October 07, 2007 12:00 am
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Mrs. Matilda Ter Horst, 87, of Orange City passed away Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, at Orange City Area Health System Long Term Care Facility. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at First Reformed Church in Orange City, with the Revs. David Ter Beest and Perry De Groot officiating. Interment will be in West Lawn Cemetery at Orange City. Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today, with the family present 4 to 6 p.m., at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Matilda Viola was born on July 11, 1920, at Granville, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Minnie (Mouw) Plender. She was raised on a farm near Granville, where she attended a country school.
In December 1946, she married Arie Bloemendaal in Orange City. They farmed two miles north of Alton, where she was a homemaker. In January 1967, they moved into Orange City. Arie passed away on Sept. 7, 1967, in Iowa City.
In December 1972, "Till" married William John Ter Horst in Orange City. They made their home in Orange City, where she was a dishwasher at the Pantry Cafe and she did wallpaper hanging. "Bill" passed away on March 7, 1987, in Orange City. Later, she became a resident of Pioneer Memorial Home in Orange City. In August 2005, she transferred to the Long Term Care Facility.
Mrs. Ter Horst was a member of First Reformed Church. In earlier years, she belonged to Second (Calvary) Christian Reformed Church in Orange City. She enjoyed playing cards, especially canasta, eating out and baking.
Survivors include her four children and their spouses, Connie and Alden Menning of Orange City, Larry and Alice Bloemendaal of Alton, Iowa, Barbara and Elwin Top of Orange City, and Ardis and Brad Van Rooyen of Eldridge, Iowa; four stepchildren, Art Ter Horst and his wife, Lorna of Orange City, Margene and her husband, Bill Van Zanten, and Geri Kraai, all of Rock Valley, Iowa, and Stan and Dorothy Ter Horst of Sioux Falls, S.D.; 13 grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Bernice Faber and Ruth Vander Maaten, both of Orange City; and a sister-in-law, Arta Plender of Orange City.
In addition to her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Elsie Bloemendaal; a stepson-in-law, Don Kraai; two grandchildren, Lisa Bloemendaal and Daniel Van Rooyen; four sisters, Margaret De Haan, Wilhelmina Muilenburg, Henrietta Ter Horst and Arabella Kleinhesselink; two brothers, John and Henry Plender; and two sisters-in-law, Eva Oordt and Harriet Rens.
You may express your sympathy at www.oolman.com.
(1) Zij is getrouwd met Arie Bloemendaal.
Zij zijn getrouwd december 1946 te Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA, zij was toen 26 jaar oud.
(2) Zij is getrouwd met William (Bill) ter Horst.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 1 december 1972 te Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA, zij was toen 52 jaar oud.
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