- Date Of Birth: January 29, 1919
- Date Of Death: February 4, 2015
- State: Michigan
KOSTER, Lucy Kalamazoo Passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at Rose Arbor Hospice. Age 96. Lucy is now in her eternal home with Jesus. Lucy was born on January 29, 1919 in Kalamazoo to Henry and Grace Kuiper Schipper. She was a lifelong member of Centerpoint Church Third Reformed. She worked in several offices in the Kalamazoo area, and retired from the Hercules Corporation in 1981. On June 3, 1947 she was united in marriage to Julius Koster, who preceded her in death on April 25, 1985. She was also preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, William Schipper, Henry Schipper and Ebo Schipper; her sisters, Elsie Weener and Grace Loveless; and a daughter, Judy Koster.
She is survived by two daughters, Eunice Koster and Marian James Pridgeon, both of Kalamazoo and a son, Henry Stephanie Koster of Redmond, WA; grandchildren, Matthew Pridgeon, Emily Pridgeon, Michael Pridgeon, Jacqueline Ryan Pearman, Daniel Alyssa Koster and Steven Koster; great- grandchildren, Greyson Pearman and Maddox Pearman; her sister, Jennie Schreuder; and many nieces and nephews.
