Marie Vander Griend

Sheldon, Iowa

Marie Vander Griend, 98, of Sheldon, passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, in Wichita, Kansas. Her funeral service will be 10:30 A.M. on Friday, August 14, 2026, at First Christian Reformed Church in Sheldon with Pastor Brian Dunn, officiating.

To view Marie's service via livestream, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/@firstchristianreformedshel6538

Burial will be at East Lawn Cemetery in Sheldon.

Visitation with family present will be from 5 to 7 P.M. on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at First Christian Reformed Church in Sheldon.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to either LOVE Inc. in Sheldon or to Mission Haiti.

Arrangements are under the care of the Andringa Funeral Home - Sheldon.

IN LOVING MEMORY

MARIE VANDER GRIEND

BORN

January 5, 1928

Sanborn, Iowa

PASSED AWAY

August 5, 2026

Wichita, Kansas

FUNERAL SERVICE

10:30 A.M. Friday, August 14, 2026

Family Prayer Service at 10:00 A.M.

First Christian Reformed Church; Sheldon, Iowa

Rev. Brian Dunn - Officiating

SCRIPTURE

Psalm 91 Read by: Taylor Vander Griend

TRIBUTE

Brent Vander Griend & Sara Niebbelink

MUSIC

Prelude Music by: Fellowship Quartet

Sid Vander Griend, Howard Vander Griend, Herb Peters, Bill Griffioen

“Because He Lives” - Sung by: Amy Schaefer

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS

“Precious Lord, Take My Hand”

“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” “How Great Thou Art”

Organist: Von Bolkema

CASKET BEARERS

Grandsons

FINAL RESTING PLACE

East Lawn Cemetery

Sheldon, Iowa

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to LOVE Inc. in Sheldon or Mission Haiti.

After today’s graveside service, relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements are under the care of the

Andringa Funeral Home; Sheldon, Iowa.

Marie (Alons) Vander Griend was born on January 5, 1928, to Ben and Maggie Alons on a farm near Sanborn, Iowa. She attended country school, Sanborn Christian School and graduated from Western Christian Academy in 1946. She attended Westmar College for ten weeks that summer and at the age of 18 taught 3rd and 4th grade at Orange City Christian School for three years “for $135 a month”. She married Sidney Vander Griend in November of 1949 and moved to a farm south of Sheldon. That was her home for the next sixty-two years.

Sid and Marie raised six children there. Marla (Jeff) Sverdlow of Bradenton, Florida, Harlan (Diane) Vander Griend of Sheldon, Iowa, Dave (Deb) Vander Griend of Wichita, Kansas, Dennis - Deceased (Lee) Vander Griend of Wichita, Kansas, Gene (Cindy) Vander Griend of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Steve (Mari) Vander Griend of Wichita, Kansas.

She was a prayer warrior for her family and enjoyed any time she could spend with her fourteen grandchildren and twenty-seven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sid and her son, Dennis.

Marie moved from the farm to the Christian Retirement Home in October of 2011 and lived there for fourteen years. She was the resident who at the time had lived there the longest. When she realized she could no longer live independently at the retirement home she accepted the invitation to live with her youngest son, Steve and Mari in Wichita where twenty-six members of her family live. What a blessing to be cared for in the way she cared for so many others all her life.

Marie was a member of First Christian Reformed Church. She had a passion for Christian Education and Christ-centered ministries around the world. What a blessing to know that twenty residents of a mission Haiti elder home were praying for her in her final days.

Marie passed away at her son’s home in Wichita on August 5, 2026, with several family members at her bedside. We are certain she heard the words, “well done good and faithful servant”.