Sept. 23, 1920 - Aug. 28, 2007
PRINSBURG -- Jeanette Grace Ledeboer, 86, of Prinsburg died Tuesday at Rice Care Center in Willmar.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Christian Reformed Church in Prinsburg. Burial will be in Holland Township Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the church and one hour prior to the service Friday. Memorials are preferred to Urban Young Life (Hope Ledeboer) Mission. Tri-County Funeral Home of Prinsburg is handling arrangements.
She was born Sept. 23, 1920, in Rheiderland Township, Chippewa County, to William and Anna (Visser) Duitsman. She grew up on the family farm north of Clara City where she attended country schools. She graduated in 1938 from Clara City High School. She worked at Larson's Meat Market, the telephone company and the Yock & Meyer Store in Clara City.
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She married Harry Ledeboer on March 24, 1944, in Clara City. They lived and farmed northwest of Prinsburg. She worked at Somody Supply from 1975 to 1993. In November 2004, they retired from farming and moved into Prinsburg. She moved to Rice Care Center in June 2005.
She was a member of First Christian Reformed Church in Prinsburg. She was involved in ladies aid, mission club and the mother's club at Central Minnesota Christian School.
She is survived by her husband; her children: Carolyn (and LeRoy) Koppendrayer of Princeton, Charles (and Gerri) Ledeboer of Prinsburg and Dorothy (and Pete) Swanson of Princeton; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a sister: Hilda Hilbrands of Clara City; and a brother: John Duitsman of Clara City.
She was preceded in death by one sister and four brothers.