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Flora “Folkje” <I>De Jong</I> Terpstra

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Flora “Folkje” De Jong Terpstra

Birth
Ee, Dongeradeel Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands
Death
19 Jan 1984 (aged 85)
Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
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Flora Terpstra, 85, of Rock Valley died Thursday in a hospital in Rock Valley after a long illness.

Services were at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the First Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley. The Rev. Roger Bultman officiated, burial was in Valley View Cemetery. Visitation was from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Porter Funeral Home.

Mrs. Terpstra, the former Flora De Young, was born Feb. 19, 1898, in Holland. She came to the United States at the age of 10.

She married Jake Terpstra Feb. 1, 1917, in Marion, Mich. They lived in South Dakota and Washington State before moving to Rock Valley in 1949 where they operated the Coast-to-Coast Store.

Survivors include her husband; six sons, Harry of Brooten, Minn., Agner and Floyd, both of Rock Valley, Clarence of Hawarden, Jake and Peter, both of Holland, Mich.; two daughters, Ada Terpstra of Denver, Colo, and Mrs. Alvin (Agnes) Harmelink of Sioux Center; one sister, Mrs. Alice Stap of Lynden, Wash.; 33 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren.

Sioux Center News 1984-01-25.


Flora Terpstra, 85, of Rock Valley died Thursday in a hospital in Rock Valley after a long illness.

Services were at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the First Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley. The Rev. Roger Bultman officiated, burial was in Valley View Cemetery. Visitation was from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Porter Funeral Home.

Mrs. Terpstra, the former Flora De Young, was born Feb. 19, 1898, in Holland. She came to the United States at the age of 10.

She married Jake Terpstra Feb. 1, 1917, in Marion, Mich. They lived in South Dakota and Washington State before moving to Rock Valley in 1949 where they operated the Coast-to-Coast Store.

Survivors include her husband; six sons, Harry of Brooten, Minn., Agner and Floyd, both of Rock Valley, Clarence of Hawarden, Jake and Peter, both of Holland, Mich.; two daughters, Ada Terpstra of Denver, Colo, and Mrs. Alvin (Agnes) Harmelink of Sioux Center; one sister, Mrs. Alice Stap of Lynden, Wash.; 33 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren.

Sioux Center News 1984-01-25.

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  • Maintained by: GS
  • Originally Created by: ram
  • Added: Mar 17, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106850674/flora-terpstra: accessed ), memorial page for Flora “Folkje” De Jong Terpstra (19 Feb 1898–19 Jan 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106850674, citing Valley View Cemetery, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by GS (contributor 47162417).