Sandra J. Dekker

Sandra J. Dekker, nee Zeilenga, age 91, of Ft. Myers, FL, formerly of Lansing, IL, went home to her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Loving wife of her first husband, the late Clarence “Sonny" Boersma (Ken and Betty’s father) and her second husband the late Harry A. Dekker (Scott, Jeff and Jill’s father, who adopted Ken and Betty). Devoted mother of Kenneth (Dianna) Dekker, Betty (Richard) Balsamo, Scott (Linda) Dekker, Jeffery (late Rhonda) Dekker, and Jill (Kenneth) Bosman. Loving grandmother of Kate (Jon) Denbrock, Sara (Beat) Guggisberg, Josh (Karyn) Dekker, Carrie (James) Hartung, Corinne (Keith) Cramsey, Michael (Kat) Kaminski, Nikki (Bob) Van Kalker, Brian (Laura) Dekker, Erica (Jeff) Swearingen, Joel (Amy) Dekker, Rachel (Robert) Vander Woerd, Rosalyn (Jim) Fluit, Justin (Kim) Dekker, Amanda (Michael) Kakol, Heather (Brennen) Hueftlein, Noah (Christina) Bosman, and Nate Bosman. Loving great grandmother of thirty-five. Dearest sister to the late Bill (Susan) Zeilenga, the late Jack (Linda) Zeilenga, and Annette (Carl) Boender. Preceded in death by her parents Harold and Alyce Zeilenga.

Memorial visitation will be on Monday, February 3, 2025 from 9 am until the time of the Celebration of Life service at 11 am at Smits Funeral Home, 2121 Pleasant Springs Lane, Dyer, IN with Pastor John Anderson officiating. The service will be live streamed from our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SmitsFH . Private interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, 1881 Thornton Lansing Rd, Lansing, IL 60438.

A second memorial service will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 10 am until the time of a Celebration of Life service at 11 am at her church, Bay Presbyterian Church, 26911 S Bay Drive, Bonita Springs, FL 34134 with Pastor John Anderson officiating
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to Bay Presbyterian Church, 26911 S Bay Drive, Bonita Springs, FL 34134.