A visitation will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026, at Emmanuel Church in Morrison. Her funeral service will follow at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Luke Schouten officiating. The Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be at Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison. A memorial has been established to SONSHINE Early Education at Emmanuel Church.
Doris was born July 25, 1935, in Albany, IL, the daughter of Ralph and Gertrude (Vogel) Brondyke. She was educated in the Albany grade schools and graduated from Fulton High School. On July 6, 1956, she married Frank J. Vandermyde in Fulton, IL. They shared their lives for over 66 years before his passing on October 21, 2022. Doris was first employed at Diane’s Dinner Bell before becoming a homemaker, caring for her family while Frank farmed. She was a longtime member of Emmanuel Church, where she participated in Ruth Circle, taught Sunday school, and faithfully organized funeral luncheons for many years.
Survivors include three sons, Dave Vandermyde, Cal (Kim) Vandermyde, and Ron (Darla) Vandermyde, all of Morrison, IL; eight grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Marcia (Gerald) Meinsma of Morrison, IL.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Frank; one son, Stan Vandermyde; one daughter-in-law, Pat Vandermyde; three sisters, Lois Norman, Irma R. Hoogheem and Darlene Brondyke, in infancy; one brother, Robert Brondyke.
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