Janet Mae Vander Schuur went to her heavenly home on March 21, 2025, at the age of 83. Born on January 31, 1942, on the family homestead in Beaverdam, Michigan She is a 5th Generation Bekins family member to own and live on her family farm. Janet was a farm girl at heart, raised on a dairy farm and one time Ottawa County Dairy Queen. She loved music and would sit at her piano and play bible school songs for her grand kids. She had passion for the outdoors, gardening, flowers, camping with family and the “camping bunch”, watching boats and Lake Michigan sunsets on the channel at Holland State Park. She enjoyed summers in Holland near the lake and winters in Fort Myers, Florida, always ready to plan a fish fry or neighborhood gathering. She was a decorator at heart and helped friends, family, and clients with interior design.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John & Marian Hirdes and her in-laws Dan and Ann Vander Schuur.
Survived by her husband of 63 years, Larry Vander Schuur, their children: Kurt Vander Schuur, Sheri & Dave Hamming, Dan Vander Schuur; grandchildren: Sam (Eric) Tornga, Liz (Martin) Oja, Aaron Hamming, Anna (Nolan) Petroelje, Nick Vander Schuur, Ben (Jenna) Vander Schuur; great-grandchildren: Ellie & Marlie Tornga, Millie Petroelje; sisters: Marilyn (Dave) Vereeke, and Betty (Bill) Rynsburger; brother-in-law Darle (Shirley) Vander Schuur and many nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends may meet with Janet’s family on Friday, March 28, 2025, from 4-7 pm at the Yntema Funeral Home, 251 S. State St., Zeeland MI 49464 and from 10-10:30 am Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the old Beaverdam Reformed Church now Redeemer Christian School, 7250 Ransom Street, Zeeland prior to her funeral service that starts at 11 am. Interment will be in Blendon Township Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to The Road Map (theroadmap.org), a Michigan based Christian ministry.
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