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Vital Statistics
The Family Page
as Listed in the Windmill Herald,
#685, May 23, 1991
Birthdays
Anne W. Antonides (Biewenga), Faith Manor, Holland Christian Homes, Brampton, ON., Apr. 22, 90th; Jacoba Katerberg (Offerreins), Drayton, ON., May 10, 88th; Lena Mulder (Verhey), Edgerton, Minn., May 4, 90th; Winnie Rutgers (VanderMay), Lynden Rest Home, Lynden, Wash., Apr. 20, 90th;
Anniversaries
AGEMA (DeHaan), Titus & Angeline, Falmouth, Mich., Apr. 11, 50th; BAKHUYZEN (VanTongeren), John & Irene, Grand Rapids, Mich., May 13, 50th; BOOTSMA, Wilfred & Theresa, Hieslum, Friesland / Port Dover, ON., May 6, 55th; BROWER (Schipper), Harvey & Julia, Holland, Mich., Apr. 26, 50th; BULTHUIS (VanderPloeg), Raymond & Henrietta, Ripon, Calif., Apr. 29, 50th; BUTEYN (Leys), Peter & Janet, Sheboygan, Wis., May 14, 55th; DAMSMA (Greydanus), Peter & Nellie, Kitchener, ON., May 18, 65th; DEGROOT (Kingma), Peter & Tina, Berdaard, Friesland / Lethbridge, Alta., May 2, 40th; DETERS (Boeskool), Clarence & Julia, Holland, Mich., Apr. 25, 50th; DIEKEMA (Poppema), Ernest & Harriet, Holland, Mich., Apr. 25, 45th; DIELEMAN (Dieleman), William & Marie, Chatham, ON., May 6, 65th; DREISE (Van Dyken), John F. & Anje, Chatham, ON., May 11, 60th; EVERS (Zylstra), Henk & Dini, Wellandport, ON., Apr. 13, 35th; HARKEMA (Hoytema), Steven & Renee, Jenison, Mich., May 7, 60th; HOEKSEMA (Bos), John & Ida, Oostwold, W.K., Groningen / Watford, ON., May 5, 50th; HOEKSTRA, Bill & Marie, Brampton, ON., Apr. 26, 40th; HOEKSTRA (VanderMolen), William & Theresa, Randolph, Wis., May 7, 60th; HUISENGA (Schutler), Pete & Helen, Lansing, Ill., May 9, 50th; JANSEN (Kraai), Ben & Alice, Holland, Mich., May 2, 50th; JELSEMA (Schaafsma), Robert & Marcia, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2, 50th; KAMPS (Braaksma), George J. & Edith, Manhattan, Mont., May 6, 50th; KNOOPS (Kersaan), Ben & Diana, Winsum, Groningen / Trinity Tower, Holland Christian Homes, Brampton, ON., May 7, 60th; LUIMES, Gerrit & Riek, Spencerville, ON., May 9, 50th; MULDER (Koning), Jim & Giny, Brockville, ON., May 2, 35th; MULDER (Jansen), Hielke & Minnie, Edmonton, Alta., May 16, 50th; NICOLAI (VanderWeit), Louis & Florence, Plymouth, N.C., May 16, 45th; OKKERSE (Heins), Jacob J. & Jessie, Bedford, Ohio, May 11, 70th; OOMS (Hoekstra), Wm. & Christine, Lansing, Ill., May 10, 45th; OVERWEG (Schout), John & Donna, Zeeland, Mich., Apr. 25, 77; POORT (Rusticus), Peter & Gerry, Chatham, ON. / Wyoming, ON., Apr. 27, 40th; REITSMA (Bouma), Eelke & Lysberth, Kerwood, ON., May 1, 35th; ROETERS (DeGroot), Henry & Lucille, Redlands, Calif., May 3, 60th; ROOSE (Bokhoven), Len & Minnie, Lakewood, Colo., May 15, 50th; SIMMELINK (Dekker), Clayton & Maude, Sheboygan, Wis., May 14, 50th; STOUB (Bulthuis), John & Florence, Countryside, Ill., May 4, 45th; TANIS (Rolsma), Martin & Ethel, Bradenton, Fla., May 13, 60th; TENCKINCK (Hamelink), Gordon & Edna, Holland, Mich., May 