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Vital Statistics
The Family Page
as Listed in the Windmill Herald,
#947, April 8, 2002
Birthdays
Johanna Eysink, Sully, IA, Mar. 7, 100th; John Gabrielse, Lynden, WA, Mar. 20, 80th; Wendy Groen, Manteca, CA, Mar. 25, 80th; Cena Hoogewind, Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 18, 95th; Harold Jensen, Ellsworth, MI, Apr. 8, 80th; Coby Karreman (Kuiper), Nepean, ON, Mar. 24, 85th; Bernard & Jean Koops, Holland, MI, Mar. 2 & Apr. 20, 90th; Matthys Maas, Brampton, ON, Mar. 12, 85th; Frances Schripsema (Faber), Kentwood, MI, Apr. 4, 80th; Marjorie (Maartje) VanderGaag (Prins), Cornwall, PEI, Feb. 17, 90th; Agnes VanderPol, Edgerton, MN, Apr. 2, 90th;
Anniversaries
ALTENA, Philip & Jean, York, ON, Mar. 13, 50th; BALK (Vlug), Donald & Marion, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 12, 60th; BOUWMAN (Sijbolt), Derk & Annie, Appingedam, GR, / Burlington, ON, Apr. 9, 55th; BROUWER, Andries & Djoke, Ancaster, ON, Mar. 18, 50th; BROUWER (Nordhof), Geo & Alice, Evergreen Park, IL, Apr. 6, 70th; BRUURSEMA (Wustman), Tyce & Alva, Grandville, MI, Mar. 13, 50th; CASEMIER (Bloem), Albert & Hannah, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 20, 60th; DEBOER (DeJong), John & Gerda, Ladner, BC, Mar. 26, 50th; DEBOOM, Con & Adelyn, Sioux Center, IA, Mar. 5, 50th; DEJONG (Offringa), Bill & Catharina, Burlington, ON, Mar. 20, 50th; DEKKER (Straatsma), Clarence & Jane, Chatham, ON, Mar. 18, 50th; DYKSTRA, Peter & Dorothy, Hamilton, ON, Feb. 20, 50th; FENNEMA (TenBrinke), Ralph & Sina, Chilliwack, BC, Feb. 25, 45th; GRASMEYER (VanderBee), John & Lois, Seal Beach, CA, Apr. 4, 50th; GREVERS (Ruessink), John & Dinie, Woodstock, ON, Mar. 11, 50th; GROEN (Veenstra), Bernard & Pauline, Grandville, MI, Mar. 8, 45th; GROENEVELD, Mr. & Mrs. Frans, Fenwick, ON, Apr. 10. 40th; HAMSTRA (Zylstra), Jacob & Grace, Greensville, ON, Mar. 20, 55th; HEINEN, Jan en Riek, Aalten, Gl, / Picton, ON, Mar. 16, 50th; HEYKOOP (Verburg), Bill & Wilma, Reeuwijk, ZH, / Fenwick, ON, Feb. 27, 50th; HORJUS (VanSurksum), Martin & Ella, Grandville, MI, Mar. 13, 50th; HOUSON (formerly Huiszoon)(VanBerkel), Case & Bep, Rotterdam, ZH, / Nampa, ID, Mar. 26, 50th; JANSEN (Wissink), Henk & Stien, Lochem, GL, / Chatham, ON, Feb. 26, 50th; KAMSTRA (Smits), John & Ester, Hudsonville, MI, Mar. 14, 50th; KAMSTRA, Herman & Grace, Hamilton, ON, Feb. 20, 50th; KUIPER, Peter & Christina, Brampton, ON, Mar. 31, 50th; MARTENS (Wiersma), Wilf & Dorothy, Hagersville, ON, Mar. 10, 50th; MEEBOER (VanRooijen), Karel & Leny, St. Thoams, ON, Apr. 23, 55th; PIERSMA (Buma), Walter & Rose, Bowmanville, ON, Mar. 26, 50th; PIETERMAN (Wildeboer), Arend & Grietje, Chatham , ON, Feb. 4, 55th; POL (VandenBor), William & Bertha, Monkton, ON, Apr. 12, 45th; RONDA (Koning), Arthur & Janet, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 4, 60th; SCHELTEMA (Jongert), Ernie & Millie, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 15, 45th; SIKKEMA (VanHouten), Cy & Ethel, Byron Center, MI, Mar. 21, 50th; STAAL (DeKorte), William & Marie, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 14, 50th; TALSMA (Meekhof), Ernest & Anna, Allendale, MI, Mar. 6, 50th; VANDERMEER, Meino & John, Hamilton, ON, Feb. 14, 50th; VANDERWOUDE (Kits), George & Johanna, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 20, 55th; VANEE, John & Matty, Fort Macleod, AB, Mar. 29, 45th; VANWINGERDEN (VanZytveld), Ernest & Jean, Spring Lake, MI, Mar. 21, 50th;VELZEN (Ryskamp), Bernard & Jane, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 27, 60th; WALTERS (Oudemolen), Ronald & Barbara, Jenison, MI, Feb. 27, 50th; ZWIEP (Kleefstra), Ziere & Marilyn, Utrecht, UT, / Ancaster, ON, Apr. 3, 50th;
Obituaries
Christopher Lee Balkema, husband of Simone (Robbe), Byron Center, MI, Feb. 17, 41; Marjorie A. Besteman (Sweers), wife of Marvin, Jenison, MI, Mar. 19, 90; Cornelius “Casey” Bleeker, Sioux Center, IA, Feb. 25, 83; Ethel Boer (Holtrop), widow of Jacob, Sheldon, IA, Mar. 7, 100; Helen Elizabeth Boer, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 9, 97; Cornelia J. “Connie” Boer (Dykstra), wife of Edward, Coupeville, WA, Mar. 10, 80; Donald Boorsma, husband of Margaret, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 16, 65; Klaas Boorsma, Hamilton, ON, Mar. 2, 66; Lazina Gertrude Bos, widow of Richard, Byron Center, MI, Mar. 12, 84; Andries Pieter (Andrew) Bostelaar, husband of Nell (DeGelder), London, ON, Jan. 29, 72; Alberta S. Bouwman, widow of Claud, previously widow of Clarence Rich, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 1, 95; Nick Branderhorst Sr., (left) husband of Nellie (Meurs), owner and operator of Nick’s Greenhouse, b. Diesen, NB, (former Dutch resistanceman in Haarlemmermeer from where he and his family immigrated) / d. Pella, IA, Mar. 12, 78; Janny Brandsma (Laanstra), wife of Oeds, Edmonton, AB, Feb. 16, 63; Johanna Brink (Intveld), wife of James, Sioux Center, IA, Mar. 6, 83; Fred Brouwer, husband of Nettie, Escondido, CA, Jan. 25, 63; Dorothy E. Bruinsma, Sioux Center, IA, Mar. 11, 87; Henry John Buter, husband of Johanna, Zeeland, MI, Mar. 13, 91; Julian Elizabeth DeGroot, wife of Jan, Langley, BC, Mar. 13; Herman D. DeJong, Long Island City, NY, Feb. 21, 63; Daisy DenHerder (Heynen), Sioux Center, IA, Feb. 23, 89; John A. DeVet Sr., husband of Jeanette, Strathroy, ON, Mar. 1, 87; Sophia W. DeVries (Vanderzyden), Cleveland, OH, Feb. 15, 99; Hans Reinder DeVries, husband of Hinke (DeBoer), London, ON, Feb. 24, 86; Cindy M. DeVries, wife of David, Holland, MI, Mar. 8, 36; Elizabeth (Betty) P. DeWitt(VanVliet), widow of Rev. G. DeWitt, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 15, 92; Floyd M. DeYoung, husband of Janet, Rockford, MI, Mar. 14, 86; Gerald Ray Dieleman, husband of Agnes (Klyn), Hemet, CA, Mar. 10, 85; Peter Doot, husband of Margaret (Split), Grandville, MI, Mar. 19, 92; Clarence Dykstra, husband of Barbara, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 18, 94; Trijntje Froukje “Tina” Dykstra, wife of Bernard, b. Geldermalsen, GL, / d. Nanaimo, BC, Mar. 6, 55; Bernard J. Elzinga, widower