Henrietta Wagenaar, 78, Luverne, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003, at Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Services were Friday, Feb. 7, at First Baptist Church in Luverne. The Rev. Rick Cornish officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery.
Henrietta Wagenaar was born to Hummo and Tena (Jurrens) Wagenaar on July 9, 1924, on the family farm near Adrian. She attended country school and helped on the family farm. She worked at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne for 22 years. She also worked for Family Services in Luverne for 10 years and for private families in their homes for five years.
Ms. Wagenaar was a member of First Baptist Church in Luverne. She loved flowers, making quilts and crafts and baking cookies.
Survivors include four brothers, John Wagenaar, Nevis, Enno Wagenaar, Little Rock, Iowa, Ubbe (Erma) Wagenaar, Adrian, and Andrew (Janet) Wagenaar, Garretson S.D.; three sisters, Gertrude Schneiderman, George, Iowa, Anna Mess, Luverne, and Elizabeth (Bernard) Fursee, Sioux Falls, S.D.; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
Ms. Wagenaar was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Hemmo, and four sisters, Johanna Schneiderman, Tena Wagenaar, Martha Mess and Clara Bosch.
Luverne Community Hospice will plant a tree in Henrietta Wagenaar’s memory.
Engebretson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