2, 50th; TIMMER (Sluiter), Gerrit & Theresa, Holland, Mich., May 9, 50th; VANDERVLOET, Adrian & Marie, Parkhill, ON., Apr. 22, 65th; VANDERHEIDE (Tanis), Antonie Albertus & Jacoba (Cobie), Surrey, B.C., May 5, 20th; VANDERVEEN, Henry & Alida, Dedemsvaart / Burlington, ON., May 8, 50th; VANDERWEIDE (Bosma), Clarence & Sadie, Chino, Calif., May 14, 50th; VANDERWOUDE (Greidanus), Klaas & Cornelia, Barrie, ON., Apr. 22, 45th; VANDERWOUDE (Gerbrandy), Simon & Elsie, San Marcos, Calif., May 15, 50th; VANLONKHUYSEN (Riksen), Gerrit & Co, Fennville, Mich., May 28, 50th; VANSTARKENBURG (Zandbergen), Geerlof & Janna, Pembroke, ON., Apr. 25, 40th; VEENSTRA (VanWyk), Ben & Gretta, Pella, Iowa, Mar. 27, 45th; VELDMAN, Case & Martha, Grandville, Mich., Apr. 29, 50th; WOUDSTRA (Zeilenga), Leroy & Vernell, Orange City, Iowa, Apr. 25, 40th;
Obituaries
Martin Aardema, husband of Genevieve (DeRuiter), Falmouth, Mich., Mar. 19, 90; Nell Baak, New Westminster, B.C., Apr. 22, 91; Itske Beintema (Kloosterman), wife of Renze, Watford, ON., Apr. 20, 62; Ariel Renata Yvonne Boilen (VanLoon), Vancouver, B.C., May 1, 38; William Bolkema, husband of Dena (Krommendyk), b. Oudekerk, emigrated to Hospers, Iowa, in 1910, d. Rock Valley, Iowa, Apr. 9, 89; Gerrit Brinks, widower of Jennie (VerHoef), Boyden, Iowa, Apr. 7, 93; Gerry (Jack) Buurma Sr., widower of Charlotte (Meyers), husband of Marie (Meyers), Willard, Ohio, Apr. 3, 86; Martha DeBruyn, wife of Robert, Zeeland, Mich., Apr. 25, 82; Gertrude M. DeGraaf (VanderPol), widow of Frank Marion, of Orange City, Iowa, at Newkirk, Iowa, Apr. 6, 79; Rev. R.O. DeGroot, husband of Ann, Grand Rapids, Mich., Apr. 10, 83; Nelson DeJong, husband of Ada Frances (Schuller), Orange City, Iowa, Apr. 5, 87; Marie Elizabeth (Betty) DeKubber (Scholten), widow of Frank (1974), emigrated from the Netherlands in 1913, d. Lynden, Wash., Apr. 29, 80; Jacob DeLeeuw, husband of Bertha, Grand Rapids, Mich., Apr. 7, 83; Louis M. Derkinderen, widower of Bertha (Snyder), Grimsby, ON., Apr. 24, 69; Koob DeWilde, husband of Evelyn A., Grandville, Mich., Mar. 23, 81; Margaret Duiker (Yzerman), wife of Rinke, Brantford, ON., Apr. 21, 40; Antje Eygenraam (VanOosten), widow of Simon (1985), b. Delft, d. Thunder Bay, ON., Apr. 7, 87; Genevieve Haakma (Kooiker), widow of John, Hamilton, Mich., Apr. 16, 79; Cyriel Hansebout, formerly of Bothwell & Wardsville, ON., at Chatham, ON., May 1, 87; Louise Hoek (DenDulk), widow of Thomas, Ripon, Calif., Feb. 27, 85; Albert Jan Hoeksema, husband of Antoinette, Hamilton, ON., Apr. 24, 60; Sidney Hoekstra, husband of Sophie (Sikma), South Holland, Ill., Mar. 27, 75; Louis E. Jansen, husband of Henrietta, b. Vledder, Drenthe, emigrated to Iowa in 1905, d. Pella, Iowa, Apr. 16, 93; William J. Jellema, husband of Alice (Van Grondelle), Lansing, Ill., Mar. 29, 83; Carl Juijn, husband of Esther, b. Rotterdam, d. Richmond, B.C., Apr., 92; Ernest Kempema, husband of Jennie (Harmsen), of Rock