of Gladys, Wyoming, MI, Mar. 17, 73; Roger Eugene Everse, husband of Ruth, Byron Center, MI, Mar. 8, 81; Edith Lucille Fisk (Verburg), widow of Jack, Rockford, MI, Mar. 8, 87; Benjamin Geleynse, husband of Lean (Buwalda), Owen Sound, ON, Feb. 24, 62; Edward Henri Gelms, son of Henri & Patricia (Berends), Mount Hope, ON, Feb. 12, 2; Theressa Glaza (Vos), wife of Cadwell E., previously widow of Louis Elenbaas, Zeeland, MI, Mar. 12, 83; Elizabeth Goudzwaard (Varekamp), widow of Peter, Seattle, WA, Jan. 29, 81; Anne Gritter (Hulst), widow of Garrit, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 12, 95; John Havenaar, (left) husband of Mary Jean, b. Sassenheim, ZH, (veteran of the N.E.I. Dutch army campaigns) / d. Byron Center, MI, Mar. 18, 75; Eljean Shirley Heerspink (Thielke), wife of Dennis, Holland, MI, Mar. 8, 64; Sue Hendricks (Terpstra), widow of Cornelius, Grandville, MI, Mar. 8, 99; George Holwerda, husband of Evelyn (VanNoord), Byron Center, MI, Jan. 27, 79; Jan Huizinga, husband of Grietje (Bats), Burlington, ON, Feb. 13, 90; Grietje “Margaret” Hulleman (Makkinga), widow of Hendrik, Burlington, ON, Feb. 15, 83; Marion Isenga, Zeeland, MI, Mar. 12, 91; Grace A. Jager (Doornbos), widow of Carl, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 5, 91; Timothy C. Jansen, Cutlerville, MI, Mar. 11, 38; Jacob Jongs, widower of Henny (Venhuizen), Surrey, BC, Jan. 24, 90; Everett Kamminga, widower of Jeanne, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 12, 79; Evalena Kelderman (VanZee), widow of John, Pella, IA, Mar. 1, 97; Catherine Keppel, widow of Ward, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 16, 94; Neil ‘Dutch’ Kersbergen, husband of Bettie (Frazier- Forrester), previously widower of Kathryn (Brafhart) & Louise (Cummins), Hamilton, KS, Mar. 6, 86; Devin Joe Kikkert, husband of Sarah, Lethbridge, AB, Feb. 23, 24; Jean Kloet, widow of Bert, Byron Center, MI, Mar. 19, 87; Dennis Lankhaar, husband of Barbara, Lynden, WA, Mar. 16, 78; Willem Lammers, husband of Jo (Stronks), St. Catharines, ON, Feb. 17, 74; Jennie Lanning (Schut), wife of Kenneth, previously widow of Henry Holstege, Hudsonville, MI, Mar. 20, 84; Fannie Leep (Metz), Martin, MI, Mar. 10, 81; Donald J. Lobbezoo, husband of Lynn, Rockford, MI, Mar. 12, 63; Bertha Lont, Haledon, NJ, Feb. 1, 88; Donna Mast, Zeeland, MI, Mar. 12, 71; Alice Nibbelink (Hoogland), widow of John, Orange City, IA, Mar. 10, 83; John Noorloos, husband of Sylvia (Kloppenburg), St. Thomas, ON, Mar. 2, 71; Gertrude Nyhof (VandeKieft), widow of Gerrit, Sioux Center, IA, Feb. 21, 88; Marion Olsthoorn, husband of Sara (Rempe), Pella, IA, Feb. 28, 72; Wilmyna Pennings, Orange City, IA, Mar. 5, 93; Henrietta Plantinga (Hoeksma), widow of Cornelius (Case), b. Drachten, FR, / d. Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 13, 86; Myrtle G. Postema, wife of Gerald, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar.20, 74; Irene Rademaker (VandenBout), widow of Jay, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 9, 103; Sidney Reitsma, husband of Diny, Freelton, ON, Dec. 14; Nellie (Neeltje) Roodzant (Spiering), wife of Anthony, b. Schiebroek, ZH, / d. Brampton, ON, Feb. 17, 84; Tracie Rozendaal (DePenning), wife of Ted, Grinnell, IA, Feb. 28, 88; Prof. Dr. H. Evan Runner, widower of Elisabeth (Ellen), emeritus professor of Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI; Randall (Randy) Lee Ryswyk, husband of Rebecca, Sparta, MI, Mar. 17; Edward Schaap, Sioux Center, IA, Mar. 9, 87; Johanna Maria (Annie) Schouten (Schippers), widow of Dick, Yarrow, BC, Feb. 19, 78; Rev. J.O. Schuring, husband of Gladys (Dik), Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 17, 93; Connie Mae Segaar, Brooten, MN, Jan. 30, 41; Henry John Smit, husband of Jean (TeVelde), Lynden, WA, Mar. 17, 67; Gerrit Smit, husband of Effie, Wyoming, MI, Mar. 12, 91; Gerrit C. Smit, husband of Pearl, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 4, 84; Verna G. Sneller, wife of Bill, Sioux Center, IA, Feb. 21, 80; Jacoba “Cobie” Spoelstra (VanHal), widow of Henry, Pella, IA, Mar. 12, 98; Marvin A. Steenhoek, husband of Berneda (VanWyk), Pella, IA, Mar. 11, 68; Earl J. Steenstra, husband of Mary, Kentwood, MI, Mar. 10, 64; Charline Mae Stegeman (TerAvest), widow of Jonathan (Bud), previously widow of Donald Henry, Mt. Pleasant, MI, Mar. 16, 80; Jessica Nicole Stout, daughter of Robert & Jodi, Petosky, MI, Feb. 16, 6; Gerald Terwisscha, husband of Frances (Vreeman), Lynden, WA, Mar. 10, 68; Tena Top (Oosterhof), widow of William, Burlington, WA, Mar. 10, 96; Connie VanDam, widow of Forrest R., Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 17, 72; John VanderVegte, widower of Gretha, Grimsby, ON, Feb. 5, 81; Sharon VanderGriend, Venice, FL, Mar. 15, 45; Rose F. VanderHeide, wife of Herman C., Port Charlotte, FL, Mar. 16, 90; Garrett VandeRiet, widower of Stella, previously widower of Bernadine, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 16, 90; Doris VanderMolen, wife of Ivan, Hudsonville, MI, Mar. 17, 77; Alice VanDyk, wife of Harm, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 10, 89; Pieter Marinus VanGruen, husband of Barbara, b. Bussum, NH, / d. North Vancouver, BC, Mar. 17, 73; Adrian VanHofwegen, widower of Henrietta (Zweep), Artesia, CA, Feb. 13, CA; Dorothy M. VanKoevering, widow of George (executive director of Michigan Railroads Association and former editor of the weekly Zeeland Record published at Zeeland, MI.), Lansing, MI, Mar 16, 94; Anna VanMarel(Cleveringa), widow of Arie J., Steen, MN, Feb. 18, 88; Edward Van’tHul, husband of Frances (VandeVegte), Hull, IA, Mar. 9, 85; Greta VanNoord, wife of Robert, Hudsonville, MI, Mar. 12, 79; Irma Nelle VanWyk, wife of Ben, Monroe, IA, Mar. 9, 94; Shirley M. Venema (Baker), Elmhurst, IL, Jan. 26, 78; Albert VerLee, Hudsonville, MI, Mar. 11, 93; Blanch M. Vredevelt, widow of Henry, Wyoming, MI, Mar. 11, 92; John B. Wildeboer, widower of Mary Lou, Wyoming, MI, Mar. 18, 80; Bill Wouters, husband of Janet (LeBlanc), Hamilton, ON, Feb. 13, 61; B. Craig Wynsma, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 16, 46;