Marian E. Wierema, 86
She was born Sept. 15, 1918, in Fenton, Ill., to Ray and Theresa (Stichter) Prestley. She married LaVerne W. Wiersema on May 20, 1939 in Burlington, Iowa. He died Dec. 21, 1983. She farmed along with her husband in Union Grove Township and later was employed with the General Electric Co. of Morrison until she retired. She was a member of Bethesda Lutheran Church in Morrison and a member of Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 354, Sterling, Ill. She was a member and past president of the Morrison Wa-Tan-Ye Club, the G.E.M. Club and the Rock River Jim Beam Club.
Survivors include two daughters, Sandra (Mrs. LaVerne) Keith of McMinnville; Marcia (Mrs. Warren) Pruis of Morrison; two sons, Larry (Sue) Wiersema and Dale (Paula) Wiersema, both of Morrison; 10 grandchildren, Craig (Kathy) Zuidema, Cheryl Zuidema, Marc (Eva) Zuidema, Michael (Stephanie) Zuidema, Jeff (Aline) Wiersema, Kristen Downing, Aaron (Maggie) Wiersema, Ryan Wiersema, Julie (Mrs. Tony) Nardi and Brian Pruis; three step grandchildren, Lisa (Mrs. Jim) Clark, Tamara (Mrs. Jeff) Classen and Darin Keith; ten great grandchildren; two step great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Virjean Greeley and Karen (Mrs. Bob) Endress, both of Morrison, and Mrs. Joanne Hill of Clinton, Iowa; one brother, Jim (Pat) Prestley of Morrison; one step sister, Mrs. Harriet Schroeder of Morrison, Ill.
She was preceded in death by her husband, LaVerne; five brothers, Robert, Leroy, Alvin, Arnold, and Vernon (Johnnie) Prestley.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at the Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home with Rev. Jeffrey N. McIlrath – Pastor of the Emmanuel Reformed Church – Morrison, Ill. officiating. Burial will follow at Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison, Ill.
Memorials may be made to Four Season’s Living Center, the Morrison Wa-Tan-Ye Club and Hospice of the Rock River Valley.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Sept. 16, 2005