Marie Magalena Dykstra

Marie Magalena Dykstra, the daughter of Bendert A. and Jennie Marie Niezwaag Dykstra, was born December 15, 1912, in Parker, South Dakota. Her childhood years were spent at Parker where she received her early childhood education. Following the death of her mother, they moved to Doon, Iowa, where she graduated from Doon High School. Following her schooling, she worked in the farm home caring for her father and brother, Bernard. For the last 65 years, Marie was institutionalized at the Milford Care Center due to her illness, and since 1974 at the Sutherland Care Center in Sutherland, Iowa. She was a member of the First Reformed Church in rural Everly, Iowa. Marie passed away at the Sutherland Care Center on Friday, January 20, 2006, at the age of 93. She was preceded in death by her parents, four sisters and two brothers. She is survived by several nieces and nephews including Phyllis and her husband, Donald Nielsen of Milford, IA; Dorothy, Mrs. Edwin Galm and Lester Dykstra of Everly, IA; Vernon Dykstra of Hartley, IA; Elmer Dykstra and Norman VanEnter of Spencer, IA; Betty, Mrs. Leonard Bonker of Harlingen, TX; Jaris Mulder of Grand Rapids, MI; Linda, Judy, Nancy and Robert Dykstra of Idaho; and number of grandnieces and nephews.

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