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Vital Statistics
The Family Page
as Listed in the Windmill Herald,
#611, May 16, 1988
Birthdays
Jessie Beld, Lynden, WA, 80, Apr. 30; Thijs Bijlhouwer, St. Catharines, ON, 63, May 15; Ella DeVries, Zeeland, MI, 85, Apr. 22; Walter Doornekamp, Welland, ON, 63, May 10; John L. Handjes, Pickering, ON, 59, May 11; Josiena Klijn (VanSchagen), Welland, ON, 71, May 3; John Kooi, Sioux Center, IA, 90, May 18; Cornelia Plug, St. Catharines, ON, 69, May 2; Jacob Plug, St. Catharines, ON, 75, May 16; Pete Rosendale, Denver, CO, 90, May 6; Aldrich Sasveld, Oak Forest, IL, 85, May 16; Arie Sluys, Bellingham, WA, 78, May 14; Jacoba Spoelstra, Pella, IA, 85, May 15; Anna VanGinkel, Hull, IA, 95, May 22; Al VanPetten, Fenwick, ON, 79, May 9; Mary VanWynen, East Islip, NY, 90, May 8; Tjerk Wassenaar, St. Catharines, ON, 63, Apr. 21; Grace Witvoet, Hamilton, ON, 80, May 22;
Anniversaries
BAKKER (Koopman), Gerlof & Baukje, Oudemirdum, FR, / Russell, ON, May 8, 30th; BATTERINK (Batterink), Jacob & Jacoba, Zuidwolde, DR / Woodstock, ON, May 7, 45th; BEUKEMA (Ouwenga), John & Alice, Chicago, IL, May 14, 50th; BONESCHANSKER (Rendering), Jan Willem & Antje, Newmarket, ON, May 18, 55th; BOORSMA (DeKroon), Meindert & Antje, Hemelum, FR/Delta, BC, May 17, 60th; BOS (Plug), Ralph & Jacoba, Strathroy, ON, May 6, 35th; BOUWERS (Askes), Ralph & Johanna, Emmen, DR/Brampton, ON, May 24, 50th; BRAAKSMA (Hazelhoff), Theunis & Janna, Vlagtwedde, GR/Sarnia, ON, May 21, 50th;
BRANDERHORST (Heystek), John & Antonetta, Nieuwendijk/Jordan Station, ON, May 20, 50th; BRINK (VanderHeide), John & Siebergje, Opende, GR/Whitby, ON, May 20, 50th; BROWER (Hulst), Gerald & Agnes, Dorr, MI, May 7, 50th; CLAUSING (VanderMeer), Maurice & Eleanor, Harvey, IL, May 12, 45th; DEHAAS (DeGroot), Theo & Pat, Sussex, NJ/Tyrone, ON, Apr. 26, 25th; DEJAGER (Andringa), Alle & Pietje, Bowmanville, ON, May 13, 40th; DEJONG, Sjoerd & Maaike, Chesterville, ON, May 6, 40th; DEKOTER (Imanse), Peter & Suzanne, Lisse, ZH/Brampton, ON, May 4, 50th; DEMMER, Andrew & Ruth, Balk, FR/Port Perry, ON, May 14, 40th; DEVRIES (Vlonk), Klaas & Janna, Roden, DR./Wyoming, ON, May 5, 45th; DESCHIFFART, Gerrit & Clare, Brockville, ON, May 9, 60th; DESTIGTER (VanderSpoel), Gilbert & Cecelia, Sioux Center, IA, Apr. 7, 50th;
DEVOOGD (Mol), Albert & Laura, Grand Rapids, MI, May 11, 72nd; DEWENDT (Visser), Si & Cille, Jenison, MI, May 10, 60th; DOUMA, Cecil & Barbara, Anjum, FR./Brampton, ON, May 18, 55th; ENGEL (Davids), Ernest & Joanne, Berwyn, IL, May 17, 25th; FEKKES, Fred & Shirley, Everson, WA, May 7, 40th; HAVEMAN (Gillisse), Albert & Margaret, Grand Rapids, MI, May 14, 50th; HOEKSTRA, Metske & Florence, Lynden, WA, Apr. 25, 55th; HUISJEN (Pat Vree), Martin & Catharine, South Holland, IL, 45th; JONGS (Venhuizen), Jacob & Hennie, Surrey, BC, May 18, 55th; KARSTEN (Kwant), Peter & Femmigje, Grimsby, ON, Apr. 28, 60th;
