Mrs. Phyllis Zeutenhorst, age 81, of Orange City, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, at the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.

There will be a memorial service on Saturday, October 17, at 10:30am, at the First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Edward Suffern will officiate. Interment will be prior to the service at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. There will be a prayer service on Saturday, at 9:30am, at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City, with the Rev. Laura Borman officiating.

Visitation will be after 5:00pm on Friday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at the funeral home.

Phyllis was born on April 2, 1928, at Sioux Center, the daughter of John T. and Mary Bonnema Oliver. Except for a few years at Lester, she was raised at Sioux Center, where she graduated from high school. She also attended Westmar College in Le Mars, earning a teaching certificate.

On May 31, 1947, she married John R. Zeutenhorst in Sergeant Bluff. They made their home in Orange City, where in earlier years, she was a homemaker. Later she worked as a nurses' aid at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City. More recently, she was the comptroller at Northwestern College in Orange City.

Mr. & Mrs. Zeutenhorst wintered in Ocala, Florida, for thirteen years.

She was a member of the First Reformed Church, where she participated in the women's activities. She was a faithful prayer warrior, whose prayers were especially felt by her family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, whose most important parts of life were faith, family, and friends.

Survivors include her husband of more than 62 years; a daughter and her husband, Jan and Dan Berg of Watertown, South Dakota; a son and his wife, Tim and Lori Zeutenhorst, of Orange City; four grandchildren, Nicole, and her husband, Scott Carver, of Sheldon; Lindsey Berg, of Pierre, South Dakota; and Tyler Zeutenhorst and Anna Zeutenhorst, both of Orange City; two great-grandsons, Nicholas and Matthew Carver; two sisters, Ruth Van Den Brink, of East Lansing, Michigan; and Shirley Mouw, of Orange City; a brother and his wife, Roger and Carol Oliver, of Rock Rapids; and a brother-in-law and his wife, Henrich and Marilyn Kraayenbrink, of Sioux Center.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, David Zeutenhorst; an infant grandson, Timothy John Zeutenhorst; a brother and his wife, Jack and Louise Oliver; three sisters, Virginia Kraayenbrink; Kathleen, and her husband, Duane Gage; and Vivian, and her husband, Harold Ageson; and two brothers-in-law, Ceel Van Den Brink and Lorenz Mouw.

Memorials may be directed to Northwestern College and Amy and Seung Kim, Wycliffe Bible translators.