Sarah
Paulina De Boer, 98, of Corsica, SD passed away Friday, January 22, 2021 at
the Good Samaritan Society -- Corsica. Funeral Services are 2:00 P.M. Friday,
January 29, 2021 at Harrison Community Church (North Church) in Harrison,
SD. A Committal Service will follow at Harrison Cemetery. Visitation will be
held at the church from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. on Friday. Mount Funeral Home of
Platte is assisting with arrangements. Memorials in Sarah’s honor may be
directed to: Harrison Community Church (North Church), 390 5th
St., Harrison, SD 57344. Expressions of sympathy may be extended to the
family through mountfuneralhome.com. The service will be live-streamed under
"Photos and Videos" on the funeral home website, through “Mount Funeral
Homes” Facebook page and on the church’s website at
https://harrisonsd.com/.
Sarah
Paulina (Wolbrink) De Boer was the ninth of ten children born to Jacob Sr.
and Hattie (Brouwer) Wolbrink on their family’s farm near Aurora Center, SD
on April 2, 1922. She attended country grade school and briefly worked at
the Mitchell Methodist Hospital. She was united in marriage to Orville De
Boer in her parents’ home on December 28, 1949 and moved to his family’s
farm in the area known as Garden Valley. Orville passed away on December 1,
2015 and she stayed on the farm for two more years before moving to an
assisted living apartment in January 2018 and then a nursing facility in
August of 2020. Grieving her loss began in March of 2020, when those who
loved her were no longer able to freely visit her and give hugs because of
the pandemic, and continues with her death on Friday, January 22, 2021 at
the Good Samaritan Center Corsica. Her testimony that Jesus was her Lord and
Savior brings great comfort.
Sarah
was an active lifelong member of the First Reformed/Community Church of
Harrison where she used her gift of music to serve as one of the organists
for 50 years. God also blessed her with abilities to create detailed quilts,
make wonderful food, and grow beautiful flowers. But most of all He shaped
her into a faithful and loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Grateful
for sharing her life are, her three children: Darrell (Marjean) De Boer of
Corsica, SD, Merlin De Boer (Diane Hinz) of Pipestone, MN and Bonnie (Larry)
Vander Ley of Corsica, SD; nine grandchildren: Roxy (Shawn) Rus, Kenneth
(Nikki) De Boer, Cindy (Joel) Watters, Kerry (Jourdan) Vander Ley, Brian
(Katie) Vander Ley, Luke (Rachel) Vander Ley, Amber (Andrew) Herdegen, Tim
(Grace) Vander Ley, Seth (Arianna) Vander Ley; 19 great grandchildren and
three great-great grandchildren; one sister-in law: Eltha Wolbrink of
Corsica, SD and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents and husband; two sisters and their
husbands: Nellie (Richard) Dykstra and Katie (Charley) Dykshorn; seven
brothers and their wives: Richard (Anna), Charles (Helen), William
(Gertrude), Gerrit (Agnes), John (Marie), Gideon (Lorraine), and Jacob, Jr.;
Orville’s sister and brothers: Genevieve (Clarence) Baas, Fred (Alida) De
Boer and Vernon (Lavonne) De Boer; and daughter-in-law, Lorraine De Boer.
Officiating
Pastor
Gary Maas
Music
Special
Music, Duane and Ruth Wolbrink
Organist, Phyllis Pennings
