Bessie Marie Herinckx

Bessie Marie Herinckx, 94, a longtime resident of the Roy Community recently of the Forest Grove community passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro.

Recitation of the Holy Rosary and

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday February 8, 2014 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 39135 NW Harrington Rd in Roy.

Rite of Christian Burial will take place following the Mass held at St Francis Catholic Cemetery in Roy, OR.

Family and friends are invited to attend a reception following the burial to take place at St. Francis Grade School.

Bessie was born on a farm south of Hillsboro on March 4, 1919 and lived in Washington County all her life except for a brief time in Wheeler, OR. Her parents were William Herman and Bertha Frances(Grabel) Wienecke. Bessie attended Grabel School, which had one room for all eight grades and was named after her grandfather. In the fourth grade Bessie and her family moved to North Plains and she lived there until she was married. While growing up Bessie held jobs that included: picking strawberries, filberts, cleaning houses, babysitting, telephone operator and as a janitor at the North Plains elementary school. She graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1938. She was united in marriage to Peter (Pete) Herinckx on July 1, 1940 and they were married for 58 years before Pete died in 1999.

Pete and Bessie loved to go dancing and attended the Washington County Grange Hall dances at Pumpkin Ridge for 30 years. Besides raising a large family, Bessie liked to grow flowers and enjoyed many kinds of crafts including knitting, crocheting and sewing clothes. Bessie also loved to quilt and generously shared her quilts with her family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Pete, two brothers, Wilson and Jack Wienecke, a son George and grandson Clyde Maller.

Survivors include her seven children and their spouses: Joan and Monte Vandehey of Salem, Tom and Patty Herinckx of Oxnard, CA, Anita and Allen Maller of McMinnville, Fred and Janet Herinckx of Myrtle Creek, Linda and Steve Dum of Aloha, Tracy and Mary Herinckx of Vernonia, Sara and Pat Batalgia of Banks, 21 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

The family suggest donations in Bessie's name to Birthright or Alexia's Cozy Covers.