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Maas Blankespoor

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Maas Blankespoor

Birth
Kallenbroek, Barneveld Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Death
21 Mar 1953 (aged 81)
Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Half-brother of John Blankespoor,
Evert Blankespoor, Gysbert Blankespoor, Jennie Blankespoor Vanderbilt, Henry Blankespoor, Hattie Blankespoor Koedam.


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



Funeral Held Here For M. Blankespoor

Funeral sevices were held here Tuesday for Maas Blankespoor, 81, who died at the local hospital Friday. Services were conducted at the Second Christian Reformed church under the direction of the Cooperative Burial Association and burial was at the Valley View cemetery at Rock Valley.

Mr. Blankespoor was born Feb. 8, 1872, at Barneveld, Netherlands.

He was married in 1910 to Magdelena Moerman. Four children were born to this union, two of whom preceded him in death, Hattie in 1930 and Cornelius in 1934. Mrs. Blankespoor died April 6, 1936.

Mr. Blankespoor remarried in 1937 to Mary Van Kley, who now survives him with the following children: Celia, Mrs. Peter Schouten, and Henry of Sioux Center; a step-daughter, Gertrude, Mrs. Henry Bouw of Hospers, and eight grandchildren.

Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: John, Everette, Gys, Mrs. John Vander Bilt and Mrs. Gerrit Van't Hul.

One brother, Henry and two sisters, Mrs. John Koedam and Mrs. Meis van Beek, preceded him in death.

Pall bearers were Henry J. Blankespoor, Henry E. Blankespoor, William Koedam, John E. Blankespoor, and James Blankespoor.

Sioux Center News 1953-03-26.

Half-brother of John Blankespoor,
Evert Blankespoor, Gysbert Blankespoor, Jennie Blankespoor Vanderbilt, Henry Blankespoor, Hattie Blankespoor Koedam.


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



Funeral Held Here For M. Blankespoor

Funeral sevices were held here Tuesday for Maas Blankespoor, 81, who died at the local hospital Friday. Services were conducted at the Second Christian Reformed church under the direction of the Cooperative Burial Association and burial was at the Valley View cemetery at Rock Valley.

Mr. Blankespoor was born Feb. 8, 1872, at Barneveld, Netherlands.

He was married in 1910 to Magdelena Moerman. Four children were born to this union, two of whom preceded him in death, Hattie in 1930 and Cornelius in 1934. Mrs. Blankespoor died April 6, 1936.

Mr. Blankespoor remarried in 1937 to Mary Van Kley, who now survives him with the following children: Celia, Mrs. Peter Schouten, and Henry of Sioux Center; a step-daughter, Gertrude, Mrs. Henry Bouw of Hospers, and eight grandchildren.

Also surviving are the following brothers and sisters: John, Everette, Gys, Mrs. John Vander Bilt and Mrs. Gerrit Van't Hul.

One brother, Henry and two sisters, Mrs. John Koedam and Mrs. Meis van Beek, preceded him in death.

Pall bearers were Henry J. Blankespoor, Henry E. Blankespoor, William Koedam, John E. Blankespoor, and James Blankespoor.

Sioux Center News 1953-03-26.



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  • Created by: GS
  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90007237/maas-blankespoor: accessed ), memorial page for Maas Blankespoor (8 Feb 1872–21 Mar 1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90007237, citing Valley View Cemetery, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by GS (contributor 47162417).