Beatrice Hoek

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Bea was a beloved member of the Maple Street Gang in Lansing! She brought the fun! Shedding tears for my dear friend and encourager! Rich and I are spending the month of February in Florida. We are unable to greet Jim and the family but our prayers and love are with all of you during the difficult days ahead! Rich and Nancy Vanden Berg

We join you in mourning Bea's passing, and we praise God for her life and her faith.

Jim, Dave and I are so saddened for you but know that Bea is with Jesus, totally healed. Praying for God to comfort you and you family. Peace be with you all. If you need anything let us know. Dave and Marge Tornga, LaGrave CRC

Thinking of you Jim and family. You will miss her smile and her joy even in difficult circumstances, such a joyful force.

Loved my time serving together on World Renew Disaster Relief assignments with Bea and Jim, and seeing her at all of our concerts with the Holland American Legion Band where my dear husband Tom played together with Jim in the Euphonium section.

I remember that Bea played the Hammond organ at Ivanhoe Reformed Church in Riverdale, Illinois when Jim was the music teacher at Illiana Christian High School in Lansing, Illinois

A woman of deep faith, who encouraged my prayer life and showed me through her life about obedience and submission to God's will in all circumstances. I will be eternally grateful for her hospitality and friendship when I was new to town and met with her and others to lift up our praises and requests to the Lord for 7 years. I will miss you Bea but look forward to the day we will worship the Lord together forever.

A beautiful obituary for a wonderful woman whose faith, generosity, joy, and congeniality was a gift and example to me and many others. May God walk with you, Jim, and your children and grands as you say farewell for now.