Obituary: Yvonne Caroline-Woelders Fent

Yvonne Caroline-Woelders Fent (November 24, 1957 — November 21, 2025)

Yvonne Caroline-Woelders Fent, 67, of Manchester, Mich., passed away on Friday, November 21, 2025, at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital. Yvonne’s family and friends will gather from 4 to 7pm on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, and from 10 to 11am on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Eineder Funeral Homes — Manchester Chapel. Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at Eineder Funeral Homes — Manchester Chapel. Pastor Gene Blair will serve as celebrant.

She was born on November 24, 1957, in s-Gravenhage, Netherlands, to Jan and Cornelia Adriana (Mannee) Woelders. Yvonne married the love of her life, Wayne Fent, on June 9, 1979, in Manchester, Michigan. She had a special love for animals and took good care of her cats and dogs as well as running a chicken farm. Yvonne greatly enjoyed gardening and being outside. She was a wonderful hostess and enjoyed having her friends over for pool parties as well as traveling to Florida with them. She was also the class manager for Jazzercise at Emmanuel Church in Manchester, Mich. But most of all, Yvonne loved spending time with her family. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and friend. 

Yvonne will be missed by her spouse, Wayne Fent; her two sons, Bryon Fent and Danny Fent; mother, Cornelia Woelders; and sister, Jenny Shoemaker. She is preceded in death by her father, Jan Woelders, and brother, Jan Woelders.

Memorial contributions are suggested to your local cancer and leukemia center. Please leave a message of comfort for Yvonne’s family or sign her guestbook at www.EinederFuneralHomes.com.

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by Sara Swanson

Sara Swanson is an editor, writer and a founder of the Manchester Mirror.