Kenosha Evening News, Tues. Aug. 5, 1947
Fr. VanMeer, St. Catherine’s Chaplain, Dies
The Rev. Hubert VanMeer, 74, chaplain of St. Catherine’s hospital here for the past 17 years, died at the hospital Monday afternoon. Fr. VanMeer, who two months ago observed the 50th anniversary of his ordination, had been in failing health for the past six months, but had been confined to his bed in the hospital only since Friday. His death is mourned by a wide circle of friends formed during his stay in Kenosha. Rev. VanMeer was a native of Holland, born in Boxtel on Jan. 10, 1873, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry VanMeer. He spent his early life in Holland and offered his first holy mass in the chapel of the major seminary of the diocese of Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, on June 12, 1897. Fr. VanMeer then launched a career in the work of the church that carried him around the world and through many thrilling missionary experiences.
Mission in Mongolia
After entering the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart at Scheut, Brussels, Belgium, Fr. VanMeer in 1898 was sent to the mission at Ortos, Mongolia, where he served with his compatriot and friend Bishop Ferdinand Hamer. In the Boxer uprising of 1900, Bishop Hamer was slain by a band of radical Chinese nationalists, and Fr. VanMeer, fleeing with the other missionaries stationed in Ortos, crossed Siberia and returned to Europe by way of Moscow. Continuing his extensive career in the church, Rev. VanMeer remained a short time in Holland and then was stationed in Chinese Turkestan for seven years. He then assumed a post in the British isles and came to the United States in 1910 when he was stationed in Covington KY. Other church assignments took him to Oklahoma and North Dakota. Fr. VanMeer came to Wisconsin in 1930 and after a brief stay at West Bend he assumed his work as chaplain at St. Catherine’s hospital here.
Observed Anniversary
This spring, while his illness forced the cancellation of formal observances of his golden jubilee, Fr. VanMeer did mark the event in his life with an anniversary mass in which Kenosha priests, some of the staff physicians of the hospital, and a few out-of-town guests participated.
The event, while a quiet observance, drew congratulatory messages for the aging priest from all sections of the middlewest. Classmates, only four now survive, added their blessings to the observance last spring and mourn the passing of Fr. VanMeer.
He is survived by three sisters, two living in Belgium and one in Holland.
Kenosha Evening News, Tues. Aug. 5, 1947, p. 12
Funeral Notice
VAN MEER – Funeral services for the late Rev. Hubert VanMeer, Chaplain of St. Catherine’s Hospital, will be held Thursday, Aug. 7, 1947, at 11 a.m. from St. George church. The remains may be viewed from 7 p.m. Tuesday until 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mischler Home For Funerals. The body will then be removed to St. George church to lie in state until 8:30 Wednesday evening. The remains may again be viewed at the church Thursday morning from 6 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. when the office of the dead will be recited. At 11 a.m. on Thursday a solemn requiem high mass will be read. Interment in St. George cemetery.
Fr. VanMeer, St. Catherine’s Chaplain, Dies
The Rev. Hubert VanMeer, 74, chaplain of St. Catherine’s hospital here for the past 17 years, died at the hospital Monday afternoon. Fr. VanMeer, who two months ago observed the 50th anniversary of his ordination, had been in failing health for the past six months, but had been confined to his bed in the hospital only since Friday. His death is mourned by a wide circle of friends formed during his stay in Kenosha. Rev. VanMeer was a native of Holland, born in Boxtel on Jan. 10, 1873, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry VanMeer. He spent his early life in Holland and offered his first holy mass in the chapel of the major seminary of the diocese of Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, on June 12, 1897. Fr. VanMeer then launched a career in the work of the church that carried him around the world and through many thrilling missionary experiences.
Mission in Mongolia
After entering the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart at Scheut, Brussels, Belgium, Fr. VanMeer in 1898 was sent to the mission at Ortos, Mongolia, where he served with his compatriot and friend Bishop Ferdinand Hamer. In the Boxer uprising of 1900, Bishop Hamer was slain by a band of radical Chinese nationalists, and Fr. VanMeer, fleeing with the other missionaries stationed in Ortos, crossed Siberia and returned to Europe by way of Moscow. Continuing his extensive career in the church, Rev. VanMeer remained a short time in Holland and then was stationed in Chinese Turkestan for seven years. He then assumed a post in the British isles and came to the United States in 1910 when he was stationed in Covington KY. Other church assignments took him to Oklahoma and North Dakota. Fr. VanMeer came to Wisconsin in 1930 and after a brief stay at West Bend he assumed his work as chaplain at St. Catherine’s hospital here.
Observed Anniversary
This spring, while his illness forced the cancellation of formal observances of his golden jubilee, Fr. VanMeer did mark the event in his life with an anniversary mass in which Kenosha priests, some of the staff physicians of the hospital, and a few out-of-town guests participated.
The event, while a quiet observance, drew congratulatory messages for the aging priest from all sections of the middlewest. Classmates, only four now survive, added their blessings to the observance last spring and mourn the passing of Fr. VanMeer.
He is survived by three sisters, two living in Belgium and one in Holland.
Kenosha Evening News, Tues. Aug. 5, 1947, p. 12
Funeral Notice
VAN MEER – Funeral services for the late Rev. Hubert VanMeer, Chaplain of St. Catherine’s Hospital, will be held Thursday, Aug. 7, 1947, at 11 a.m. from St. George church. The remains may be viewed from 7 p.m. Tuesday until 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mischler Home For Funerals. The body will then be removed to St. George church to lie in state until 8:30 Wednesday evening. The remains may again be viewed at the church Thursday morning from 6 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. when the office of the dead will be recited. At 11 a.m. on Thursday a solemn requiem high mass will be read. Interment in St. George cemetery.
