- Date Of Birth: June 29, 1920
- Date Of Death: October 19, 2009
- State: Iowa
Josephine De Vries Vander Leest was born on June 29, 1920, to Arie and Josie Beyer De Vries at the family home near Otley, Iowa. She passed away on Monday, October 19, 2009, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at the age of eighty-nine.
Josephine received her early education at a country school near her home completing the eighth grade.
She enjoyed being a homemaker and would often be found in the kitchen preparing meals for her family, baking cookies and homemade bread.
After Raymond passed away in 1994, Josephine remained in her home as long as her health permitted. In 2002 she moved to Vriendschap Village in Pella. She recently moved to the Oskaloosa Care Center.
Those left to cherish her memory are her five children; twelve grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; her sister: Edith Kuiper of Oskaloosa, Iowa; and two sisters-in-law: Edith De Vries and Gertrude De Vries both of Pella.
Preceding her in death: her husband Raymond in 1994, six brothers; one sister; and her son-in-law John Newendorp.
10:30 A.M., Thursday, October 22, 2009
Pella, Iowa
Beginning at noon Wednesday, October 21, 2009
with family present 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. Wednesday
Pella, Iowa
American Cancer Society
