Born in Steenwijk, Holland to Peter Oosterdijk and Dora Schuurmann the seventh of 11 children. Pietje crossed the Atlantic to America with her fauily at age 6 in 1930, only six months after the stock market crash of 1929. During a storm at sea, Pietje was nearly washed overboard with her brother, Gerrett. She survived the trip and grew up in Mora where her parents bought and lived on an 80 acre farm.
She met her husband and lifelong love, Roy Oliver Heim in the Calvary Lutheran Church choir. They married on November 20, 1944 while Roy was home on Furlough. To this union five children were born, Jerome, Randall, Dianne, Stephan and Debbra. As a young mother, Pietje endured the loss of her eldest child, Jerry to a brain tumor at the age of 6.
In 1956 the Heim family moved to St. James where Roy started a career with Lutheran Brotherhood, which later took them to Rochester in 1959. They became members of Bethel Lutheran Church in 1960 and maintained a lifelong membership there. Pietje taught Sunday school and enjoyed other activities with the larger congregation, which Roy was the president of for a period of time. The Heim children were all confirmed at Bethel Lutheran and were active with the church. As a family, they enjoyed camping, outings, music and extensive travel. Pietje and Roy were very proud that all of their four children were able to get a college education. Their son Randy served in the military and spent a year in Vietnam. Over the years, Pietje and Roy have enjoyed meeting their nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Pietje and Roy loved to travel and made several trips back to Europe to find relatives. Family connection was always very important to both of them. Roy was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy which influenced their lives in terms of movivng to a new home, and eventually to Real Life Retirement Community to accommodate his needs. He passed away in 2009 and was buried at Mora.
Pietje is survived by her four children, Randy, Dianne, Steve and Debbie. Nine grandchildren, Chris, Andy, Jennifer, Erik, Alissa, Joe, Jon, Kathryn and Sean. Seven great grandchildren, Emily, Thatcher, Grayson, Nola, Cassie, Chloe and Gabe.
A funeral service will be at 11:30AM Friday, September 18 at Bethel Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 10:30AM to 11:30AM at the church on Friday. Burial will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Mora on Saturday, September 19 at 1PM
Arrangements by Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, Rochester.
Published in The Post-Bulletin on September 15, 2015
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She met her husband and lifelong love, Roy Oliver Heim in the Calvary Lutheran Church choir. They married on November 20, 1944 while Roy was home on Furlough. To this union five children were born, Jerome, Randall, Dianne, Stephan and Debbra. As a young mother, Pietje endured the loss of her eldest child, Jerry to a brain tumor at the age of 6.
In 1956 the Heim family moved to St. James where Roy started a career with Lutheran Brotherhood, which later took them to Rochester in 1959. They became members of Bethel Lutheran Church in 1960 and maintained a lifelong membership there. Pietje taught Sunday school and enjoyed other activities with the larger congregation, which Roy was the president of for a period of time. The Heim children were all confirmed at Bethel Lutheran and were active with the church. As a family, they enjoyed camping, outings, music and extensive travel. Pietje and Roy were very proud that all of their four children were able to get a college education. Their son Randy served in the military and spent a year in Vietnam. Over the years, Pietje and Roy have enjoyed meeting their nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Pietje and Roy loved to travel and made several trips back to Europe to find relatives. Family connection was always very important to both of them. Roy was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy which influenced their lives in terms of movivng to a new home, and eventually to Real Life Retirement Community to accommodate his needs. He passed away in 2009 and was buried at Mora.
Pietje is survived by her four children, Randy, Dianne, Steve and Debbie. Nine grandchildren, Chris, Andy, Jennifer, Erik, Alissa, Joe, Jon, Kathryn and Sean. Seven great grandchildren, Emily, Thatcher, Grayson, Nola, Cassie, Chloe and Gabe.
A funeral service will be at 11:30AM Friday, September 18 at Bethel Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 10:30AM to 11:30AM at the church on Friday. Burial will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Mora on Saturday, September 19 at 1PM
Arrangements by Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, Rochester.
