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Willemina "Mina" Visser Pals

1 Dec 1913 – 2 Jan 2010

Birth1 Dec 1913
Death2 Jan 2010
CemeteryHope Cemetery
Hull , Sioux County , Iowa , USA
Added by48867749 on 29 Aug 2018
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Willemina married William Arien Pals on July 9, 1937 in Hull, Iowa. Willemina and William are the parents of two sons: Arnold Peter ******** Sioux County Index; January 6, 2010 Mrs. Willemina Pals, age 96, of Orange City, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2010, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City. There will be a funeral service on Tuesday, January 5, at the Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City. Interment will be at the Hope Cemetery in Hull. Willemina was born on December 1, 1913, on a farm in rural Hull, the daughter of Peter and Minnie (Vander Kooi) Visser. She attended a one room country school at Middleburg. When her father died prematurely of scarlet fever in 1930, she moved into Hull with her mother, younger brother, John, and sister, Josephine. She pursued various types of employment to help support the family. Ironing clothes for other families was her first job. Working at the Bee Hive, a general store in Hull, was one position she truly enjoyed.. She often shared stories of the people of Hull, as they related to retail sales. She also spent several years at the Family Clothiers store, when it opened on Main Street in Hull in the early 1950s. On July 9, 1937, "Mina" married William Pals in Hull. They made their home in Hull until 1961, when they moved to Sibley. There they purchased and were the administrators of the Sibley Motel until 1974. Then they moved to Orange City, where she worked at De Vries Drapery. "Bill" passed away on February 9, 1976, in Iowa City. Later, she was very active in the Dinner Date, a senior citizen program in Orange City. In October of 2008, she became a resident of the Heritage House. For 35 years, Mrs. Pals was a member of the Calvary Christian Reformed Church, where she was active in the Harmony Circle. She will be remembered for her crocheting, quilting, and sewing. Survivors include her two sons, Arnold and Peter; five grandchildren, Carol, Bill, Sarah, Robin, and Kay; eight great-grandchildren, a Native American foster daughter, Joan; a brother, John; and a sister-in-law, Irene. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Josephine Vogelzang.

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