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Vital Statistics
The Family Page
as Listed in the Windmill Herald,
#730, March 23, 1993
Birthdays
Adrianna DeLeeuw (Wisse), wife of Bert, Mahwah, NJ, Feb. 22, 85th; Rena Meyners (Beerthuis), Jenison, MI, Mar. 13, 85th; Elizabeth Schinkel (VanIeperen), Chatham, ON, Mar. 7, 94th; Winda Smallegange-Broersma (VanderSchaaf), widow of Poppe Broersma (1970) & Gerrit Smallegange (1984), Brampton, ON, Feb. 21, 80th; Harriet Teerman (Boeve), widow of Albert, Holland, MI, Feb. 14, 90th; Christiaan Troelstra, husband of Ali, Terrace, BC, Mar. 4, 80th; Adrian VanPopering, Wyoming, MI, Mar. 15, 90th;
Anniversaries
AGEMA (Westdorp), Lewis & Nettie, McBain, MI, Mar. 5, 45th; BOSMAN (Staal), Ben & Pauline, Lynden, WA, Feb. 26, 50th; BROUWER (Compagner), John H. & Dena, Zeeland, MI, Mar. 1, 65th; DATEMA (de Vries), Frits & Grace, Auburn, ON, Mar., 40th; DEBBINK (Houwer), Henry & Gerda, Aalten, Gelderland / Leduc, AB, Feb. 17, 45th; DEGROOT (Schuringa), John & Wilma, Glendale, Arizona, Mar. 3, 50th; DEKOK (Lavooy), John & Pauline, Hamilton, ON, Mar. 3, 55th; DERONDE(Schinkel), Neil & Betty, New Sharon, IA, Mar. 22, 30th; ERFFMEYER (Speyer), Rev. Henry & Antoinette, Hudsonville, MI, Mar. 5, 55th; FABER (DeGroot), Ed & Bernadine, Jenison, MI, Feb. 3, 50th; FEDDEMA (Lootsma), Joe & Sally, Kettleby, ON, Mar. 12, 40th; FEENSTRA (Hoekstra), Jacob & Mabel, Phoenix, AZ, Mar. 16, 60th; HAMMING (deJong), Ike & Janet, Wantage, NJ, Mar. 13, 40th; HAMMING (Bakker), Pieter & Antje, Elst, Gelderland / Auburn, ON, Mar. 2, 55th; HARDING, Juul & Corry, Granada Hills, CA, Mar. 27, 40th; JAGER (Meindertsma), John & Ria, Calgary, AB, Mar. 5, 40th; KAPTEIN (Alderink), Gary & Judy, Jenison, MI, Feb. 1, 25th; KRABBENDAM (Onderwater), Adrian & Martha, Hope, BC, Mar. 28, 40th; POSTMA (Meulbroek), William & Mary, Grand Rapids, MI, Jan. 31, 60th; SCHIPPERS (Haveman), Louis & Evelyn, Jenison, MI, Feb. 23, 50th; SCHULENBERG (VanderVeen), John & Rita, Carman, MB, Mar. 12, 40th; SWIERINGA (Woldring), George & Connie, Holland, MI, Feb. 12, 45th; TERPSTRA (DeWeerd), Henry L. & Hester, Zeeland, MI, Feb. 15, 60th; TEUNE (DeVries), Peter & Jean (Jennie), Boring, Oregon, Mar. 13, 50th; TIGCHELAAR (VanStaalduinen), John (Joe) & Gerda, WA, North Carolina, Mar. 11, 50th; TJOELKER, Henry & Marie, Lynden, WA, Mar. 6, 40th; VANDERMEULEN (Van’t Hof), Jacob & Esther, Grandville, MI, Mar. 19, 50th; VANDERMOLEN, Cornie & Edith, Manhattan, MT, Feb. 27, 45th; VANDERNAGEL (VanEijk), Chris & Grace, Jordan Station, ON, Feb. 26, 45th; VANDERSTOEP (Grim), John & Christina, Surrey, BC, Feb. 28, 25th; VANDRIEL (Cornell), John & Helen, Ada, MI, Feb. 20, 50th; VANHILL (VanderBrink), Richard & Hendrika, Wyoming, MI, Feb. 19, 45th; VANHOVEN (Brinks), Cliff & Kathy, Byron