Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Tjaarda) Kootstra, Joyce August 26 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: K Taylor bluewolf@onemain.com August 30, 2004, 12:51 am The Bakersfield Californian Joyce Kootstra Oct. 24, 1932 Aug. 26, 2004 Joyce Kootstra was born on October 26, 1932, in Holland, to Pier and Grace Tjaarda and went to be with the Lord on August 26, 2004, in Bakersfield. She came to the United States in 1952 and married Lewis Kootstra in 1953. Joyce loved the Lord and was a Bible Study Fellowship Leader and Sunday School Teacher. She was a beloved mother and grandmother. Joyce is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Lewis and her son, Peter. Survivors are her children, Hoyt Kootstra, Marilyn Toler and husband, Larry, Martha Brown and husband, Sean, Lee Kootstra, Richard Kootstra and wife, Sherry; sisters, Helen, Greta, Clara, Pat and Tina; brothers, Homer, Ed, John, Harm, Roy and Andy; grandchildren, Todd and Julianne Toler, Garrett and Derek Graham and Kayla and Harrison Kootstra. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, August 31, 2004, at 11:00 a.m., at Calvary Bible on Manor. No visitation is scheduled. Additional Comments: Volunteer submission - No relation to deceased. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/kern/obits/gob1407tjaardak.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb