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Kitty Joy (Kit) Van Tol

Dochter van Cornelius Van Tol en Annetta Mulder, geboren 31-1-1936 USA IA Doon, overleden 14-3-1022 USA IA Rock Valley Whispering Heights

Trouwt 7-12-1956 USA IA Doon Robert (Bob) Kooima, geboren 24-5-1937

Kinderen:

1. Kerry Beth Kooima, geboren 12-10-1957
2. Daniel Joe Kooima, geboren 24-2-1961, overleden 5-2-2020
3. Lisa Annette Kooima, geboren 27-1-1965
   trouwt 28-12-1958 Arlin Fynaard, geboren 19-8-1963
4. Ronna Lee Kooima, geboren 10-7-1969
   trouwt 3-11-1989 Ronnie Teunissen, geboren 24-3-1970
5. Robert Lee (Bobby) Kooima Jr, geboren 30-9-1974
   trouwt 13-9-2014 Jinghua Ge, geboren 28-12-1976

Bronnen:

MVC

Audley van Tol email 6-5-2018:

My Sister Kit's son was married and has a child named Mollie Michelia. He has his PHD from a University in Chicago. Her PHD is from Harvard.

Emails Audley van Tol 24/25-3-2022

Obit of Kitty, added note: My sister had Polio in 1938 and "recovered" (vision not noticeably bad , walked well, learned to compensate for weak left arm) by the time she met Bob Kooima in 1955. She suffered from Post Polio Syndrome for much of the rest of her life. For about the last 10 years she had been living in a nursing home, with limited mobility.

Kit Kooima, 86, of Rock Valley, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2022 at Whispering Heights in Rock Valley. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 21, 2022 at First Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley with Rev. Matthew Haan officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery.

Kittie Joy Van Tol was born January 1, 1936 in Doon, Iowa to Cornie and Annetta (Mulder) Van Tol. The second child and only daughter of 6 children. She went to Doon Christian School and Western Christian School, graduating in 1953. Following high school, she worked as a telephone operator and then as a bookkeeper at Valley State Bank in Rock Valley.

One night in 1955, she was walking down main street in Rock Valley with her friend Esther, when Esther’s boyfriend and his friend stopped to pick them up. So Kit and Bob ended up riding in the back seat together. Bob and Kit were married December 7, 1956 in Doon, Iowa and lived in Rock Valley for about 10 years until they moved "out of town" to the east side of Rock Valley. She was a homemaker for many years until she started foster care of Hope Haven clients. She also drove a bus for foster grandparents as well as River Valley students. Bob and Kit enjoyed singing duets and would sing gospel music with the family. Her hobbies included sewing clothes for her family, crocheting and knitting, scrapbooking, crocheting beads on baby socks, collecting glassware, especially blue delft, and giving gifts and cards for special occasions. She enjoyed attending gospel music concerts and spending winters in Arizona. She went for coffee with the same group of friends for over 50 years! Kit was an active member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley.

Survivors include: her husband of 65 years, Robert of Rock Valley, children and their families:
Kerry Schafer of Sun Lakes, Arizona, children: Eric (with son: Wilder), Leah (Marc) Valenzuela.
Dan Kooima (deceased) and wife Lori of Rock Valley, children: Greg Rardin, Danielle (Cody) Gannon.
Lisa Nilsson and husband Rob of Gilbert, Arizona, children: Tyler (Jessica) Nilsson (with children: Seth, Raelyn), Eden, Ellie, Vance.
Ronna Teunissen and husband Ron of Rock Valley, children: Meghan (Casey) Vermeer (with daughters: Finnleigh, Emersyn), Anthony, Grady.
Bob Kooima and wife Jinghua of Oak Park, Illinois, child: Mollie.
Kit’s family, Joe (Judy) Van Tol of Rock Valley, Con (Dollie) Van Tol of Lawton, Michigan, Ken Van Tol of Freeport, Michigan, and Audley (Linda) Van Tol of Iowa City.

Audley David van Tol