Center, MI, Feb. 20, 35th; VANREKEN (Poortenga), Everett & Rose, Lombard, IL, April 2, 50th; VANTIL (Cramer), Peter & June, Grandville, MI, Feb. 24, 60th; VANWYK (Pothoven), Harry C. & Cathryn, New Sharon, IA, Feb. 26, 45th; VERWEY (VanHarten), Albert & Meinsje, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland / St. Catharines, ON, Mar. 11, 50th; VLUGT (Broscau), Bob & Barbara, Miami, FL, Mar. 19, 38th; WANDERS (Roozeboom), Bill & Nellie, Phoenix, Arizona, Mar. 11, 50th; YPMA (Staal), Ed & Marge, Jenison, MI, Feb. 17, 45th;
Obituaries
Rodney Allan Attema, husband of Melanie (Douma), son of Alfred & Anna, ON, CA, Feb. 1, 26; Janet Banga (Kempenaar) (Kingma), born at Birdaard, Friesland, late of Bloomfield, ON, widow of George Kempenaar (1966) & Albert Banga (1984), Feb. 1, 84; Helen B. Bouma (Nieuwenhuis), widow of Peter B., Sheldon, IA, Feb. 13, 88; Chester Brinks, husband of Geneva (Hassevoort), Drenthe, MI, Feb. 6, 66; Elisabeth Bouscholte, Vancouver, BC, Feb. 25; Maatje Byl, widow of Leendert, Norwich, ON, Jan. 6, 90; Ruth DeGeest (Cremer), wife of Henry, Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 10, 76; Rev. Frank DeJong, husband of Ruth (Drukker), Ripon, CA, Feb. 6, 92; Marretje (Mary) Wilhelmina DePenning (Zegers), who emigrated with her parents Jan Willem & Marretje (VanKolfschoten) & brothers & sisters in 1924, wife of Marion Lester DePenning, Pella, IA, Feb. 18, 72; Johannes de Roos, husband of Attje (Draaistra), Grimsby, ON, Jan. 26, 64; Ruth Dirkse (Imanse), wife of Thedford, Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 11, 80; Grace Duyster, widow of Cornelius (1986), emigrated from the Netherlands in 1971, late of Holland, MI, Feb. 2, 84; Arie Dykstra, widower of Frieda, Dorr, MI, Feb. 2, 79; Gladys Elzinga, wife of Gerrit, Hudsonville, MI, Jan. 30, 88; Janie Margaret Flikkema (Zwier), wife of John, Brampton, ON, Jan. 29, 45; Jan Geerdink, born at Hengelo, Overijssel, emigrated in 1957, widower of Minie (1974), Holland, MI, Feb. 19, 79; Cornelius Groenewoud, husband of Lucille, Bartow, FL, Feb. 25, 74; Rudy L. Haan, husband of Edith, Kentwood, MI, Feb. 8, 81; Jacoba Alida (Alice) Hoekstra, widow of Rev. P.A., Hanford, CA, Feb. 26, 107; Donald F. Hooymans, son of Gloria & the late Joe (1969), Vancouver, BC, Mar. 4, 30; Aug. Kampen, widower of Henrietta, Holland, MI, Feb. 19, 91; Ruth Keppel, author, historian & life-long resident of Holland, MI, Feb. 8, 96; Gilbert (Corky) Komejan, husband of Helen, Zeeland, MI, Jan. 31, 81; Clifford A. Koster, widow of Katherine (1978), Holland, MI, Feb. 5, 79; Michael D. Lagestee, husband of Janna Lynn (Ver Ploeg), son of Don & Pauline, Crown Point, Indiana, Feb. 12, 29; Alyce Lantinga (VanderMey), wife of Gerrit, Grand Rapids, MI, Jan. 30, 83; Fopke (Fred) Leenstra, husband of Ida, son of Fred & Edith of AB, late of Port Coquitlam, BC, Feb. 25, 55; Dirkje Looyenga (Kooistra), Rockwood, ON, Feb. 15, 90; Anna Lugten (Petroelje), wife of Harold, Hamilton, MI, Feb. 5, 81; Geertje Metselaar, born at Bergen, Noord-Holland, late of Winnipeg, MB, widow of Ben (1982), Jan. 30, 77; Vernon Meulenbelt, husband of Hattie (Boeve), Wisconsin Rapids, WI, Feb. 19, 67; Melvin Mulder, husband of Tine (Pastoor), Battle Creek, MI, Feb. 1, 62; Rozella Nieuwenhuis, daughter of the late John H. & Maggie (DeBruin Hoeven), Hull, IA, Feb. 23, 84; Fred Oosterheert, widower of Pearl & Jessie, Wyoming, MI, Mar. 1, 77; Jaring Postma, husband of Geeske (Sytsma), Cedar, BC, Feb. 3, 84; John A. Rietveld, husband of Marilyn (VanEe), Otley, IA, Feb. 14, 53; Grace Roelofs (Ledeboer), widow of Gerrit (1976), Prinsburg, MN, Jan. 13, 89; Dirk Frederick Rynders, husband of Elda, Dunnville, ON, Feb. 24, 79; Grietje Schaap (Tinga), born at Viersen, Germany, emigrated from Holland to Chilliwack, BC in 1953, late of Eelde, Drenthe, widow of Wolter, Feb. 17, 83; John Slabbekoorn, husband of Cora, Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 26, 83; Robert C. Steketee, husband of Angie H. (Sikkema), Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 22, 69; Johanna Sterk (Tiemens), widow of Frank (1979), Lynden, WA, Feb. 24, 89; Lora Ruth VanArkel (VanderWaal), wife of Joseph, formerly of Pella, IA & San Mateo, CA, late of Twin Falls, Idaho, Feb. 13, 71; Anna VanArkel-Kuindersma (Tiersma), widow of Ynte Kuindersma & Walter VanArkel, Sarnia, ON, Feb. 2; Agnes VanderDyke (Huisman), Downers Grove, IL, Feb. 7, 82; Dora VanderHaak (Kempema), widow of John, Lynden, WA, Feb. 5, 81; John VanderWielen, widower of Elisabeth, Strathroy, ON, Feb. 20, 79; Louis VanEss, husband of Eleanor (Eenigenburg), Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 12, 77; Arie VanGreuningen, widower of Maria W. (VanderSteen), London, ON, Feb. 18, 86; Nelson J. VanKoevering, husband of Elizabeth, Zeeland, MI, Feb. 8, 80; Anna M.C. VanRenesse van Duivenbode, Vancouver, BC, Feb. 19, 94; Jacoba VanSteveninck (Non), wife of Leonard, Paterson, NJ, Jan. 11, 92; Francis F. VanVark, widower of Johanna (Schakel), husband of Gardena (Meulpolder), Pella, IA, Feb. 18, 90; Darren Jeffrey Venderbos, son of Gerry & Marlaine, Winnipeg, MB, Feb. 5, 10; Casey Vermeulen, born at Ede, Gelderland, immigrated to Alton, IA, formerly of Lynden & Bellingham, WA, late of Portland, Oregon, husband of Laurie, Feb. 24, 76; Adrianus (Dan) Visscher, husband of Pietertje (Velthove), Tillsonburg, ON, Feb. 20, 39; Jennie Walraven (VerSchuur), born at Ede, Gelderland, emigrated with her parents Aart & Jennie (Vermeer) in 1913, widow of Harold, Pella, IA, Feb. 18, 82; Claude Zandstra, widow of Clara, Grand Rapids, MI, Feb. 6, 88;