Grace Wassenaar

Hills, MN  

     Grace Wassenaar, age 102 of Hills, MN died on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, MN.

     Funeral service will be 10:30 AM Monday, September 30, 2019 at Steen Reformed Church in Steen, MN with Rev. Jeremy Wiersma officiating.  Burial will follow at East Side Cemetery in Steen, MN.

     Visitation will be Sunday, September 29^th from 4:00 to 7:00 with family present at Jurrens Funeral Home in Hills, MN.

Memorials may be directed to the Luverne Hospice.

     Grace Wassenaar was born July 6, 1917 in northwest Iowa to Gerrit and Jenny (Ten Haken) Bosch. She received her education at the District #43 Country School. She was raised on a farm in the Luverne area. On January 24, 1939 she was united in marriage to William Wassenaar at her parents’ home near Luverne. They made their home on a farm by Hills where they raised their family. To this union 6 children were born. Grace and her husband worked side by side on the farm raising their family until William passed away in 1967 after a brief illness, at the young age of 58. Grace went to work as a Nurse’s Aide at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. She truly loved her work at the Nursing Home serving the elderly members of her community. She herself became one of those residents and still, while living there, volunteered as long as possible with different activities. She truly had a servant’s heart.

     She was a very hard worker and passed that work ethic on to her children. Grace was known as being very kind. A devoted mother and grandmother. Her family will hold many fond memories of her kindness and love. She was a lifelong member of the Steen Reformed Church where she served many years as a Sunday school teacher. Her faith was utmost important to her, and another example of a loving attribute passed on to her children. Grace lived at her own home until moving to the Village in Hills and eventually to the Tuff Home. She loved her community and fellow residents. This past Wednesday Grace passed away at the age of 102. She will be greatly missed.

     She is survived by her daughters, Gladys (Jake) Schelhaas of Jasper, MN, Betty (Jerry) Ackerman of Hills, MN, Bonnie (Dave) Shelton of Luverne, MN and Nelva (Ron) Behr of Hills, MN; 16 grandchildren, 2 step- grandchildren; 34 great- grandchildren; and 8 great great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Vivian Bosch and Mona Rozeboom; nieces, nephews and other extended family members.

     Grace was preceded in death by her parents; husband, William Wassenaar; son, Gerrit “Sam” Wassenaar; daughter, Beverly Ann Wassenaar; brothers, William, Dries, Gerald, Marvin and Arthur.