Visitation
Sunday, June 7, 2009
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Dykstra Funeral Homes
Downtown Holland Chapel
29 East Ninth Street
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 392-2348
Driving Directions
Visitation
Sunday, June 7, 2009
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Dykstra Funeral Homes
Downtown Holland Chapel
29 East Ninth Street
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 392-2348
Driving Directions
Service
Monday, June 8, 2009
2:00 PM EDT
Dykstra Funeral Homes
Downtown Holland Chapel
29 East Ninth Street
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 392-2348
Driving Directions
Contributions
At the family's request memorial contributions are to be made to those listed below. Please forward payment directly to the memorial of your choice.
Hospice of Holland
270 Hoover Blvd
Holland, MI 49423
(616) 396-2972
Driving Directions
Web Site
Flowers
Below is the contact information for a florist recommended by the funeral home.
Huisman Flowers
11595 East Lakewood Blvd.
Holland, MI 49424
1 (616) 399-5060
Driving Directions
Web Site
Life Story / Obituary
Sara-Jo Kleinheksel Bolte, age 74, of Holland and Fort Wayne, IN died on Wednesday June 3, 2009.
Sara-Jo graduated from Holland High School in 1953 and received her B.S. in chemistry from MSU in 1957 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry 1963. She lived in Holland from until she went to college and then again from 1968 to 1977. She was active in PTA at Longfellow Elementary and E.E. Fell Jr. High. She was a member of Hope Church, former president of Century Club, active in League of Women Voters, Holland Garden Club, Camp Fire Girls, and AAUW.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Paul Bolte in November 2002 and her parents J. Harvey Kleinheksel and Ethyl Dykstra Kleinheksel.
She is survived by her children, Karelene and Scott Yarbrough of Madison, WI, Jonathan Harvey Bolte of Madison, WI, and Paula-Jo and Michael Pyrchla of Lynchburg, VA; her three grandchildren, Tyler D. Yarbrough, Connor B. Yarbrough and Sophia-Jo Pyrchla; her sister Karel-Mari and Jarrett Jordan of Titusville, FL; and her nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 2:00pm at the Downtown Chapel, Dykstra Life Story Funeral Homes, 29 East 9th Street with Rev. Marlin Vander Wilt officiating.
Visitation will be held on Sunday from 1-4 and 7-9pm at the Downtown Chapel.
Burial will take place in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be given to Hospice of Holland.
Arrangements by the Dykstra Life Story Funeral Homes, Inc., Downtown Chapel.
Please visit Sara-Jo’s personal webpage at www.lifestorynet.com, where you can sign her guestbook or share a memory with her family.