Evelyn Huisenga Balk, 89, Worthington, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, at Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Services were Monday, Dec. 23, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Worthington. The Rev. Larry Brixius officiated. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery in Wilmont.
Evelyn Huisenga was born to Claus and Eva (DeVries) Huisenga on Sept. 1, 1913, in Sibley, Iowa. In 1918, her family moved to Rushmore. She attended elementary school in Rushmore and graduated from Worthington High School in 1931. She worked in her dad’s grocery store. When her father retired in 1941, the store was turned over to her and her sister, Bilda.
She worked in the store until she married Alfred Balk on Sept. 1, 1943, in Wilmont. After their marriage, the couple farmed on the Balk family farm south of Wilmont until 1978 when they retired and moved to Luverne. In 1983, they moved to Worthington. Mr. Balk died on June 26, 2000. She moved to Luverne Hospice Cottage in September 2002.
Survivors include three children and their spouses Joyce (Jim) Broesder, Adrian, Jim (Linda) Balk, Albert Lea, and Kathy (Marlin) Mitchell, Rushmore; seven grandchildren, Deb (Jon) Neitzell, Becky (Steve) Michaletz, Joe (Vicki) Balk, Mike Balk, Shawn (Tammi) Wittry, Bobbi (Myron) Ruesch and Nicki Wittry; eight great-grandchildren; and one sister, Nellie Siemon, Mobridge, S.D.
Mrs. Balk was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Alfred, one brother, LeRoy Huisenga, and three sisters, Leona Alberg, Dena Wulf, and Bilda Mahan.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Worthington, was in charge of arrangements.