Daughter of Gerrit Kamper and Sena Bloemsma (the eight of 14 children)

Married first, John Folkersma. They had two children, David Folkersma and Sally Folkersma. John died at age 46 of cancer.

In 1970, Grace Folkersma married the Rev. John Hanenburg, a widowerer. When he died in 1990, Grace moved in with her younger sisters in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Grace Haneburg died at age 95 at the Holland House where she moved to in 2000.

Surviving were her children: David and Margaret Folkersma of Rudyard, Sally and George Pruiksma of Cutlerville; her step children: Irene Wiersma, James and Reta Hanenburg, Ted and Netty Hanenburg, Rich Hanenburg, Cathy and Cecil Holtrop; 8 grandchildren, her great grandchildren and great great grandchildren, and many step grandchildren, and their families; her sister, Thelma B. Kamper; her sister-in-law, Henrietta Kamper and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in death by her grandson Kenneth Pruiksma.