Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Huizenga, Louis R. 2008
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The Portland Review, February 10, 2008

Louis R. Huizenga, 86, of Grand Rapids passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008.

He grew upon on a farm in the Portland and was always helping with the 
chores.  Louis was on the football team at Portland High School.  After his 
graduation in 1940 he worked for Interstate Motor Freight and it was there 
that he met the love of his life, Carolyn.  He then worked for Blackmer Pump.  
With the arrival of World War II, he enlisted in the US Navy, serving as a 
recruiter and later on the USS Brister, a naval destroyer.  He also attended 
college in the US Navy.

When President Ford became a congressman, Mr. Huizenga signed the nominating 
petition for Republican.  He was a Democrat, but received a thank you from the 
President for signing.  He worked for B & W Distributing Co. and then worked 
for General Motors in the Material Handling Department and was very involved 
with the UAW, serving on various committees.  Mr. Huizenga liked to socialize 
and was a member of the VFW Creston Post #3023 and the Glenn Hill American 
Legion Post #287 in Cedar Springs.  In leisure time he liked hunting and 
fishing.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn on Aug. 28, 1977.

Mr. Huizenga is survived by his children, Eileen and David Barney of Hart, and 
Richard and Gaye Huizenga of Belmont; grandchildren, Steven and Suzanne 
Hasmanis, Sheryl Newsome, Tammy and Rick Braman, Karan and Ted Wiman, Nathan 
Barney, Gentry and Jessica Barney, Cathy and Mike Ball, Dan and Jan Lyndrup, 
Leslie and Rom Romani, and Julie and Dr. John Merchun; 26 great-grandchildren 
with the much anticipated arrival of one more; brothers and sister, Ron 
Huizenga and Bob Russette, both of Grosse Pointe Shores, Carl (Donna) Huizenga 
of Grand Rapids, Fred Huizenga of Summerville, S.C., and Carole (Jim) Teman of 
Greenville; a sister-in-law, Marjorie Snip of Rolling Meadows, Ill.; and 
nieces and nephews.

The services for Mr. Huizenga was Feb. 3 at the Pederson Funeral Home in 
Rockford with Pastor Jerry Jones officiating.   Military honors will be under 
the auspices of the US Navy.  Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.  Those 
planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider the Activity Fund at 
the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.


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