Jan. 19, 1928 — Oct. 7, 2022
George (Gysbrecht) Feyter of Picture Butte, husband of the late Pieternella Feyter, passed away following a heart attack on Friday, Oct. 7, 20220-9 at the age of 94 years.
George is survived by his wife Martina Feyter (Spaans) in Grand Rapids, MI.; his children Francois (Sieneke), Johanna (Clarence) Arnoldussen, Andrew (Jane), Peter (Andrea), George (Andrea), and James (Irene); 26 grandchildren; 70 great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; one brother-in-law in Lethbridge, Andy and Janny Wisse and their children; plus Wisse in-laws and many nieces and nephews in the Netherlands.
George was predeceased by his first wife, Nellie (nee Wisse), in 1997; son Adrian in 1963; an infant grandson in 1975; grandson Joel Arnoldussen in 2003; and daughter-in-law Stiena Feyter in 2012. George was the last surviving member of nine siblings in the Netherlands.
George and twin brother Pieter were born in Aardenburg, Netherlands on Jan. 19,1928. He immigrated with his wife Nellie and two small children to Milk River in March 1951, and pursued a successful farming career, his dream since he was a very young school boy. In four years, he rented two farms in Picture Butte area, and then in Shaughnessy, and then bought his own farm on the Blue Trail in 1962, which he farmed until his retirement in 1988. Since June 2016 George resided at Bethesda Care Home in Picture Butte in very good health, and where he received excellent care.
A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, at the Fort Macleod Netherlands Reformed Congregation Church with Rev. E.C. Adams officiating. Interment will follow at Fort Macleod Union Cemetery, east of the church.
Private family luncheon to follow.
Condolences may be sent through www.edensfuneralhome.com.