Alyda Pauline Eelkema, 80, lifetime resident of Oak Harbor, passed away suddenly at Whidbey General Hospital, Sunday, March 16, 2003.

Visitation will be Thursday, March 20, from noon to 5 p.m. at Burley Funeral Chapel. A private family graveside service will be Friiday, March 21, at Fircrest Cemetery. A Memorial Service (open to the public) will follow at 3 p.m. at Oak Harbor Christian Reformed Church, Pastor Harold Veldman officiating. A complete and full obituary notice will appear in a later edition. Arrangements under direction of Burley Funeral Chapel.