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Vital Statistics
The Family Page
as Listed in the Windmill Herald,
#684, May 7, 1991
Birthdays
Jennie Beekhuizen, wife of Gysbert, Oskaloosa, IA, Apr. 21, 85th; Effie Dahm (Stursma), Pella, IA, Apr. 23, 90th; Douglas Jaarsma, husband of Hilda, Prospect Park, NJ, Apr. 22, 80th; Clara Jasper, Ripon, CA, May 2, 90th; Jakob Gerhardus Vos, Uithuizermede / Hamilton, ON, May 5, 85th;
Anniversaries
BAKKER (Terpstra), Jan & Tryntje, Gaast, Friesland / Wingham, ON, Apr. 17, 45th; BAX (Verhoog), Jack & Adriana, Halfweg, Noord-Holland / Chatham, ON, Apr. 29, 60th; BERENS (Veldhoff), Clarence & Johanna, Hamilton, MI, Feb. 19, 50th; BOLKS (Maatman), Myron & Juella, Allegan, MI, Feb. 27, 50th; BOSMA (Bremer), Harris & Joanne, Grand Rapids, MI, Apr. 13, 40th; BOUMA (VanAbbema), Joe & Martha, Makkum, Friesland / Bowmanville, ON, Apr. 26, 40th; BOUWKAMP (Faber), Clarence & Betty, Grandville, MI, Apr. 25, 50th; BREUKER (Sybesma), Don & Laurine, Holland, MI, Apr. 9, 50th; BREEMS (Swierenga), Alexander & Henrietta, Prinsburg, MN, Apr. 10, 60th; BRUINSMA, Raymond & Tena, South Holland, IL, Apr. 25, 45th; BUIT (TenHove), John & Jean, Blackfalds, AB, Apr. 18, 40th; BYMA (DeBoer), Henry & Janet, Sussex, NJ, Apr. 19, 40th; DEUR (Helder), Howard & Grace, Holland, MI, Apr. 5, 50th; DEVRIES (Zantingh), Edward & Rhea, Smithville, ON, Apr. 22, 25th; DEVRIES (Harmsen), George & Dorothy, Crestwood, IL, Apr. 12, 45th; DEVRIES (Driesenga), John & Gertrude, Hudsonville, MI, Apr. 17, 50th; DEWEERD (Kootstra), George & Leona, Holland, MI, Apr. 4, 50th; DOUMA (Spanninga), Bart & Janna, Burlington, ON, Apr., 25th; DOUMA (Kooiman), Peter & Fannie, Ripon, CA, May 1, 51st; DYKSTRA (Dykstra), Clarence & Jenny, North Gower, ON, Apr. 12, 40th; EISMA (VandenBerg), Pete & Betty, Ireton, IA, Apr. 17, 50th; ESSENBURG (Steigenga), John & Elsie, Zeeland, MI, Apr. 16, 50th; FABER (Veldink), Henry & Gertrude, Hudsonville, MI, Apr. 17, 50th; FLUIT, Klaas & Geertje, De Wijk / Cambridge, ON, May, 50th; FLUIT (VandenBerg), Klaas & Hennie, Shalom Manor, Grimsby, ON, Apr. 24, 65th; FRIESWYK (Heyboer), Dr. Melvin & Irene, Zeeland, MI, Apr. 11, 45th; GELDERMAN (Buit), William & Geertje, Sardis, BC, May 2, 50th; GERRYTS (Nieboer), George & Wenda, Wellandport, ON, Apr. 15, 25th; GRITTER (Kooi), George & Gladys, Kentwood, MI, Apr. 18, 50th; HULST (Sikkema), Martin & Eleanor, Kentwood, MI, Apr. 18, 50th; KIERS (Westerhof), Roelof (Rudy) & Gre (Greta), Iron Springs, AB / Hamilton, ON, Apr. 24, 40th; KOMDEUR (Endeman), Lammert & Jane, Brampton, ON, May 21, 25th; KOOTSTRA (Kramer), John & Alice, Modesto, CA, Apr. 27, 40th; MANS (Groenink), John & Marrigje, Fenwick, ON, May 2, 50th; MEIMA (DeBoer), Frank & Nancy, Wyckoff, NJ, Apr. 18, 40th; NIJENHUIS (Mos), Klaas & Femmigje Fergus, ON, Apr., 40th; POSTHUMUS (Voshel), Harold & Evelyn, El Cajon, CA, May 2, 50th; POSTMA (Tams), Douwe & Joan, Edmonton, AB, Apr. 15, 