Kenosha Evening News, Tues. Aug. 5, 1947
Fr. VanMeer, St. Catherine’s Chaplain, Dies
The Rev. Hubert VanMeer, 74, chaplain of St. Catherine’s hospital here for the past 17 years, died at the hospital Monday afternoon. Fr. VanMeer, who two months ago observed the 50th anniversary of his ordination, had been in failing health for the past six months, but had been confined to his bed in the hospital only since Friday. His death is mourned by a wide circle of friends formed during his stay in Kenosha. Rev. VanMeer was a native of Holland, born in Boxtel on Jan. 10, 1873, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry VanMeer. He spent his early life in Holland and offered his first holy mass in the chapel of the major seminary of the diocese of Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, on June 12, 1897. Fr. VanMeer then launched a career in the work of the church that carried him around the world and through many thrilling missionary experiences.
Mission in Mongolia
After entering the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart at Scheut, Brussels, Belgium, Fr. VanMeer in 1898 was sent to the mission at Ortos, Mongolia, where he served with his compatriot and friend Bishop Ferdinand Hamer. In the Boxer uprising of 1900, Bishop Hamer was slain by a band of radical Chinese nationalists, and Fr. VanMeer, fleeing with the other missionaries stationed in Ortos, crossed Siberia and returned to Europe by way of Moscow. Continuing his extensive career in the church, Rev. VanMeer remained a short time in Holland and then was stationed in Chinese Turkestan for seven years. He then assumed a post in the British isles and came to the United States in 1910 when he was stationed in Covington KY. Other church assignments took him to Oklahoma and North Dakota. Fr. VanMeer came to Wisconsin in 1930 and after a brief stay at West Bend he assumed his work as chaplain at St. Catherine’s hospital here.
Observed Anniversary
This spring, while his illness forced the cancellation of formal observances of his golden jubilee, Fr. VanMeer did mark the event in his life with an anniversary mass in which Kenosha priests, some of the staff physicians of the hospital, and a few out-of-town guests participated.
The event, while a quiet observance, drew congratulatory messages for the aging priest from all sections of the middlewest. Classmates, only four now survive, added their blessings to the observance last spring and mourn the passing of Fr. VanMeer.
He is survived by three sisters, two living in Belgium and one in Holland.
Kenosha Evening News, Tues. Aug. 5, 1947, p. 12
Funeral Notice
VAN MEER – Funeral services for the late Rev. Hubert VanMeer, Chaplain of St. Catherine’s Hospital, will be held Thursday, Aug. 7, 1947, at 11 a.m. from St. George church. The remains may be viewed from 7 p.m. Tuesday until 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mischler Home For Funerals. The body will then be removed to St. George church to lie in state until 8:30 Wednesday evening. The remains may again be viewed at the church Thursday morning from 6 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. when the office of the dead will be recited. At 11 a.m. on Thursday a solemn requiem high mass will be read. Interment in St. George cemetery.
Fr. VanMeer, St. Catherine’s Chaplain, Dies
The Rev. Hubert VanMeer, 74, chaplain of St. Catherine’s hospital here for the past 17 years, died at the hospital Monday afternoon. Fr. VanMeer, who two months ago observed the 50th anniversary of his ordination, had been in failing health for the past six months, but had been confined to his bed in the hospital only since Friday. His death is mourned by a wide circle of friends formed during his stay in Kenosha. Rev. VanMeer was a native of Holland, born in Boxtel on Jan. 10, 1873, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry VanMeer. He spent his early life in Holland and offered his first holy mass in the chapel of the major seminary of the diocese of Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, on June 12, 1897. Fr. VanMeer then launched a career in the work of the church that carried him around the world and through many thrilling missionary experiences.
Mission in Mongolia
After entering the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart at Scheut, Brussels, Belgium, Fr. VanMeer in 1898 was sent to the mission at Ortos, Mongolia, where he served with his compatriot and friend Bishop Ferdinand Hamer. In the Boxer uprising of 1900, Bishop Hamer was slain by a band of radical Chinese nationalists, and Fr. VanMeer, fleeing with the other missionaries stationed in Ortos, crossed Siberia and returned to Europe by way of Moscow. Continuing his extensive career in the church, Rev. VanMeer remained a short time in Holland and then was stationed in Chinese Turkestan for seven years. He then assumed a post in the British isles and came to the United States in 1910 when he was stationed in Covington KY. Other church assignments took him to Oklahoma and North Dakota. Fr. VanMeer came to Wisconsin in 1930 and after a brief stay at West Bend he assumed his work as chaplain at St. Catherine’s hospital here.
Observed Anniversary
This spring, while his illness forced the cancellation of formal observances of his golden jubilee, Fr. VanMeer did mark the event in his life with an anniversary mass in which Kenosha priests, some of the staff physicians of the hospital, and a few out-of-town guests participated.
The event, while a quiet observance, drew congratulatory messages for the aging priest from all sections of the middlewest. Classmates, only four now survive, added their blessings to the observance last spring and mourn the passing of Fr. VanMeer.
He is survived by three sisters, two living in Belgium and one in Holland.
Kenosha Evening News, Tues. Aug. 5, 1947, p. 12
Funeral Notice
VAN MEER – Funeral services for the late Rev. Hubert VanMeer, Chaplain of St. Catherine’s Hospital, will be held Thursday, Aug. 7, 1947, at 11 a.m. from St. George church. The remains may be viewed from 7 p.m. Tuesday until 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mischler Home For Funerals. The body will then be removed to St. George church to lie in state until 8:30 Wednesday evening. The remains may again be viewed at the church Thursday morning from 6 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. when the office of the dead will be recited. At 11 a.m. on Thursday a solemn requiem high mass will be read. Interment in St. George cemetery.
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