Willie Stam, a resident of Fairfield Park, Wallaceburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at the age of 91.<\/p>\n
Born in DenHaag,\u00a0Netherlands, the daughter of the late Wilhelmus and Jacoba (Meyer) de Bruin. Beloved wife of the late Derk Stam (2015). Loving mother of Marja Maahs (Daryl),\u00a0Jolanda Kramer (Keith), John Kooistra (2017) (Christine),\u00a0Brian Kooistra (Kim) and\u00a0Trish Van Gelder (Ed). Cherished grandmother of Laura Lee Maahs, Dave Maahs, Jim Maahs (Angela), Alisha Killoran (Jamie), Tim Kramer (Megan), Jason Kramer (Lindsay), Kaylene Norlock (Matthew), Amanda Van Gelder, Kristen Van Gelder, Megan De Pooter\u00a0(Casey), Curtis Van Gelder (Maddie), Tyler Kooistra (Ashley), Mark Kooistra, Hailey Kooistra and Rowan\u00a0Kooistra. Proud\u00a0great grandmother of Abby Maahs, Amy,\u00a0Chloe Maahs, Veronika, Reuben, Rian, Owen,\u00a0Mavis Killoran, Kole, Gwenyth, Ivry, Trent Kramer,\u00a0Alera, Scarlett, Ezra, Liam Kramer, Lance Norlock, Nile, Eden, Kade De Pooter and Greyson, Rykleigh Kooistra. Dear sister of Gertie Viau. Predeceased by sisters Joanne\u00a0Massaar, Gerda de Ruiter,\u00a0Emile Stap and brother Leo de\u00a0Bruin. Family and friends will be received at the Wallaceburg Christian Reformed Church, 150 Bruinsma Ave., Wallaceburg on Tuesday\u00a0from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.\u00a0Private family interment in Dresden Cemetery. A funeral service will be held from the Church on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 11 a.m.\u00a0If desired, donations may be made to Wallaceburg Christian School.\u00a0Arrangements entrusted to the Badder Funeral Home & Reception Centre, Dresden. Online donations and condolences may be left at www.badderfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Willie Stam, a resident of Fairfield Park, Wallaceburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at the age of 91.","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 12:02:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/obituaries\/2024\/01\/stam-willie\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37886,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37885\/revisions\/37886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}