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| Ravensbergen, Sophia: at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Grimsby on Thursday April 21, 2005, Sophia Ravensbergen (nee VanderBurg) of Grimsby formerly of Smithville at the age of 88 and according to her wishes, was taken up into eternal glory. Beloved wife of the late Pieter Ravensbergen Sr. (2000). Sophia was born in Rijnsburg, the Netherlands on June 26, 1916. She immigrated to Canada with her husband and seven children. Three more children were born to them in Canada. Caring mother and mother-in-law of Tina and John Bartels, Gerrit and Tina, Rolie and Bep, Anne and Clarence Hopman, Magda, Sophia and Gerry Schuller, Jane and Frank Schuller, Cora and Gary VanIperen, Jake and Marie, and Wilma and Mel Brouwer. She will also be missed by her family in Holland and her sister-in-law Cor Kralt of Waterdown. Sophia and Pieter have 65 grandchildren and 75 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her son Pete, daughter-in-law Ola and three grandchildren. The family received friends at the Merritt Funeral Home, 287 Station Street, Smithville on Friday 7-9pm. Funeral service was held at the Canadian Reformed Church of Smithville (Station Street) on Saturday April 23, 2005 at 10am with Rev. S. C. Van Dam officiating. Interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. |