This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fl.2ADE/1770 Message Board Post: Elberta Van Hulzen Oskaloosa.. Elberta L. Van Hulzen, 95, of Oskaloosa, died Sunday, January 18, 2004, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. She was born August 28, 1908 at West Sayville, New York, the daughter of the Rev. Elbert and Tina Talsma Schilstra. She graduated from the Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1927. Following high school, she worked at the telephone office for awhile. On April 6, 1928, she was united in marriage to Andrew (Dutch) Van Hulzen at Newton, and he died February 6, 2000. Following her marriage, she was a mother and homemaker. Elberta was a member of the First Christian Church of Oskaloosa, and active in ladies groups within the church, and had been librarian of the church library for many years; and she was a 50 year member of the Endeavor Circle of King’s Daughters. She enjoyed reading and playing bridge. Elberta is survived by three sons and their wives: Bill and Retha Van Hulzen of Zion, Illinois, Ken and Virjean Van Hulzen of Oskaloosa, and Don and Joan Van Hulzen of Iowa City; a daughter and her husband: Sandra and Glenn Vande Lune of Yukon, Oklahoma; 14 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; a great great granddaughter; a sister: Kathryn Sims of Paso Robles, California; and a brother: Albert Schilstra of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; 2 brothers: Otto and Ted Schilstra; 2 sisters: Marguerite Lane and Agatha Whitaker; and an infant grandson: James Andrew Van Hulzen. Funeral services for Elberta VanHulzen will be held Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. in the First Christian Church in Oskaloosa, with the Reverend Michael Crouch officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Cemetery at Oskaloosa. Visitation will begin at the Bates Funeral Chapel on Tuesday after 10 a.m., and the family will be present on Tuesday from 6:30 – 8 p.m. to greet friends and relatives. Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church building fund or to Mahaska Hospice. To send condolences to the Elberta Van Hulzen family, send e-mails to: director@batesfuneralchapel.com.