- Date Of Birth: December 18, 1920
- Date Of Death: August 27, 2013
- State: Michigan
VANDER MEER, Mrs. Winifred H. of Kalamazoo, Michigan went to be with her Lord Tuesday evening August 27, 2013. Winifred was born December 18, 1920 in Elsie, Michigan a daughter of August and Ruth Craddock Gerard. She had been a Kalamazoo area resident most of her life and was employed as an RN at Bronson Hospital and later with the Battle Creek VA Hospital, retiring in 1983.
Winifred was also a member of North Park Reformed Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John B. VanderMeer on December 16, 1986; her daughter, Jill Lee on January 8, 2000; her brother, Elmer “Terry” Minshall; and her sister-in-law, Patty Minshall.
Winifred is survived by a son, Daniel Markie Vandermeer of Richland; 3 grandchildren, Charla Justin Bauer Vandermeer of Philadelphia, PA, Sheryl Calvin Ruff of Kalamazoo, and Bethany Steve LaBue of Sicily, Italy; 5 great-grandchildren, Cora Hattie Bauer, Cozette and Joya Ruff, and Morgan and Sicily Labue; a sister-in-law, Wilma Woltersom of Kalamazoo; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
