Genneive (VerSluys) Kiecksee

SHERBURN - Genneive (VerSluys) Kiecksee, age 94, of Sherburn, MN, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 30, 2025, at Temperance Lake Ridge, in Sherburn, MN.

A Graveside Service will be held for Genneive at a later date at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Ward, South Dakota, where she will be buried next to her husband, Wilmer, and infant daughter, Barbara.

Messages of sympathy and support may be left for Genneive’s family on her obituary page at www.sinnfuneralhome.com.

Genneive (VerSluys) Kiecksee was born on August 9, 1930, to Cornelius and Jennie (VerMulm) VerSluys on the farm near Rock Valley, Iowa.

On March 8, 1951, she was united in marriage to Wilmer Kiecksee in Elkton, South Dakota. She attended country school near Holland, MN. After their marriage they farmed in Moody County until they began farming in Minnesota. In addition to her work on the farm, she was the head housekeeper at Sunwood Good Samaritan Center in Redwood Falls and independently for several families.

In 2016, Genneive and Wilmer moved to Sherburn to be near their daughter and family. Since November 30, 2021, Genneive had been a resident of Temperance Lake Ridge.

Genneive loved to hike in State Parks and made it to nearly every park in Minnesota with her niece, Anita.

Genneive is survived by her daughter, Dee (Darryl) Krueger; son, James (Erin) Kiecksee; three grandchildren, Kimberly (Peter) Bell, Erica (Mark) Larson, Shawn Kiecksee; four great-grandchildren, Mars, Alaina, Thea, Aubrey; brother-in-law, Elmer (Vivian) Kiecksee; nieces and nephews and other relatives.

Genneive was preceded in death by her husband, Wilmer; infant daughter, Barbara Kiecksee; parents, Cornelius and Jennie; sisters; brother; father-in-law and mother-in-law; and other family members.