IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Berndina J.
Deridder
March 26, 2011
Obituary
ELKHART -- Berndina J. DeRidder, 89, of Elkhart, formerly of Sturgis, Mich., passed away at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 26, 2011, at the Riverside Village Healthcare Facility in Elkhart.
She was born Feb. 17, 1922, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to Anthonius H. J. and Berndina J. (Boom) Spee. She married Willem F. DeRidder in Leiden in 1939. He passed away in Sturgis in 1989.
Surviving is one son, Frederick (Bobbie) DeRidder of Elkhart.
No services have been scheduled. In accordance with Mrs. DeRidder's wishes, she is participating in the University of Michigan Medical School's Anatomical Donation Program in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mrs. DeRidder was a lifelong homemaker who enjoyed gardening. She was a former member of First Baptist Church of Elkhart.
Billings Funeral Home of Elkhart is handling arrangements. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society.
She was born Feb. 17, 1922, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to Anthonius H. J. and Berndina J. (Boom) Spee. She married Willem F. DeRidder in Leiden in 1939. He passed away in Sturgis in 1989.
Surviving is one son, Frederick (Bobbie) DeRidder of Elkhart.
No services have been scheduled. In accordance with Mrs. DeRidder's wishes, she is participating in the University of Michigan Medical School's Anatomical Donation Program in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mrs. DeRidder was a lifelong homemaker who enjoyed gardening. She was a former member of First Baptist Church of Elkhart.
Billings Funeral Home of Elkhart is handling arrangements. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society.
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