KLUMPENHOWER, Gerrit & Hendrika, Listowel, ON, May 12, 55th; KOENES (Spriensma), Jacob & Sally, Kentwood, MI, May 4, 55th; KOOIKER (Karsten), John & Grace, Lethbridge, AB, May 12, 40th; KROES (Wiebenga), Hendrik & Wietske, Smithville, ON, May 20, 45th; KROESBERGEN (VanderHeide), Geurt & Ida, Kitchener, ON / Ailsa Graig, ON, May 9, 35th; KROL (Piper), Harold & Leona, Jenison, MI, May 12, 40th; KUIPERS (Schrotenboer), Bernard & Henrietta, Holland, MI, May 4, 56th; KUPERUS (Veurink), John & Johanna, Milaca, MN, May 12, 50th; LANGENDOEN (Dekker), Peter & Anne, St. Catharines, ON, May 10, 25th; LEEP (DeHaan), Andrew & Marilois, Shelbyville, MI, May 8, 35th; LOZIE (Barendregt), John & Lenie, Edmonton, AB/Burnaby, BC, May 15, 35th;
LUESINK (HIddink), Evert & Hentje, Hengelo, OV/Brampton, ON, May 4, 60th; MECHELSE (De Koning), George & Catherine, Leidendorp/Beamsville, ON, May 11, 55th; MEDEMA (Groenewold), Clarence & Bernice, Palos Heights, IL, Apr. 29, 45th; MEEKHOF (Veltema), Myne & Josie, Hudsonville, MI, May 11, 65th; MIEDEMA (Hoekstra), David & Marion, Whitinsville, MA, May 18, 45th; MIERSMA (Nieboer), Calvin & Marge, Shelbyville, MI, Apr. 30, 40th; NIEBOER (Postman), Bernard & Mary, Iron Springs, AB, May 14, 50th, (Mr. Nieboer served as fieldman for the Christian Reformed Church & helped settle numerous postwar Dutch immigrants); OKKEMA, Orval & Ann, Moorefield, ON, Apr. 22, 35th; PELON (Witteveen), Richard L. & Wilhelmina, Holland, MI, May 13, 40th; POSTHUMUS (Nagtegaal), Andries & Hermina, Alphen a/d Rijn, ZH/Keady, ON, Apr. 20, 55th; POSTMA (Herrema), Floyd & Ruth, Grandville, MI, May 5, 40th; ROZEMA (Brink), John & Dora, Bowmanville, ON, May 17, 25th; RUTGERS (Bloemendaal), Ernie & Margaret, Lynden, WA, May 14, 50th; SCHOON (Bergsma), John & Jenny, Port Hope, ON, May 5, 40th; SIKMA (Soheffer), Gerk & Janke, Murmerwoude, FR / Kingston, ON, May 10, 65th;
SLAPPENDEL (Wouda), Bas & Trudy, Fenwick, ON, May 18, 25th; STAAL, Anton & Nellie, Sumas, WA/Lynden, WA, May 15, 50th; STAHL (Sikkema), John H. & Margaret, McBain, MI, May 12, 50th; STERK, John & Marian, Jenison, MI, May 14, 40th; STOTER (Moman), Geert & Jantje, Hoogeveen, DR/Peterborough, ON, May 1, 50th; SYTSMA, William & Nell, Grand Isle, VT, May 3, 50th; TERSTEEGE (VanSchepen), Geert & Zwaanie, Owen Sound, ON / Clifford, ON, May 10, 25th; TUINIER (Alphenaar), John & Ann, Kalamazoo, MI, May 13, 40th;
VANDENBERG (VanLeeuwen), Jacob & Nel, Rijswijk, ZH / Caistor Centre, ON, May 18, 50th; VANDEPOL (Crum), Mr. & Mrs. G.J. & C., Doodewaard, The Netherlands, May 2, 25th, and who immigrated the day after to Canada, Mount Elgin, ON, VANDEPOL (Boven), Vern & Angie, McBain, MI, May 14, 40th; VANDERBOON (Steringa), Jan & Aafke, Damwoude, FR./Orillia, ON, May 19, 50th; VANDERHOEK (Veenstra), Ted & Willie, Langley, BC, May 1, 25th; VANDERKOOI (DeJong), William & Sylvia, Palm Beach, FL, Apr. 27, 50th; VANDERMEER (Admiraal), Egbert & Clara, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, May 1, 35th; VANDERMEULEN (Veninga), Fred & Margaret, Carman, MB, May 6, 45th; VANDERMEULEN (Tigchelaar), Troy, ON, May 10, 25th; VANDERPLOEG (DeGraaf), Geert & Lutske, Kollumerzwaag, FR./Whitby, ON, May 13, 40th; VANDERVEER (Heidinga), Jacob & Anna, Leeuwarden, FR/Cornwall, ON, May 20, 50th;
