Angeline Bosma, 88, of Tempe, AZ, formerly of Fulton, IL, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016, in Tempe.
Angie was born April 24, 1928, in Edgerton, MN, to Gerard and Hattie (DeMots) Mesman. She was educated in the Edgerton Christian School. Angie married G. James Bosma on September 14, 1950, in South Holland, IL. He died December 11, 2015. She worked beside her husband in the management of Bosma Funeral Home from 1963 to retirement in 1992. Angie was a member of Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Fulton and Past President of the church’s Mary and Martha Society. She was a member of the former Fulton Child Study Group, Past President of Unity Christian School Auxiliary, past member of River Bend Ambulance Association as a dispatcher, and served as an election judge from 1964 to 1971. She was a member of Harbor Crest Nursing Home Auxiliary. She enjoyed reading and sent dozens of cards a month to people for anniversaries, birthdays, etc.
Survivors include two daughters, Carol (Bob) Grussing of Caledonia, MI, and Linda (John) Veltkamp of Kelso, WA; one son, Jim (LuAnne) Bosma of Morrison, IL; six grandchildren, Sheri (Derrick) Mulder, Lisa (Sean) Hanley, Lora (Jason) Vollink, Brian (Kelly) Bosma, Tyler (Lauren) Veltkamp, and Shayna (Chris) Martin; 15 great-grandchildren; five sisters, Johanna Berghuis of Sioux Falls, SD, Betty Grimmius of Slayton, MN, Josephine (Ed) Windemuller of Grand Rapids, MI, Evelyn (Gerry) Palmateer of Kankakee, IL, and Wilma Olson of Grand Rapids, MI.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim; two brothers, Gerard and John Mesman; one sister, Lillian Gritter.
FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Fulton, IL
CO-OFFICIATING: Pastor Bob Grussing, Youth Pastor at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, MI, and Rev. Kevin VerHoeven, Pastor at Bethel Christian Reformed Church in Fulton, IL
VISITATION: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Monday, November 14, 2016, at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home
INTERMENT: Fulton Township Cemetery, Fulton, IL
A memorial to Unity Christian School has been established.