Last rites were held at the Kleinsmith Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Elda Balkema, wife of Elmer H. Balkema, of East Orange, N. J. Mrs. Balkema, a former resident of the vicinity northwest of Mulberry and of Lafayette, died at her East Orange home after an extended illness.
She was born in Tippecanoe county, 42 years ago, the daughter of Wallace and Sarah (Bolyard) Paul, both deceased. She graduated from Purdue university and taught at the Jefferson (Lafayette) high school
Her marriage to Mr. Balkema, who survives, took place in 1928. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Elmer Kern; a great-uncle, Joseph Bolyard, and many other relatives.
The Rev. L. H Gunneman, pastor of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church, Lafayette, of which she was a member, officiated at the funeral.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, January 31, 1947
She was born in Tippecanoe county, 42 years ago, the daughter of Wallace and Sarah (Bolyard) Paul, both deceased. She graduated from Purdue university and taught at the Jefferson (Lafayette) high school
Her marriage to Mr. Balkema, who survives, took place in 1928. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Elmer Kern; a great-uncle, Joseph Bolyard, and many other relatives.
The Rev. L. H Gunneman, pastor of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church, Lafayette, of which she was a member, officiated at the funeral.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, January 31, 1947
Last rites were held at the Kleinsmith Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Elda Balkema, wife of Elmer H. Balkema, of East Orange, N. J. Mrs. Balkema, a former resident of the vicinity northwest of Mulberry and of Lafayette, died at her East Orange home after an extended illness.
She was born in Tippecanoe county, 42 years ago, the daughter of Wallace and Sarah (Bolyard) Paul, both deceased. She graduated from Purdue university and taught at the Jefferson (Lafayette) high school
Her marriage to Mr. Balkema, who survives, took place in 1928. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Elmer Kern; a great-uncle, Joseph Bolyard, and many other relatives.
The Rev. L. H Gunneman, pastor of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church, Lafayette, of which she was a member, officiated at the funeral.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, January 31, 1947
She was born in Tippecanoe county, 42 years ago, the daughter of Wallace and Sarah (Bolyard) Paul, both deceased. She graduated from Purdue university and taught at the Jefferson (Lafayette) high school
Her marriage to Mr. Balkema, who survives, took place in 1928. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Elmer Kern; a great-uncle, Joseph Bolyard, and many other relatives.
The Rev. L. H Gunneman, pastor of the Salem Evangelical and Reformed church, Lafayette, of which she was a member, officiated at the funeral.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, January 31, 1947
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