Age 68, died in Bella Vista AR; born in Santa Fe NM to Arie and Edna Kerchmar Poldervaart; studied electrical engineering at the University of New Mexico and at the University of Southern California; worked 12 years for Rockwell, where he designed the guidance system for the minuteman missiles; left Rockwell in 1974 to join Wycliffe Bible translators and worked with the Northern Paiute Indians in Nevada; helped produce the Paiute grammar and dictionary; a member of The Christian Center Church in Bentonville.
Second husband of Dolores "Dee" Walker; they met in Dallas at Wycliffe, and were married August 12, 1988.
Preceded in death by father, and wife Dee.
Survivors include his mother, Edna "Mopsy" Poldervaart of Albuquerque N.M., sister Patricia (Charles) Snell of Albuquerque, three stepchildren; Mary Krebs Devine of Bowie Md, William Krebs of Tybee Island Ga, and Julia Krebs of Franklin PA.
Second husband of Dolores "Dee" Walker; they met in Dallas at Wycliffe, and were married August 12, 1988.
Preceded in death by father, and wife Dee.
Survivors include his mother, Edna "Mopsy" Poldervaart of Albuquerque N.M., sister Patricia (Charles) Snell of Albuquerque, three stepchildren; Mary Krebs Devine of Bowie Md, William Krebs of Tybee Island Ga, and Julia Krebs of Franklin PA.
Age 68, died in Bella Vista AR; born in Santa Fe NM to Arie and Edna Kerchmar Poldervaart; studied electrical engineering at the University of New Mexico and at the University of Southern California; worked 12 years for Rockwell, where he designed the guidance system for the minuteman missiles; left Rockwell in 1974 to join Wycliffe Bible translators and worked with the Northern Paiute Indians in Nevada; helped produce the Paiute grammar and dictionary; a member of The Christian Center Church in Bentonville.
Second husband of Dolores "Dee" Walker; they met in Dallas at Wycliffe, and were married August 12, 1988.
Preceded in death by father, and wife Dee.
Survivors include his mother, Edna "Mopsy" Poldervaart of Albuquerque N.M., sister Patricia (Charles) Snell of Albuquerque, three stepchildren; Mary Krebs Devine of Bowie Md, William Krebs of Tybee Island Ga, and Julia Krebs of Franklin PA.
Second husband of Dolores "Dee" Walker; they met in Dallas at Wycliffe, and were married August 12, 1988.
Preceded in death by father, and wife Dee.
Survivors include his mother, Edna "Mopsy" Poldervaart of Albuquerque N.M., sister Patricia (Charles) Snell of Albuquerque, three stepchildren; Mary Krebs Devine of Bowie Md, William Krebs of Tybee Island Ga, and Julia Krebs of Franklin PA.
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Maternal grandmother: Clara S Pudil Kerchmar - died 6/24/1976 - Linn Co, IA
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