Tillie (Christians) Verbrugge

Tillie Verbrugge, 95, of Kanawha passed away Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt

Funeral services for Tillie Verbrugge will be held Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at Wright Christian Reformed Church near Kanawha with Pastor Chuck Walton officiating.  Burial will be in Wright Christian Reformed Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 10, 2007 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Ewing Dugger Funeral Chapel in Kanawha and one hour prior to services at the church.

Tillie, the daughter of Nick and Nellie (Beninga) Christians was born August 1, 1911 in Hancock County, Iowa.

On December 8, 1932 she was untied in marriage to Heis Verbrugge at the home of her parents in rural Kanawha.  They farmed and made their home in the Kanawha area.  Following the death of her husband, Tillie moved into Kanawha and entered the Kanawha Community Home in September of 1998.

Tillie was a life long member of the Wright Christian Reformed Church.

Tillie is survived by her children: Marjorie (Bernard) Roskamp of Clarion, Nick (Rouletta) Verbrugge of Kanawha, Donald (Deloris) Verbrugge of Kanawha, Ruth (Robert) Eekhoff of New Era, Michigan, and Lois (Roger) Lamfers of Kanawha; son-in-law Kermit (Kristin) Redenius of Webster City; 25 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren.  She is also survived by 3 sisters: Henrietta (Art) Rietema of Kanawha, Nettie Assink of Kanawha, Marguerite Hensel of Stockton, Illinois; sisters-in-law Oralene Christian, Marjorie Christians and Mavis Christians of Kanawha; brother-in-law John Verbrugge of Kanawha and sister-in-law Thelma Verbrugge of Mason City.

She was preceded in death by her husband Heis, in 1976; daughter Rose Redenius in 2003; her parents; sisters Tena Ruter and Minnie Rietema and brothers Edward, Herman, Elmer (Mike) and James Christians all of Kanawha, Iowa.