Valley, Iowa, at Sioux Falls, Iowa, Apr. 27, 90; Johannes Lange, husband of Helen (Arts), Sarnia, ON., Apr. 22, 70; Lidy Luymes, wife of Henk, Abbotsford, B.C., Apr. 28, 65; Harriet Irene Meerdink (Borgman), widow of Wilbur H., Mission, Tex., Mar. 29, 73; Henry W. Nykamp, widow of Mary, Zeeland, Mich., Apr. 25, 88; Roelof (Ralph) Oegema, husband of Tina, Grimsby, ON., Apr. 23, 63; Norman J. Overbeek, husband of Betty, Grandville, Mich., Apr. 13, 58; Emery A. Pals, widower of Charlotte (Otten), Hull, Iowa, Apr. 6, 90; Eva J. Post (Mouw), widow of Henry, Orange City, Iowa, Mar. 30, 93; Tunis Schakel, husband of Clara (VanSteenwyk), of Pella, Iowa, at Brainerd, Minn., Apr. 15, 87; Gerret Schilt, son of the late Andrew & Elizabeth (VerWaal), who emigrated to Iowa in 1922, Knoxville, Iowa, Mar. 26, 81; Andrew L. Schippers, widower of Alide (Popma), Pella, Iowa, Apr. 26, 100; Beitsche (Betty) Kenno Schippers, widow of Marion Louis, daughter of Rev. B.D. & Nelly Dykstra, Pella, Iowa, 81; Jane Ann Sietsema, daughter of Ralph & Celia, Allendale, Mich., Apr. 23, 48; Cornelius Stob, widower of Theodora (Sluis), Lafayette, Ind., Apr. 2, 90; Chester Terpstra, husband of Wilma Maxine (Dieleman), Peoria, Iowa, Apr. 20, 60; Joan Tuls (Kool), wife of Arthur, Holland, Mich., Apr. 18, 63; Donald H. VandeGarde, husband of Margene (Grooters), Lynden, Wash., Apr. 24, 68; Jacob VanDenBerg, husband of Clareen (TerHorst), Midland Park, N.J., Mar. 24, 69; Paul VanderBill, husband of Grace (Nieuwenhuis), Prinsburg, Minn., Apr. 5, 90; Carl Edgar VanderHart, widower of Jeanette (Vos), Prairie City, Iowa, Mar. 22, 88; Jennie Cornelia VanderHart, Pella, Iowa, Mar. 19, 78; Gertrude VanderLee (VanRoekel), wife of Tunis, Sheldon, Iowa, Apr. 5, 79; Louis A. VanderVeken, husband of Ethel, Hamilton, ON., Apr. 24; Agatha Cornelia VanderZalm, widow of William, mother of the former premier of B.C., William N., Surrey, B.C., May 5, 90; Wilda Irene VanDoorninck (VanderPol), wife of Frederick Hendrik, Pella, Iowa, Mar. 28, 85; Manuel VanDyk, husband of Jean, Deming, Wash., Apr. 6, 76; Garrett J. VanDyke, husband of Percella, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, at Clearwater, Fla., Mar. 27, 70; Theodorus VanGeffen, husband of Johanna Marie (VandenBerk), London, ON., Apr. 24, 81; Orville Gerald VanRoekel, of Lynden, Wash., at New Plymouth, Idaho, Apr. 13, 61; Elizabeth VanVark (Duinink), wife of Charles, Pella, Iowa, Apr. 10, 86; Fred J. VanZuuk, husband of Bertha, Grinnell, Iowa, Apr. 12, 90; Jetze Atzes Veldhuis, husband of Antje Finke Kuipers, formerly of Goderich, ON., Seaforth Manor, Seaforth, ON., Apr. 23; Harold Verhulst, Christian Rest Home, Grand Rapids, Mich., Apr. 11, 93; Wilhelmina Henrietta Vos (VandenBerg), widow of William, Pella, Iowa, Apr. 12, 96; Nickolaas Vreugdenhil, husband of Margaret (Veldstra), Brantford, ON., Apr. 11, 47; Margaret Wagenaar (VanderVeen), widower of Jacob Croeze (1964), & John Wagenaar (1987), Strathroy, ON., Apr. 27, 81;