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Frouke “Flora” <I>Van Dam</I> Bierma

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Frouke “Flora” Van Dam Bierma

Birth
Kantens, Eemsmond Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands
Death
16 Aug 1940 (aged 80)
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.9016556, Longitude: -85.6431111
Plot
Sec.28, Lot 42, Grave 1
Memorial ID
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Emigrated 1880. In 1881 She & Jan Jansen were married in Grand Rapids. In 1920 the family was in Plato Twp., Sioux Cty., Iowa. Jan (AKA John) died in 1925. She married Willem Bierma in 1934. He died in February 1938. Shortly after that Flora moved back to Grand Rapids where she died in 1940.


BIERMA- Mrs. Flora Jansen Bierma, aged 80, passed away Friday morning at the Holland Home. Surviving are her three daughters, Mrs. William Wiebenga, Mrs. Albert Veen of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Thomas Gordon of South Haven; three sons, John and Jerry of Grand Rapids and Bert of Sioux Center, Iowa; five step children, eighteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:15, private, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Wiebenga, 645 Griggs St., S.W., where her body reposes, and at 2 o'clock at Franklin Street Christian Reformed Church. Burial in Rest Lawn Memorial Park.
(Obit in Grand Rapids Press 17 August 1940)
Emigrated 1880. In 1881 She & Jan Jansen were married in Grand Rapids. In 1920 the family was in Plato Twp., Sioux Cty., Iowa. Jan (AKA John) died in 1925. She married Willem Bierma in 1934. He died in February 1938. Shortly after that Flora moved back to Grand Rapids where she died in 1940.


BIERMA- Mrs. Flora Jansen Bierma, aged 80, passed away Friday morning at the Holland Home. Surviving are her three daughters, Mrs. William Wiebenga, Mrs. Albert Veen of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Thomas Gordon of South Haven; three sons, John and Jerry of Grand Rapids and Bert of Sioux Center, Iowa; five step children, eighteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1:15, private, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Wiebenga, 645 Griggs St., S.W., where her body reposes, and at 2 o'clock at Franklin Street Christian Reformed Church. Burial in Rest Lawn Memorial Park.
(Obit in Grand Rapids Press 17 August 1940)


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  • Created by: Ron Rietsma
  • Added: Aug 15, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29054609/frouke-bierma: accessed ), memorial page for Frouke “Flora” Van Dam Bierma (19 Oct 1859–16 Aug 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29054609, citing Rest Lawn Memorial Park, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Ron Rietsma (contributor 47023424).