![]() ![]() Also, while at Grand Valley, Norm developed a Water Resources Institute and later founded the GVSU Teaching and Learning Center. These grants allowed Norm and his students to do extensive research in SW Alaska, Denmark, Greenland, the Antarctic, and throughout the Western United States, including working on the Calypso with Jacques Cousteau. Norm’s academic accomplishments were many, but his largest successes were multiple Nation Science Foundation grants that funded his research (including the first million-dollar grant awarded to Grand Valley State University). In 1973, Norm accepted a faculty position at Grand Valley State University where he taught and continued his research for more than 30 years. Shirley and Norm returned to western Michigan to be nearer to family with a desire to raise their children in a Christian environment. He then did a post-doctoral fellowship at Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies. He went on to earn his MS with a specialty in Glacial Geomorphology at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and then completed his PhD at the University of Washington. Norm fast tracked his new major in Geology, graduating from U of M in 1966. Norm called Shirley his “Christmas in July” her birthday was July 25. While at U of M, Norm met Shirley Bishop and they married on June 4th, 1967. He attended the University of Michigan with the intent of pursuing Dentistry, but one geology course was all it took to turn him to his life’s calling. After graduating from Shelby High School, he went to Hope College, graduating with degrees in Biology and Chemistry. He developed a deep love of the outdoors and the natural world that stayed with him throughout his life. He had many childhood adventures growing up on a small farm with a creek and cedar swamp in rural New Era, Michigan. Norm was born May 17th, 1943, in Shelby, Michigan to Lawrence and Louise (Wissman) TenBrink. ![]() He went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior. TenBrink, age 79, passed away on March 30, 2023, after a valiant four-year battle with leukemia. Memorial contributions may be made to the Back to God Hour or Hospice of Holland.įuneral arrangements are under the auspices of the Mulder Chapel.Dr. Interment will be in Pilgrim Home Cemetery, Holland. A funeral ceremony will be held on Monday, May 22, at 11:00am, at Providence Christian Reformed Church, 821 Ottawa Avenue, Holland. The family will receive visitors on Sunday, May 21, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm, at the Dykstra Funeral Home - Mulder Chapel, 188 West 32nd Street, Holland. and Cindy Vogelzang, of Holland, MI sister in-law, Helen Vender Weide of Drenthe, MI 8 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, 12 step grandchildren, 18 step-great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews. and Cheryl Swierenga of Holland, MI and Catherine Van Liere of Zeeland, MI step children, Mary and Don Swierenga of Grand Rapids, MI, Kris and Max Michmerhuizen of Holland, MI, John C. Jacquelyn is survived by her children, Dr/Col Donald J. Swierenga in 2016 sister, Pearl Heerspink in 2016 son in-law, Roger Van Liere in 2018. She was preceded in death by her first husband, John Swierenga in 1990 second husband, John Vogelzang in 2004 brother, David Vander Weide in 2005 sister, Catherine Prince in 2011 son, John B. She was a member of Providence Christian Reformed Church, a Realtor/Broker for 21 years, a designer for Ebelink's Floral, a member of Women's Literary Club, a Calvinette leader and a Sunday School teacher at Maple Avenue Christian Reformed Church. Vogelzang was born in Chicago, Illinois, November, 1928 and moved to Holland in 1957. Jacquelyn Swierenga Vogelzang, age 94, of Holland, passed away on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. ![]()
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