She had no children and was widowed in 1959 after 20 years of marriage, but continued to live on her own in an apartment in Hoogeveen until she was 106.

她一辈子都没有孩子。1959年，也就是结婚20年后，她就开始守寡。此后，她一直独自在小镇霍赫芬的一套公寓中生活到106岁。