Funeral services will be 10:30 am ,Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007 at the Emmanuel Reformed Church in Springfield. Burial is in the Emanuel Cemetery, rural Springfield. Visitation will be Monday, Oct. 15, from 5pm to 7pm at the Emmanuel Reformed Church followed by a prayer service at 7 PM. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of arrangements.

Edith Heusinkveld, born July 13, 1912, the daughter of Nammen & Elizabeth (Struiving) Namminga, went to be with Our Lord on October 11, 2007 at the Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, SD.

She made her confession of faith in the Emmanuel Reformed Church of Springfield, SD. She married Garret Heusinkveld on September 19, 1935. Together they farmed west of Springfield and trucked throughout South Dakota and Iowa. They raised 3 children: Elaine, Daryl and Gretta.

Edith was a member of the Emmanuel Reformed Church and the Ladies Aid in Springfield.

She will be remembered for her love of embroidering, crocheting, handiwork and was an avid reader. She also enjoyed traveling.

Thankful for having shared her life are her three children: Elaine and husband Carl Soerens of Gatesville, TX; Daryl and wife Karen Heusinkveld of Fort Worth, TX; and Gretta Weigandt of Springfield,SD; 8 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; brother, James and wife Susan Namminga of Springfield, SD.

Edith was preceeded in death by her husband in November of 1979; 4 brothers: Hezekiah; Andrew; Samuel; and John; a sister, Ann Biesma; and a grandson-in-law, Bryan DeGraaf.