She was born April 28, 1927, in Savanna, Ill., to Charles and Blanch Worden Remrey. She was educated in the Fulton grade schools. She married Zepe Barsema, April 21, 1947, in Clinton. He died June 11, 1997. She was a homemaker and stay at home mom.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Barbara (Eddie) Hager, Mrs. Mary (Vernon) Van Kampen and Lela (Bob Housby) Barsema, all of Fulton, and Mrs. Sonja (William) Schatti of East Moline, Ill.; seven sons, Gerald (Phyllis) Barsema, Robert (Kathleen) Barsema, Rickie (Laurie) Barsema, Jimmie (Nancy) Barsema, and David (Tina) Barsema, all of Fulton, Donald (Jenella) Barsema of Lyndon, Ill., and Michael (Kathleen) Barsema of Clinton; 26 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Helen (Louis) Buikema of Fulton, and Anna Mae Boyert of Camanche; and four brothers, Ralph Remrey, and Raymond (Marilyn) Remrey, both of Thomson, Ill., Harry Remrey of Fulton, and Daniel (Sally) Remrey of Lena, Ill. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, one grandson, three sisters and two brothers.
Clinton Herald 21 May 2004
She was born April 28, 1927, in Savanna, Ill., to Charles and Blanch Worden Remrey. She was educated in the Fulton grade schools. She married Zepe Barsema, April 21, 1947, in Clinton. He died June 11, 1997. She was a homemaker and stay at home mom.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Barbara (Eddie) Hager, Mrs. Mary (Vernon) Van Kampen and Lela (Bob Housby) Barsema, all of Fulton, and Mrs. Sonja (William) Schatti of East Moline, Ill.; seven sons, Gerald (Phyllis) Barsema, Robert (Kathleen) Barsema, Rickie (Laurie) Barsema, Jimmie (Nancy) Barsema, and David (Tina) Barsema, all of Fulton, Donald (Jenella) Barsema of Lyndon, Ill., and Michael (Kathleen) Barsema of Clinton; 26 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Helen (Louis) Buikema of Fulton, and Anna Mae Boyert of Camanche; and four brothers, Ralph Remrey, and Raymond (Marilyn) Remrey, both of Thomson, Ill., Harry Remrey of Fulton, and Daniel (Sally) Remrey of Lena, Ill. She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, one grandson, three sisters and two brothers.
Clinton Herald 21 May 2004
Family Members
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Ralph Leroy Remrey
1924–2008
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William Robert Remrey
1926–1982
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Helen M Remrey Buikema
1928–2014
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Donald Charles "Bud" Remrey
1931–1987
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Marcella T. Remrey Thompson
1934–1984
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Harry Joseph Remrey
1936–2004
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Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Remrey Rumfelt
1938–1999
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Ruby Jean Remrey Hamm
1939–2001
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Daniel P. "Dan" Remrey
1946–2013
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