Margorie Ann Koopman

Marjorie Anne Koopman of Holland died on April 25th, 2022, at the age of 85. She is survived by LeRoy, her husband of 64 years, and their children, Kendall (Jan) Koopman of Dexter, Michigan, and Lori (Tom) Duda of Rochester Hills, Michigan. She also leaves behind four grandchildren – Chelsea Duda, Patrick Koopman, Taylor Duda, Megan Koopman; brother, Floyd (Fran) Hook of Maryville, Missouri; brother-in-law, Dr. David Van Dyke of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and sister-in-law, Elaine Hook of Aplington, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Tilda Hook of Aplington; a brother, Sherman, also of Aplington; and sister-in-law, Janet Van Dyke of Grand Rapids.

Margorie grew up on a farm near Aplington, Iowa; attended Central College in Pella, Iowa; graduated from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida; and earned a master’s degree in the Teaching of Reading from Grand Valley State University. She spent 22 years as an elementary, middle school, and high school teacher in Holland, Michigan; Ackley, Iowa; Deerfield Beach, Florida; and Wayland, Michigan. In 1991, she was named Teacher of the Year by Wayland High School. She served with her husband at Reformed Church congregations in Stickney, Illinois; Morrison, Illinois; and Pompano Beach, Florida.

Marjorie was an accomplished pianist and beginning at 13 she accomplished a wide variety of choral groups. These included four church choirs in western Michigan as well as young adult groups Genesis Singers and Heaven Connection, with whom she went on tours in the U.S. and Canada. After moving with her husband to Holland in 2006, she sang with the Evergreen Chorale and served as accompanist for the Evergreen Singers, the Singing Dominies quartet, and the Franklin Street Five.

In lieu of flowers, Memorial gifts may be designed for Native American Ministries of the Reformed Church in America, www.rca.gov.

Funeral arrangements will be announced at a future date by Langeland Sterenberg Funeral Home.