25th; RANG (Bruinink), William & Audrey, Dunnville, ON, May 17, 40th; RITSEMA, James & Jane, Grandville, MI, Apr. 17, 50th; ROELOFS (Boersema), Milton & Evelyn, Zeeland, MI, Apr. 25, 45th; SCHILDER (Sybesma), Ralph & Helen, Armona, CA, May 2, 40th; SCHOLTEN (Schutter), Gerald & Gertrude, Holland, MI, Apr. 8, 50th; STEIGINGA (Sandstra), Ed & Brenda, London, ON, Apr. 5, 40th; STEKETEE, Cornelius & Mary Ruby, Schenectady, NY / Holland, MI, Apr. 12, 50th; STELPSTRA (Sybesma), Art & Grace, Tzummarum, Friesland / London, ON, Apr. 12, 40th; TOP, Edward & Sylvia, Marum, Friesland / Holland Christian Homes, Brampton, ON, May 7, 60th; VANDENBRANDT, Joe & Dina, Belmont, ON, Apr. 4, 40th; VANDERMEULEN (VanHook), Jacob & Janet, Hawthorne, NJ, Apr. 26, 45th; VANDERSCHEE (Stigter), Arie & Neeltje, Simcoe, ON, May 6, 50th; VANLENTE (Nykerk), John (Jerry) & Luella, Holland, MI, Apr. 4, 50th; VANNECK (Bazuin), Gerrit & Klaasje, Dwingelo, Drenthe / Summit Village, Edmonton, AB, May 2, 50th; VANNETTEN (Wolters), Ray & Julia, Holland, MI, Apr. 14, 40th; VEEN (Wiersma), John & Shirley, Grand Rapids, MI, Apr. 27, 40th; VEENSTRA (Bakker), Andrew & Jennie, Pompano Beach, FL, Apr. 9, 60th; VELDERMAN (Berens), Peter & Grace Esther, Zeeland, MI, Apr. 5, 45th; VELDMAN, Mr. & Mrs. Case, Hudsonville, MI, Apr. 29, 50th; VELLENGA (Zielstra), Klaas & Marion, Middletown, NY, Apr. 25, 40th; VERHAGE, Harvey & Marion, Hudsonville, MI, Apr. 23, 50th; VOGELAAR (VanAmersfoort), Rev. C. & Aaltje, Wyckoff, NJ, Apr. 21, 25th; VOS (Sinkgraven), Jakob Gerhardus & Marien, Smilde / Hamilton, ON, Apr. 24, 60th; WOUDSTRA (Zeilenga), Lee & Vernell, Orange City, IA, Apr. 25, 40th; ZUIDEMA (Vander Meulen), Roger & Nancy, Holland, MI, Mar. 27, 40th;
Obituaries
Henry Bakker, husband of Harriet (Douma), Grand Haven, MI, Apr. 13, 79; Tryntje Bootsma, widow of Harmen, Hamilton, ON, Apr. 14, 85; Jitske Boschma (Ypma), wife of Tamme, Summit Village, Edmonton, AB, Mar. 28, 70; Johanna Hendrika (Anke) Bouwmeester (Koskamp), widow of Wim, Hamilton, ON, Apr. 2, 61; Marcia Brummel (Dykstra), wife of Robert L., Holland, MI, Apr. 14, 62; Zonarie Marie Bulteel, widow of Remi Richard, Petrolia, ON, Apr. 12, 89; Norman H. Buursma, husband of Hester, Holland, MI, Apr. 8, 71; John Cook, husband of Mary, Cicero, IL, Mar. 18, 89; Antoinette H. D’Hont, daughter of the late Stanislaus & Marie Therese D’Hont (VandeVeyrac), b. Bruges, Belgium, d. Vancouver, BC, Apr. 16, 88; Agnes Ann DeHeer (Poort), wife of Edward, Richton Park, IL, Mar. 4, 72; Pearl E. DeJager (Bolt), Rochester, NY, Jan. 5, 87; Fred DenBesten, husband of Alice (Beukelman), Holland, MI, Apr. 15, 78; Sadie DeVries (Hoogakker), widow of Jerry, Felton, CA, Mar. 21, 84; Alice Ehlers, widow of Rev. J.W.C., Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 22, 89; Gerritt J. Frieswyk, widower of Minnie, husband of Alice, Grand Rapids, MI, Mar. 20, 90; Gertrude Grimminck, widow of Ferdinand, Exeter, ON, Apr. 