IN MEMORY OF
MARGARET R. DYKSTRA
BORN
June 2, 1931
Hospers, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
March 11, 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
FUNERAL SERVICE
2:00 PM. Friday
March 16, 2007
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home
Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. David Brower ~ officiating
MUSIC
“Whispering Hope”
Sung by: Gered DeHoogh
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Standing on the Promises”
“Shall We Gather at the River”
Organist: Janice Dykstra
CASKET BEARERS
Nieces and Nephews
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Hospers Cemetery
Hospers, Iowa
After the graveside service, relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the Bethel Reformed Church.
Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home of Sheldon, Iowa
MARGARET R. DYKSTRA
Margaret Ruth Dykstra, the daughter of Mason and Clara (Talsma) Dykstra, was born June 2, 1931 on the family farm near Hospers, Iowa. She received her education in country school and later graduated from Sheldon High School in 1949. She went on to X-Ray Technician School at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa. After her training, she moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 1963. She worked in the X-Ray Department at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, until ill health forced her retirement in 1989. In her retirement she did many hours of volunteering at her church, the Bethel Lutheran Church and at a school near her home in Madison. Margaret passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2007, at the Don and Marilyn Anderson Hospice in Madison, Wisconsin, reaching the age of 75 years, 9 months and 9 days.
She was a member of the Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison.
Margaret leaves to cherish her memory, one brother, Clarence Dykstra of Sheldon, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Edna Dykstra of Sheldon, Iowa; nieces, nephews and a good friend, Julie Eyers of Madison, Wisconsin; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Gerritt and Maynard Dykstra; two sisters, Tillie Ten Clay and Jennie Ten Clay; a brother and sister in childhood and a nephew, Keith Dykstra.