Published in The Post-Bulletin on September 15, 2015
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Born in Steenwijk, Holland to Peter Oosterdijk and Dora Schuurmann the seventh of 11 children. Pietje crossed the Atlantic to America with her fauily at age 6 in 1930, only six months after the stock market crash of 1929. During a storm at sea, Pietje was nearly washed overboard with her brother, Gerrett. She survived the trip and grew up in Mora where her parents bought and lived on an 80 acre farm.
She met her husband and lifelong love, Roy Oliver Heim in the Calvary Lutheran Church choir. They married on November 20, 1944 while Roy was home on Furlough. To this union five children were born, Jerome, Randall, Dianne, Stephan and Debbra. As a young mother, Pietje endured the loss of her eldest child, Jerry to a brain tumor at the age of 6.
In 1956 the Heim family moved to St. James where Roy started a career with Lutheran Brotherhood, which later took them to Rochester in 1959. They became members of Bethel Lutheran Church in 1960 and maintained a lifelong membership there. Pietje taught Sunday school and enjoyed other activities with the larger congregation, which Roy was the president of for a period of time. The Heim children were all confirmed at Bethel Lutheran and were active with the church. As a family, they enjoyed camping, outings, music and extensive travel. Pietje and Roy were very proud that all of their four children were able to get a college education. Their son Randy served in the military and spent a year in Vietnam. Over the years, Pietje and Roy have enjoyed meeting their nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Pietje and Roy loved to travel and made several trips back to Europe to find relatives. Family connection was always very important to both of them. Roy was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy which influenced their lives in terms of movivng to a new home, and eventually to Real Life Retirement Community to accommodate his needs. He passed away in 2009 and was buried at Mora.
Pietje is survived by her four children, Randy, Dianne, Steve and Debbie. Nine grandchildren, Chris, Andy, Jennifer, Erik, Alissa, Joe, Jon, Kathryn and Sean. Seven great grandchildren, Emily, Thatcher, Grayson, Nola, Cassie, Chloe and Gabe.
A funeral service will be at 11:30AM Friday, September 18 at Bethel Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 10:30AM to 11:30AM at the church on Friday. Burial will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Mora on Saturday, September 19 at 1PM
Arrangements by Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, Rochester.
Published in The Post-Bulletin on September 15, 2015
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She met her husband and lifelong love, Roy Oliver Heim in the Calvary Lutheran Church choir. They married on November 20, 1944 while Roy was home on Furlough. To this union five children were born, Jerome, Randall, Dianne, Stephan and Debbra. As a young mother, Pietje endured the loss of her eldest child, Jerry to a brain tumor at the age of 6.
In 1956 the Heim family moved to St. James where Roy started a career with Lutheran Brotherhood, which later took them to Rochester in 1959. They became members of Bethel Lutheran Church in 1960 and maintained a lifelong membership there. Pietje taught Sunday school and enjoyed other activities with the larger congregation, which Roy was the president of for a period of time. The Heim children were all confirmed at Bethel Lutheran and were active with the church. As a family, they enjoyed camping, outings, music and extensive travel. Pietje and Roy were very proud that all of their four children were able to get a college education. Their son Randy served in the military and spent a year in Vietnam. Over the years, Pietje and Roy have enjoyed meeting their nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Pietje and Roy loved to travel and made several trips back to Europe to find relatives. Family connection was always very important to both of them. Roy was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy which influenced their lives in terms of movivng to a new home, and eventually to Real Life Retirement Community to accommodate his needs. He passed away in 2009 and was buried at Mora.
Pietje is survived by her four children, Randy, Dianne, Steve and Debbie. Nine grandchildren, Chris, Andy, Jennifer, Erik, Alissa, Joe, Jon, Kathryn and Sean. Seven great grandchildren, Emily, Thatcher, Grayson, Nola, Cassie, Chloe and Gabe.
A funeral service will be at 11:30AM Friday, September 18 at Bethel Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 10:30AM to 11:30AM at the church on Friday. Burial will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Mora on Saturday, September 19 at 1PM
Arrangements by Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, Rochester.
Published in The Post-Bulletin on September 15, 2015
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