Effie Boven

BOVEN, Effie
Kalamazoo, Michigan Went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. She was born February 28, 1917 in Kalamazoo, a daughter of Seger and Christina Scholten De Haan and was a lifelong resident of Kalamazoo. Effie was a member of Comstock Christian Reformed Church, where she was a member of the Dorcas Society, the Gleaners and had served as a church organist. Effie was the first "TV Lady" Hospix Television Rentals at Borgess Hospital. She was a hard worker in the family owned business of raising celery and working in the greenhouse and bedding plants until she was 85 years old. She began selling flowers from her home in Comstock and continued in retail sales at the Wenke Greenhouse, where she loved waiting on the customers. On January 10, 1935, she married Thomas F. Boven, who preceded her in death on October 14, 1979. She was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, Larry Boven on May 16, 2008; 3 sisters, Angeline Fletcher, Grace Kloosterman and Mary Chenery; 2 brothers, Jim De Haan and Jacob De Haan. Effie is survived by her daughters, Nancy Lorence Wenke of Kalamazoo, Mary Beth Richard Triesenberg of Kalamazoo; her daughter-in-law, Barbara Boven of Kalamazoo; 8 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Rena De Haan of Kalamazoo; many nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted on Monday at 11:00 AM in the Comstock Christian Reformed Church, 5300 Comstock Ave. with Rev. Jay Pruim officiating. Interment will follow in Comstock Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick St. on Sunday from 4-8 PM. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Comstock Christian Reformed Church, Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan or The Journey, 5724 Goldfield Drive, San Jose, CA 95123, a church pastored by her grandson, Rev. Jeff Wenke. www.langelands.com 343-1508