Cheryl Ann VanLoo Kuipers Quint

Cheryl Ann VanLoo Kuipers Quint of Caledonia, Michigan passed away on her 72nd birthday, December 1, 2021. She was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 1, 1949 to Kathryn June VanderMaas and Gordon Keith VanLoo. She loved the Blues, especially Buddy Guy, and saw him play at his club in Chicago several times. She always had a book nearby and liked to reread her favorite authors: Elmore Leonard, Stephen King, and Anne Rice. She enjoyed watching basketball and football with family and friends and never missed her soaps. She claimed to not like dogs but when she got a Maltese, Phoebe, she changed her mind and got another, Emma. She will be remembered by her daughter, Adrienne Quint; husband, Larry Kuipers; brothers, Jack VanderMaas and Dan Braska; granddaughters, Tegan and Kirstin VanLoo; and great grandson, Carter VanLoo Bergman. She was preceded in death by her son, Michael VanLoo; parents; stepfather, Neil J. VanderMass; brother, Neil M. VanderMass; and her dogs. A remembrance of her life will be held at 2pm on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Matthysse Kuiper DeGraaf Funeral Home, 4646 Kalamazoo Ave. SE, Kentwood. Family and friends are welcome to visit with the family one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The family kindly asks that masks are worn at all times indoors. Burial will be held at Washington Park Memorial Gardens at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to World Literacy Foundation (https://worldliteracyfoundation.org/) or Music Forward Foundation (https://musicforwardfoundation.org/about-us/).