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Submitted: 1/13/22 • Approved: 1/15/22 • Last Updated: 1/18/22 • R1412496-G1412495-S3
September 25, 1930 - September 5, 2018
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Saturday, September 8, 2018
BELLA VISTA — Agnes "Elaine" Hietbrink passed away Sept. 5, 2018, at the age of 87. She was born to Henry A. and Bertha De Beer Jonker in Sanborn, Iowa, on Sept. 25, 1930.
She graduated from Orange City, Iowa, High School in 1947. She married Bernard E. Hietbrink on March 16, 1951. She was an administrative secretary at the South Dakota Art Museum retiring in 1992 and moved to Bella Vista in 1994.
She was an accomplished seamstress and did fine needlework. With her husband, she visited all 50 states and many of the countries of the world. Elaine enjoyed music and was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista, the Chancel Choir, an ordained elder and an active member of Presbyterian Women.
Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Arthur (Carolyn), brother-in-law, Kenneth Pluim, and son-in-law, Elgene Jacobs.
She is survived by her husband Bernard, four children, Deanne Jacobs, Beth (Charles) Curry, Laura (Ross) Raines, Bernard D. (Melissa) Hietbrink, nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, brother, Wilfred (Gertrude), sister, Faye Pluim, and brother, Terence (Jan).
A memorial service will be held at the Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista under the direction of Pastor Dennis Ritchie on Monday, Sept. 10, at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista's music fund.
Arrangements are provided by Bella Vista Funeral Home & Crematory. Online condolences may be made at www.funeralmation.com.
Contributed on 1/13/22 by wfields55
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