie Luhrs and Artie Vander Pol.
You may express your sympathy at www.oolman.com.
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Jennie Brink Huygens
Birth: Aug. 19, 1911
Death: Dec. 1, 2011
Burial:
Hospers Cemetery
Hospers
Sioux County
Iowa, USA
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Record added: Sep 02, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 135348790
Elle est mariée avec James Carl (Jim) Huygens.
Ils se sont mariés le 18 juin 1931 à Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa, USA, elle avait 19 ans.
Enfant(s):
D.v. John Brink 18861966 en Jessie Roos 18911918.
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