VANDERWAL (VanderSpoel), Carman, MB, May 5, 40th; VANENGEN (VanderSchaaf), Fred & Margaret, Hull, IA, May 13, 45th; VANMEEKEREN (Schuitema), Martin & Baukina, Aduard, GR/Woodstock, ON, May 9, 40th, (who at the same time celebrated the 65th anniversary of her parents in Kloosterburen, The Netherlands); VERBURG (DeJoode), Johannes & Antje, Moordrecht, ZH/Auburn, ON, May 4, 50th; VEURTJES (Broekstra), Herman & Shirley, (owners of Holland Store) Weston, ON, May 20, 25th; VISSER (VanderStelt), Gerrit & Johanna, Riverdale, CA, May 4, 45th; VISSER (Groot), Ted & Wilma, San Marcos, CA, Apr. 29, 40th; VOS (Nieboer), Bernard & Anna R., Stadskanaal, GR./Taber, AB, May 22, 55th; WIERSMA, John & Marge, Grand Rapids, MI, May 13, 40th; ZEEPHAT (Fennema), Cornelius & Ruth, Tinley Park, IL, May 13, 45th; ZWART (Talstra), Dirk & Patricia, Buitenpost, FR./Belleville, ON, May 11, 55th;
Obituaries
Harriet Bakker (Schuld), Jenison, MI, Apr. 19, 81; Annie B. Batts, Grand Rapids, MI, Apr. 13, 93; Ralph Bouma, Boulder City, IA, Apr. 14, 72; Nancy Bylsma (Meenderinck), Lynden, WA, May 4, 93; Geertje Dam (Brink), Langley, BC, Mar. 28, 72; George DeBoer, Frankfort, IL, Apr. 15, 67; Martin DeBoer, Oak Lawn, IL, Apr. 9, 84; Peter DeBoer, Pella, IA, Mar. 25, 72; Franklin DeVries, Kentwood, MI, Feb. 21, 69; Henry K. Dykstra, Lynden, WA, Apr. 27, 81; Karen Ellens, Hamilton, ON, Mar. 27; Mark A. Fraser, Delta, BC, Mar. 29, 3, son of David & Gina Fraser (VanderWoud); Neil S. Greydanus, Boynton Beach, FL, Mar. 25, 75; Joanne Griffioen (Bergsma), Woodstock, ON, Apr. 18, 41;
Tina Hoekstra (Smids), Chatham, ON, Apr. 9, 52; Gertrude Hofstra (DeVries), South Holland, IL, Apr. 2, 87; Tena Hofstra, Grand Rapids, MI, Apr. 11, 82; Hendrik Jagt, Brampton, ON, Apr. 14; Mae Jellema, Lansing, IL, Mar. 12, 81; Cornelis Albertus (Neal) Konynenbelt, Lethbridge, AB, Apr. 9, 79; Otto Meems, Ripon, CA, Mar. 6, 56; Ralph T. Ploeg, Vancouver, BC, May 12, 42; Fenna Reinders (Kupers), Drayton, ON, Apr. 22, 88; Gerrit Schneider, Alamosa, CO, Apr. 9, 98; Clarence Smit, Ripon, CA, Apr. 9, 60; Vincent Struyk, Apr. 17, 81; Minke Diemer (Tymstra), St. Catharines, ON, May 6, 69; Joukje Vander Schaaf (VanderMeulen), Brampton, ON, Apr. 18, 78; Anton Van Doodewaard, Abbotsford, BC, May 8, 68; Herman VanRys, Modesto, CA, Apr. 13, 76; Herman VanZyl, Kentwood, MI, Apr. 22, 75; Kathryn Ver Velde (Leys), Tucson, AZ, Apr. 23, 80; Annigje Cornelia Visser, Chilliwack, BC, May 6; Virginia Zylstra, Linthicum Heights, MD, Apr. 26, 71;