Rural Long Island resident Henrietta June Van Kooten passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2019, at the Kearney Regional Medical Center in Kearney, NE at the age of 90.

She was born April 22, 1928 in Phillips County, KS, the daughter of Garrit & Gradda (Veldhuizen) Tien. On May 7, 1947, she married Alfred Earl Van Kooten in the Luctor parsonage in Phillips County. He preceded her in death on July 2, 1988.

Those left to mourn her passing include her five children, Conrad Van Kooten of Long Island, KS, Judith Horne of Grand Island, NE, Karen Van Kooten of McCook, NE, Ann Griffin and Cynthia Schemper, both of Almena, KS; her siblings, Marie Bousema of Worthington, MN; Dorothy Huyser of Des Moines, IA; Rosalee Verhoef of Artesia, California; Arlo Tien of Prairie View, KS; Edward Tien of Phillipsburg, KS; Carmen VanBeek of Sioux Center, IA; 14 grand-children, 32 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Luctor Christian Reformed Church, Phillips County, KS, with Gale Tien officiating. Burial will follow in the Luctor Cemetery.

Visitation will be Thursday, March 7, from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. and Friday, March 8, from 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday evening.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Henrietta Van Kooten Memorial Fund, to be designated at a later date. Online condolences to: www.olliffboeve.com.

Olliff-Boeve Memorial Chapel, Phillipsburg, is in charge of arrangements.