Jennie Vrieze, 88, passed away Saturday, February 4, 1995 at the Good Samaritan
Center in Forest City.
Jennie was born February 17, 1906, in Kanawha, Iowa, to Pete and Della (Jans)
Luppen. She attended country schools in Kanawha. She was united in marriage to
Harm Vrieze on February 27, 1935. They made their home in Kanawha and Corwith
communities. In September of 1977 she moved to Britt. Then in 1991 she became
a resident at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City. Jennie loved to
crochet, garden and do needlework. She was a member of the First Reformed
Church in Buffalo Center.
Jennie is survived by her children and their families, Leonard and his wife,
Kathy Vrieze and their children, Debbie, Danny, Peggy and Randy; Duane and his
wife, Evelyn Vrieze and their children, Jon, Molly, Ann and Amy; Larry and his
wife, LaVonne Vrieze and their daughter, Lori; Darlene Wentworth and her
husband, Douglas and their children, Mark and Lisa; seventeen
great-grandchildren; one sister, Anna Vrieze of Britt; many nieces, nephews and
cousins in Iowa and in Holland.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Harm in 1976, four sisters
and three brothers.