Mrs. Jennie Vande Brake, age 83, of rural Maurice, passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at her farm home.

There will be a funeral service on Saturday, November 21, at 1:30pm, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Dr. Perry De Groot will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Friday, with the family present from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Jennie was born on January 22, 1926, in rural Newkirk, the daughter of William C. and Jennie (Van Meeteren) Langstraat. She was raised near Newkirk.

On April 25, 1947, she married Eugene Vande Brake in Orange City. They made their home on a farm north of Maurice. She was a homemaker and partner with her husband, as they farmed and operated a repair shop.

Mrs. Vande Brake was a member of the First Reformed Church, where she participated in the women's activities. She enjoyed gardening and was an avid reader.

Survivors include her husband of more than 62 years, “Gene”; a son and his wife, Kenneth and Rose Vande Brake, of Alton; two daughters, Jolene De Boer, of Ireton; and Carol, and her husband, Randy Brown, of Chicago, Illinois; five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; a brother, Peter Langstraat, of Orange City; a sister, Angelina Torrenga, of Clinton, Wisconsin; and many nephews and nieces.

She was preceded in death by six brothers, Cornie, Dick, William, John, Howard, and Walter Langstraat.

Memorials may be directed to CHEARS, Home Health, and Hospice in Sioux Center.