Marie Johanna Eernisse, 97, Hills, died Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. Services were Friday, Aug. 1, at Reformed Church of Valley Springs, S.D. Dr. Jerrie Jones and the Rev. Ben Den Hartog officiated. Burial was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Valley Springs. Marie Vander Brake was born to William and Henrietta (Vangrevenhoff) Vander Brake on June 20, 1906, in Devils Lake, N.D. She married William Eernisse on June 9, 1925, in Marshall. Mr. Eernisse died Jan. 3, 1978.Mrs. Eernisse was a member of Reformed Church of Valley Springs. She was active in the church for more than 60 years. She enjoyed Ladies Aid and was a member of Valley Springs Senior Citizens. She loved to entertain at coffee parties. She enjoyed crafts of all kinds, especially crocheting. Survivors include one son, Lester (Mae) Eernisse, Reseda, Calif.; three daughters, Vivian (Gerald) Bosch, Valley Springs, Evelyn (Gerald) Harsma, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Joyce (Jerrie) Jones, Sedalia, Mo.; 19 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren.Mrs. Eernisse was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one great-granddaughter, two brothers and one sister.Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangement.
