Alice Zuidema

October 10, 1922 - September 12, 2020

Alice Margaret (Johnson) Zuidema was born in Paterson, NJ on October 10, 1922. She was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 12, 2020. She is survived by her three children, John D. Zuidema, Jr. (Jack)and wife Faye of Alachua, FL, James J. Zuidema (Jim)and wife Nancy of Virginia Beach, VA and Margaret A. (Zuidema) deLeeuwerk and husband Alan of Greenville, SC; nine grandchildren, Timothy (Tim) Zuidema and wife Katy Jo of Micanopy, FL, William (Billy) Zuidema and wife Teresa of Sumter, SC, Jamie Zuidema and wife Anna of VanMeter, IA, Joshua Zuidema of Norfolk, VA, Jessica (Zuidema) Perkins and husband Stuart, Jason Zuidema andwife Sarah, both of Virginia Beach, VA, Jacob (Jake) deLeeuwerk and wife Jessica, Sarah (deLeeuwerk) Kasperek and husband Amos, both of Greenville, SC and Benjamin (Ben) deLeeuwerk of Loveland, CO; and twenty great-grandchildren. Mrs. Zuidema resided in NJ for most of her life. On June 17, 1944, she married John D. Zuidema, Sr., to whom she was married and devoted for 65 years until he predeceased her on March 31, 2009. In 1978 the Zuidemas were residing in Wayne, NJ when they moved to Bradenton, FL where they resided until 1993 when they moved to Port Republic, VA and later to Harrisonburg, VA. Shortly after her husband’s passing, Mrs. Zuidema moved in with her daughter Meg in Greenville, SC, who lovingly cared for her and saw to it that all her needs were met until her passing. Mrs. Zuidema was a devoted and caring wife and matriarch, a talented homemaker, seamstress, cook and baker, who dearly loved her family, her Bible and her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mrs. Zuidema was interred on September 16, 2020 at the Virginia State Veterans Cemetery in Amelia Courthouse, VA, where she was buried beside her husband, a World War II veteran.