Obituary of Alida Wiersma

Wiersma, Alida G., age 82, of Whitinsville, MA, died Friday, April 17th, 2015. Alida was born in Hackensack, NJ and grew up in Paterson, then resided in Allendale where she and her husband owned and operated Wiersma's Nursing Home before moving to Whitinsville where they continued to care for the elderly by directing the Whitinsville Retirement Home. She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Louis Sr., her children, Louis Jr. and his wife, Ligia, Trudy Eddings and her husband, Roger, Jodie Joaquin, Susan Clark and her husband, Joel, and Laura Cloudier and her husband Jay; 16 adoring grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her sisters Shirley Warnet, Joanne Van Saun and Gertrude Talis. She was predeceased by her parents Cornelius and Josie Tanis, her brothers Herman and Ted Tanis, sister Matilda Schipper and her son-in-law Thomas Joaquin. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 20th from 4-8pm at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave. Wyckoff, NJ. A funeral service will be on Tuesday at 10am at Ridgewood Christian Reformed Church, 271 Lincoln Ave., Ridgewood, NJ. Interment to follow at Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, 22-21 Maple Ave., Fair Lawn, NJ.