Funeral services for Geraldine Fonkert will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at American Reformed Church in Luverne with the Rev. David Sikkema officiating. Burial is in Luverne Memorial Gardens Cemetery, rural Luverne. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Engebretson Funeral Home in Luverne.
Geraldine Fonkert, 88, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Geraldine Oolbekkink was born to Edward and Nancy (Korselman) Oolbekkink on April 17, 1913, in Sioux County, Iowa. She was raised on the family farm and attended country school.
She married Sylvan Fonkert on Feb. 25, 1937, in her parents' home near Newkirk, Iowa. They farmed in Iowa and Minnesota, ending up in Luverne. They retired and moved to town in 1973. Mr. Fonkert died on Dec. 6, 1984. She continued to live in her home in Luverne until she moved to Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center on Oct. 29, 1999.
Mrs. Fonkert was a member of American Reformed Church in Luverne where she was active in the church circles.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis and Mary Sue Fonkert, Mobridge, S.D., and Edward and Lindy Fonkert, Luverne; three daughters and sons-in-law, Clarine and Donald Graham, Cupertino, Calif., Norma and John Puckett, St. Paul, and Sandra and Mark McHugh Fonkert, White Rock, N.M.; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother, John (Angeline) Oolbekkink; and one sister, Genera (Henry) Kramer; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Fonkert was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Sylvan, one brother, John, and four sisters, Gertrude, Ruth, Bernice and Edna.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, is in charge of arrangements.