Priscilla was united in marriage to Bert Spykerboer on November 29, 1950 at the Doon Christian Reformed Church. Following their marriage, they lived on acreages southwest of Luverne, MN before moving to their farm near Ellsworth, MN in 1965 where Jason presently lives. She continued living on the farm after Bert passed away on February 11, 2005 after 54 years of marriage. In 2019, two days before her 90th birthday, she suffered a stroke and moved to the Lyon Specialty Care Nursing Home in Rock Rapids. She was a member of the Luverne Christian Reformed Church for 69 years.
Priscilla was a hard-working farm wife and was known as a good cook. Many comments were made by the men who came to the Spykerboer farm to do silage work or hay baling, “You always get fed good at Priscilla’s table!” These thoughts carried on to her grandchildren as they remember Gram’s home-made angel food cakes, mac & cheese, pumpkin bread and almond patties. Priscilla also enjoyed embroidery work, bowling for many years, in which she sponsored a team named, “Spykerboer Belts” which represented the Belted Galloway/Oreo cattle she and Bert raised on the farm. “The Old Rugged Cross” held special meaning to Priscilla as this was the first song she learned to play by ear on the piano which was a talent she was very proud of. Well into her 80’s, whenever the cattle broke out at the farm, she was always there to watch a gate or block a spot with her car and maybe even got a dent or two while doing it. She also enjoyed attending the sales at Jason’s barns and eating at the café. She loved the farm life and her door was always open for her kids, grandkids and great grandkids to stop in. She loved to visit and enjoyed coffeetime anywhere and with anyone. Wherever she went, she knew someone, or she made a new friend.
On Monday morning, September 28 her struggles here on earth ended as she went to her Heavenly home. Those left to cherish her memory are her 5 children, Carol (Chris) Boom, of Larchwood; Kevin (Paula) Spykerboer and Marilyn (Greg) Brommer of Rock Rapids; David (Amy) Spykerboer of Beaver Creek, MN and Jason Spykerboer of Ellsworth; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one sister, Jeanette Lems of Doon, IA; sister-in-law, Audrey Kelderman of Rock Valley and sister-in-law/brother-in-law, John & Mary Brands of Edgerton, MN and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents: husband, Bert; 6 brothers, Al, Hank, Lawrie, Don, Alvin and Walter in infancy; 5 sisters, Wilma, Caroline, Tena, Dorothy, and Wilmanette.
Jurrens Funeral Home
Rock Rapids, Iowa
Priscilla was united in marriage to Bert Spykerboer on November 29, 1950 at the Doon Christian Reformed Church. Following their marriage, they lived on acreages southwest of Luverne, MN before moving to their farm near Ellsworth, MN in 1965 where Jason presently lives. She continued living on the farm after Bert passed away on February 11, 2005 after 54 years of marriage. In 2019, two days before her 90th birthday, she suffered a stroke and moved to the Lyon Specialty Care Nursing Home in Rock Rapids. She was a member of the Luverne Christian Reformed Church for 69 years.
Priscilla was a hard-working farm wife and was known as a good cook. Many comments were made by the men who came to the Spykerboer farm to do silage work or hay baling, “You always get fed good at Priscilla’s table!” These thoughts carried on to her grandchildren as they remember Gram’s home-made angel food cakes, mac & cheese, pumpkin bread and almond patties. Priscilla also enjoyed embroidery work, bowling for many years, in which she sponsored a team named, “Spykerboer Belts” which represented the Belted Galloway/Oreo cattle she and Bert raised on the farm. “The Old Rugged Cross” held special meaning to Priscilla as this was the first song she learned to play by ear on the piano which was a talent she was very proud of. Well into her 80’s, whenever the cattle broke out at the farm, she was always there to watch a gate or block a spot with her car and maybe even got a dent or two while doing it. She also enjoyed attending the sales at Jason’s barns and eating at the café. She loved the farm life and her door was always open for her kids, grandkids and great grandkids to stop in. She loved to visit and enjoyed coffeetime anywhere and with anyone. Wherever she went, she knew someone, or she made a new friend.
On Monday morning, September 28 her struggles here on earth ended as she went to her Heavenly home. Those left to cherish her memory are her 5 children, Carol (Chris) Boom, of Larchwood; Kevin (Paula) Spykerboer and Marilyn (Greg) Brommer of Rock Rapids; David (Amy) Spykerboer of Beaver Creek, MN and Jason Spykerboer of Ellsworth; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; one sister, Jeanette Lems of Doon, IA; sister-in-law, Audrey Kelderman of Rock Valley and sister-in-law/brother-in-law, John & Mary Brands of Edgerton, MN and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents: husband, Bert; 6 brothers, Al, Hank, Lawrie, Don, Alvin and Walter in infancy; 5 sisters, Wilma, Caroline, Tena, Dorothy, and Wilmanette.
Jurrens Funeral Home
Rock Rapids, Iowa
Family Members
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Willempje Caroline Flynn
1917–2005
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Albert Dick Kelderman
1918–1992
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Dorothy Kelderman Stellinga
1921–1991
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Henry Walter "Hank" Kelderman
1923–1962
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Tena Johanna Kelderman Gorter
1925–2010
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Jeanette Della Kelderman Lems
1927–2022
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Lawrie Kelderman
1931–2002
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Wilmanette Marie Kelderman Spykerboer
1932–2019
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Alvin John Kelderman
1934–2003
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Donald Leroy Kelderman
1936–2011
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Walter Henry Kelderman
1938–1938
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Caroline Kelderman Derth
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