Johanna Veenstra (1894–1933) was the first missionary of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) to go to Nigeria.
Her parents were William Veenstra, later a Christian Reformed pastor, and Cornelia Anna De Hoop.
[1] In February 1921, she arrived at her station in Lupwe, which is near Takum, now in Taraba State.
In March 1933, Veenstra became ill. She traveled to the Sudan United Mission hospital in Vom, which is in present-day Plateau State.
On Palm Sunday, April 9, 1933, Veenstra died of appendicitis[4] and was buried in Vom.