Antonia M. "Toni" Lourens

November 19, 1926 - January 7, 2022

FITCHBURG-Antonia “Toni” M. (Jansen) Lourens, 95, of Fitchburg, passed away Friday morning, January 7, 2022, in the Lifecare Center in Leominster. Toni was born in Doetinchem , Holland, on November 19, 1926 a daughter of the late Wilhelm and Anna Johanna (TerVeer) Jansen and moved to this Country in 1955. As a young woman, she worked in the billing department at the Misset Horeca Newspaper in Holland and later in life would work in the billing department for the Speedway Petroleum Company as well as the cafeterias at Fitchburg High School and the McKay School. Toni had a passion for the outdoors and was a skilled gardener. She loved to travel, knit, and crochet. Her greatest pleasure was times spent with her family. Her husband, Nicolaas J. Lourens died in 1996. She leaves two sons, Nicolaas H. Lourens and his wife Anne Marie of Hudson and Ronald W. Lourens and his wife Nancy of Rindge, NH; a daughter, Maryanne Harris of Fitchburg and her fiancé, Paul Capps of Phillipston; grandchildren, Erik, Kyle, Kristen, Melissa, Tawnya; great-grandchildren Macie and Preston; Marcy and Emilia and several nephews and nieces. In addition to her husband, she is predeceased by a grandson, Connor Lourens, two brothers, Wilhelm Jansen and Gerard Jansen; two sisters, Lien Natrop and Annie Gilbert and her son-in-law, Richard Harris. Her family would like to thank all those responsible for her compassionate care at Life Care Center of Leominster over the last year. Toni will be smiling down upon them from Heaven. Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 11AM in the Isabelle & Anderson Funeral Home, 316 Clarendon St., Fitchburg. A calling hour will be held prior to the service on Wednesday morning from 10-11AM. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Connor Lourens Memorial Fund , PO Box 918, Rindge, NH 03461.