Wilhelmina Wesselink

IN MEMORY OF
“MINNIE”
WILHELMINA WESSELINK

BORN
October 25, 1916
Sioux Center, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
December 22, 2006
Sheldon, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
1:00 P.M. Wednesday
December 27, 2006
First Reformed Church, Sheldon, Iowa
CLERGYMEN
Rev. David Brower
Rev. Gordon Bloemendaal
Visitation
will be Tuesday, December 26, 2006
after 2:00pm at the
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home
with the family present from 7:00 – 8:00 PM.

MUSIC
“He Touched Me”
“How Great Thou Art”
Sung by: Dyan and Brian Lenderink
CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
No. 186 “The Old Rugged Cross”
Organist: Midge Andringa

CASKET BEARERS
Dan Wesselink Terry Wesselink
Doug Wesselink David Wesselink
Jason Wesselink Matt Daniels

FINAL RESTING PLACE
East Lawn Cemetery
Sheldon, Iowa

After the graveside service, relatives
and friends are invited to join the family
in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home,
Sheldon, Iowa

“MINNIE”
WILHELMINA WESSELINK
Wilhelmina “Minnie” Wesselink, the daughter of Arie and Lamedena (Keizer) Valentine was born October 25, 1916 in Sioux Center, Iowa. As a child, she moved with her parents to the Archer, Sanborn and Sheldon area, where she attended country schools near Sanborn and Sheldon. Minnie was united in marriage to William Wesselink on July 14, 1934 in Sanborn, Iowa. After their marriage the couple made their home in Sheldon, where she helped her husband in his plumbing business as a bookkeeper. Bill passed away on June 6, 1979 in Sheldon. Minnie remained in the family home in Sheldon. She passed away on Friday, December 22, 2006, at the Northwest Iowa Health Center ~ Senior Care in Sheldon, Iowa, reaching the age of 90 years, 1 month and 27 days.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church in Sheldon. She enjoyed fishing, camping and just being a homemaker.
She is survived by her two sons, Willis and his wife, Julie Wesselink of Spirit Lake, IA; Robert and his wife, Junella Wesselink of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; 6 grandchildren, Dan and Jan Wesselink; Sheri and Matt Daniels; Terry Wesselink; Brenda and Mike Leclerc; Doug Wesselink; David and Rochelle Wesselink; 8 great-grandchildren; a sister Anne Koele of Denver, CO; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William; her parents, a brother, Nick Valentine and a sister Wilma Lode.



Footprints

One night I had a dream. I was walking
along the beach with the Lord, and across
the skies flashed scenes from my life. In
each scene I noticed two sets of footprints
in the sand. One was mine, and one was
the Lord’s.

When the last scene of my life appeared
before me, I looked back at the footprints in
the sand, and to my surprise I noticed that
many times along the path of my life there
was only one set of footprints. And I noticed
that it was at the lowest and saddest times in
my life.

I asked the Lord about it. “Lord, you said
that once I decided to follow you, you would
walk with me all the way. But I notice that
during the most troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints. I don’t
understand why you left my side when I
needed you most.”

The Lord replied, “My precious child, I
love you and would never leave you. During
your times of trial and suffering, where you
see only one set of footprints, I was carrying
you.”