Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 5, 2026 at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Her funeral service will follow at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Paul Wissink, pastor of First Reformed Church in Fulton, IL, officiating. Interment will be at Fulton Township Cemetery in Fulton, IL. Memorials have been established to American Parkinson Disease Association and First Reformed Church.
Marilyn was born November 29, 1940, in Clinton, IA, the daughter of Allen and Dorothy (Buikema) Poel. She was educated in the Albany and Rural Whiteside County Grade Schools and graduated from Erie High School in 1958. On September 26, 1958, Marilyn married Arnold J. Huizenga in Fulton, IL. Together, they farmed in the Fulton area throughout their married life while raising their family. Marilyn loved being a homemaker and caring for her family. She also worked at Harbor Crest Nursing Home in Fulton. She was a lifelong member of First Reformed Church in Fulton, where she enjoyed singing in the choir and teaching Sunday school and youth group. In her free time, Marilyn liked riding bicycles, playing the piano, painting ceramics and baking.
Survivors include her husband, Arnold; one daughter, Jane (Jerry) Lewis of Fulton, IL; three sons, Gary Huizenga of Albany, IL, Tom (Lisa) Huizenga and Matt (Sheila) Huizenga both of Fulton, IL; twelve grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one great-grandson, Ryker Huizenga; one sister, Carol Bush; one brother, Eugene Poel.
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