Went to be with the Lord our Savior on December 16, 2016. Pauline was born in Kalamazoo to the late John and Anna (Vliekstra) Apotheker. She is survived by her daughters, Pamela (Kirk) Lyngstad and Julia (Victor Fonseca) Barney-Fonseca; grandchildren, Jessica Hollowell, Whitney Tyson and Peter, Violet, Andrew, Nick and Ben Lyngstad and great-grandchildren, Quinci, Imani and Cori Tyson and Tommy Hollowell. Pauline is also survived by brothers, Francis and Wesley Apotheker; sister, Anita TenBrink and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Henry Apotheker and sister, Elizabeth Haaksma.