15, 74; Jan Haayer, husband of Dirkje (Jongejeugd), Strathroy, ON, Apr. 8, 91; Albert L. Haneveer, husband of Gertrude (Maasakker), Tillsonburg, ON, Apr. 14, 86; Martha Heyboer, widow of Hubert, Vriesland, MI, Mar. 20, 86; William Hoekstra, husband of Anna, b. Chicago, Illinois, d. Vesper, Wisconsin, Feb. 18, 76; John Holtrop, husband of Brenda, b. 1917, d. Keswick, ON, Mar. 24; Martha Holwerda (Veltkamp), widow of Rev. J.T., Hudsonville, MI, Apr. 9, 86; Leny Jongert (Ton), wife of Herke, Embro, ON, Apr. 16, 46; Warren Harvey Keulen, son of Art & Wilma (Luymes), Delta, BC, Apr. 10, 14; Alida Koenderink (van Lindt), widow of Albert J. (1950), b. Rotterdam, emigrated 1955, d. Saskatoon, SK, Jan. 25, 91; Martha Kooyers, widow of William, Zeeland, MI, Mar. 20, 96; Henry J. Kuiper, husband of Rolena, former principal of Muskegon Christian School, & teacher at Holland Christian High School, Grandville, MI, Mar. 26, 91; Willem Frederik Pijpaert, former operator of Rumah Bali restaurant, b. Sukabumi, Indonesia, d. Surrey, BC, Apr. 5, 64; Mildred E. Moeller (VanderHamm), widow of Melvin, Ireton, IA, Apr. 11, 68; John Meurs, widower of Catherine (Bonnes), Lakewood, CA, 74; Elsie Oskamp (Kerkhoven), widow of Dirk, Holland Christian Home, North Haldeon, NJ, Mar. 18, 101; Ralph A. Pruim, Mesa, AZ, Mar. 14, 71; Bette Renkema (Byker), Hudsonville, MI, Apr. 14, 54; Gertie Rus (Rozeboom), wife of Cornelius, Holland, MI, Mar. 29, 87; Andrew Schiering, husband of Helen, London, ON, Apr. 18, 80; Martinus Slager, husband of Fenny, Hamilton, ON, Apr. 7, 72; Harold Spoelstra, husband of Margaret, Fenwick, ON, Apr. 18, 70; Gertrude Timmermans (Overweg), wife of John, Harrison, SD, Mar. 13, 70; Aart VanBreemen, husband of Wilma, Hamilton, ON, Apr. 11, 82; Henry (Garry) VanBruggen, husband of Elizabeth, Holland, MI, Apr. 1, 50; Elizabeth VandenBerg (Slegers), husband of Gerard, Ontario, CA, 78; George VanderDeen, husband of Jetske (Zandberg), b. Schildwolde, Groningen, d. Smithers, BC, Mar. 19, 61; Bernard J. VanderKooi, husband of Ann (Boetsma), Zeeland, MI, Apr. 1, 78; Gertrude VanderLee (VanRoekel), wife of Tunis, Sheldon, IA, Apr. 5, 79; Art VanderLey, husband of Juliana, New Holland, SD, Mar. 5, 75; Derkgina VanderVinne, Rexdale, ON, Mar. 12, 85; Elizabeth VanKluyve (Kamphuis), wife of Robert, Criglersville, Virginia, Mar. 19, 63; Gail VanStralen (VanderVeen), widow of Dirk (1990), Holland Christian Homes, Brampton, ON, Mar. 24, 80; Theo J. Verbeek, husband of Liliane, North York, ON, Apr. 20, 63; Morris Joseph Vervaecke Sr., husband of Velma (Baker), Princeton, ON, Apr. 18, 63; Harold VerHulst, widower of Grace (Faber), Zeeland, MI, Apr. 11, 93; Jan Vos, widower of Geesje (Heeling), Drayton, ON, Mar. 30, 82; Arthur Henry Winter, husband of Angela (Roorda), son of Jake & Alice of Brantford, ON, at Edmonton, AB, Mar. 5, 26; Maria (Mary) Zebregts (VanRoessel), widow of Henricus C.M. (Harry), Hamilton, ON, Apr. 9,