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。