Betty Opt Hoff

OPT HOFF, Betty
Kalamazoo, Michigan Betty Potts Opt Hoff of Kalamazoo, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed away Monday, February 25, 2008. She was born April 28, 1920 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Jacob and Jantje Hoeksema Potts. She was a lifelong resident of Kalamazoo and also a charter member of Grace Christian Reformed Church. On April 2, 1949, she was married to Cornelius NeilOpt Hoff, who survives. Also surviving are their children, Jayna Bert Van Dellen of Scotts, Beth Garry Demski of Jenison, Robyn Mike Lilek of Kalamazoo; grandchildren, Keren Holdridge, Melissa Abraham Telling, Timothy Lindee Van Dellen, Thomas Caroline Van Dellen, Michelle and Catherine Lilek; great grandchildren, Daniel, Nicolas, Jason and Benjamin Holdridge, William & Tori Finley, Anthony Kelley, Jedidiah, Cornelius, Katherine, Reuben, Ethan, Emma and Megan Telling, Asher Van Dellen, Katelee and Thomas Van Dellen; a sister-in-law, Eileen Potts; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday at 11:00 AM in the Grace Christian Reformed Church, 1724 Whites Road with Rev. Dr. Joseph A. Brinks officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Ever-Rest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick St., on Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-8 PM. Memorial contributions may be directed to Grace Christian Reformed Church, the Kalamazoo Christian School Association, Rose Arbor Hospice or the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission.