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Henry “Hendrik” Blankespoor

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Henry “Hendrik” Blankespoor

Birth
Kallenbroek, Barneveld Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death
12 Apr 1950 (aged 58)
Denver, City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA
Burial
Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Half-brother of Maas Blankespoor and brother of John Blankespoor and Evert Blankespoor and Gysbert Blankespoor and Jennie Blankespoor Vanderbilt and Hattie Blankespoor Koedam. And half-brother of Kate Pater Van Beek and Grace Pater Van ‘t Hul.


Arrived with SS "Potsdam" on December 1, 1901 in New York.


Funeral services for Henry Blankespoor, 58, of Denver, Colo. were held at the Everet Blankespoor home at 1:30 and 2:00 o'clock in the Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley, Monday, April 17 with Rev. Herman Kuiper officiating.

Mr. Blankespoor died at his home in Denver on April 12 after an illness due to cancer. A short funeral service was held at Denver in the Second Christian Reformed Church in Denver with Rev. Ouwinga officiating.

Mr. Blankespoor was born at Barneveld, Netherlands July 24, 1891 and came to this country in 1901.

In July 1917 he married Minnie Harmelink of Rock Valley, who died in 1919.

In 1924 he married Gertrude Nyhuis at Sheboygan, Wis. Because of ill health he moved to Denver in 1934 where he spent a few years at Bethesda Sanitorium.

He is survived by his wife, four brothers, Maas of Sioux Center, John of Doon, Everet and Gys of Rock Valley and three sisters, Jennie, Mrs. John Vanderbilt, of Plymouth, Ohio; Hattie, Mrs. John Koedam, of Hull; and Grace, Mrs. Garret Van't Hul, of Rock Valley and several nieces and nephews.

Sioux County Capital 1950-04-27.


Half-brother of Maas Blankespoor and brother of John Blankespoor and Evert Blankespoor and Gysbert Blankespoor and Jennie Blankespoor Vanderbilt and Hattie Blankespoor Koedam. And half-brother of Kate Pater Van Beek and Grace Pater Van ‘t Hul.


Arrived with SS "Potsdam" on December 1, 1901 in New York.


Funeral services for Henry Blankespoor, 58, of Denver, Colo. were held at the Everet Blankespoor home at 1:30 and 2:00 o'clock in the Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley, Monday, April 17 with Rev. Herman Kuiper officiating.

Mr. Blankespoor died at his home in Denver on April 12 after an illness due to cancer. A short funeral service was held at Denver in the Second Christian Reformed Church in Denver with Rev. Ouwinga officiating.

Mr. Blankespoor was born at Barneveld, Netherlands July 24, 1891 and came to this country in 1901.

In July 1917 he married Minnie Harmelink of Rock Valley, who died in 1919.

In 1924 he married Gertrude Nyhuis at Sheboygan, Wis. Because of ill health he moved to Denver in 1934 where he spent a few years at Bethesda Sanitorium.

He is survived by his wife, four brothers, Maas of Sioux Center, John of Doon, Everet and Gys of Rock Valley and three sisters, Jennie, Mrs. John Vanderbilt, of Plymouth, Ohio; Hattie, Mrs. John Koedam, of Hull; and Grace, Mrs. Garret Van't Hul, of Rock Valley and several nieces and nephews.

Sioux County Capital 1950-04-27.




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  • Maintained by: GS
  • Originally Created by: ram
  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105634027/henry-blankespoor: accessed ), memorial page for Henry “Hendrik” Blankespoor (24 Jul 1891–12 Apr 1950), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105634027, citing Valley View Cemetery, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by GS (contributor 47162417).