Melvin J. Boersma

Melvin J. Boersma, age 85, WWII US Army Veteran, beloved husband for 60 years to Dorothy L., nee Vanderwall. Loving father of Sandra (Gary) Wagenaar, James (Janice), Barbara (Steven) Klinckman, Judith (William III) Slager, Ronald (Paige), Doreen (Steven) Summers. Cherished grandfather of Kurt, Karl (fiancée Rachel Huizenga) and Kent Wagenaar; Jason (Dana) Boersma; Emily and Samuel Klinckman; William IV, Lindsay and Benjamin Slager; Philip, Raymond and Jacqueline Boersma; Simon, Stacy, and Seth Summers. Dearest great-grandfather of James and Sophia Boersma. Dear brother of Harriet (late Ben) Veldman, Mildred (late John) Hoving and the late Jeanette Boersma and Theodore (Grace) Boersma. Fond brother-in-law of Lorraine (Art) Deckinga. Dear uncle of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Thursday, February 16, 2012 from 3-9 p.m. at Colonial Chapel, 15525 S. 73rd Ave. (155th/Wheeler Dr. & Harlem) Orland Park, IL. Memorial Service Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 Noon at Mt. Greenwood Community Reformed Church 3509 W. 111th St., Chicago, IL 60655. Interment private at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, IL. Memorials to Mt. Greenwood Community Reformed Church preferred. Express your thoughts and condolences at www.colonialchapel.com 708-532-5400