Evelyn Veenstra

Evelyn Mary Veenstra, age 90, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, passed away peacefully, in the company of her family, on Saturday, March 28, 2026.

Evelyn was born in Lakeview, Michigan to the late Clayton and Marie [Wrobleski] Gill in the summer of 1935.

Along with her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of forty-seven years, August “Augie” Veenstra who passed away in 2004 as well as by her brothers Bill, Donald, Robert and James Gill.

Evelyn is survived by her children, Darlene (Jerry) Rose, Cheryl (Rick) Shanahan, Linda (Jeff) Boggs, Don Veenstra, and Dan (Theresa) Veenstra; her grandchildren, Kimberly (Lee) Sytsma, Jacob (Sonia) Rose, Richard (fiancéeTatiana) Shanahan, Ryan (Veronica) Shanahan, Katie (Matt) DeKock, Taylor Veenstra, Tanner Atwood and Oaklyn Veenstra and many great grandchildren as well as by her brothers John (Rita) Gill, Leonard (Sandy) Gill and sisters-in-law Julia London, Marijo Gill, Susan Gill and Betty Gill.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 12 noon at Heritage Life Story Funeral Home, Alt Shawmut Chapel, (2121 Lake Michigan Dr. NW Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504) with visiting prior beginning at 10:30 AM. Evelyn will be laid to rest next to Augie in Rosedale Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorial contributions to Building Bridges of Hope, (https://bbohdr.org/) would be appreciated.