Ionia-Barry County MI Archives Obituaries.....Duits, Jennie June 16, 1989 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 30, 2010, 9:02 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Saturday, June 17, 1989 Jennie Duits, 80, of Hastings, formerly of Lake Odessa and Woodland, died June 16 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Born November 7, 1908 in Rock Valley, Iowa, she was the doughtier of Bert and Gertie Van Roekel. She attended school in Iowa and married Jacob Duits June 13, 1928 in Canton, South Dakota. He preceded her in death June 3, 1985. After their marriage they moved to the Woodland area, and then to Lake Odessa in 1979 and to Hastings in 1987. Mrs. Duits worked at the Lake Odessa Canning Co., Piston Ring in Hastings, Keeler Brass in Lake Odessa and a medical care facility in Hastings. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Woodland. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Rose) Gibbs of Hale; four sons, Robert and Kenneth Duits of Portland, Donald Duits of Amado, Arizona, and Wayne Duits of Woodland; 24 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son Gordon, two grandchildren, one great-grandchild, three brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be Monday June 19, at 1 p.m. at Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. Burial will be in Woodland Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Zion Lutheran Church. The family will receive visitors Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. At Koops Funeral Chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/duits5140nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb