Obituary for Elisabeth Joosse-Schuurman
September 19, 1946 – June 28, 2020
Elisabeth went Home to be with her Saviour in the morning of the Lord’s day, June 28, 2020 after a 2 year and 5-month long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her husband, children, grandchildren, and her great-grandchild throughout the last week of her life and passed with her husband and two of her sons by her side.
Elisabeth was born September 19, 1946 in Dordrecht, Netherlands. She attended housekeeping school in Driebergen. As an adult she worked as a nurse at handicapped children’s care homes in Katwijk and Leersum, Netherlands.
In 1968 Elisabeth met Pieter Joosse, they were married in November 1969. They went on to have three sons: Robert, Andre, and Alfred. The family moved from Driebergen to St. Thomas, Ontario on June 2, 1983. Here, their son Jamie was born December 19, 1985. In September 2004, they moved to Grande Prairie, Alberta. Elisabeth had worked as a housekeeper in Ontario and continued to do so in Alberta for several years.
Elisabeth will be lovingly remembered by her husband Pieter, her sons Robert, Andre (Greta): grandchildren Felicia, Jasmine and Carissa, her son Alfred (Juanita): grandchildren Serena, Brandon, Hannah, Damian (Laura) and great-grandson Patrick, her son Jamie (Stacey): grandchildren Declan and Brynn, as well as her brothers Jaap (Bets) and Wim (Wilma), and her sister-in-law Wil Poorter.
She was predeceased by her father Willem Johannes Schuurman, her mother Adriana Schuurman-Van Herwijnen, and her siblings Arend and Ad Schuurman.
A Funeral Service for Elisabeth will take place at 11:00am on July 4, 2020 at Bear Creek Funeral Home (11802 99 Avenue, Grande Prairie).
Care entrusted to Bear Creek Funeral Home 780-830-7742 www.bearcreekfuneral.com
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Grande Prairie, AB T8W 0C7
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Elisabeth Joosse-Schuurman 19/09/1946 28/06/2020..
Décès pour la Ville: Grande-Prairie, Province: Alberta