Funeral Services Held Saturday for Mrs. E. Voortman
Mrs. Evert Voortman, 80 died Thursday at a Sioux Center hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services were hold at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian Reformed Church The Rev. Richard B. DeRidder officiated. Burial was in the Sioux Center Cemetery under direction of the Cooperative Funeral Home.
Mrs. Voortman, the former Hilda Wiechers, was born March 15 1866, in The Netherlands. At the age of 16, she came to the United States and she was married to Mr Voortman in 1906. They farmed near Sioux Center until retiring He died in 1960.
Survivors include eight sons Marinus and Donald, both of Sioux Center, John of Rock Rapids, Iowa. Manus and Edward, both of Chino, Calif., Fred of Winnemucca, Nev., Richard of Ontario, Calif., and Tony of Artesia Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Gerrit Kroon of Boyden, Iowa, Mrs. Jake De Boom of Chino, Mrs. Edward Ginkel of Norco, Calif., and Mrs Peter VanBeek of Bellflower Calif.; two brothers, Ring and Richard Wiechers, both of Buena Park, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Gerrit Hulstein of Bellflower; 35 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Sioux Center News 1966-06-09.
Funeral Services Held Saturday for Mrs. E. Voortman
Mrs. Evert Voortman, 80 died Thursday at a Sioux Center hospital after a long illness.
Funeral services were hold at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian Reformed Church The Rev. Richard B. DeRidder officiated. Burial was in the Sioux Center Cemetery under direction of the Cooperative Funeral Home.
Mrs. Voortman, the former Hilda Wiechers, was born March 15 1866, in The Netherlands. At the age of 16, she came to the United States and she was married to Mr Voortman in 1906. They farmed near Sioux Center until retiring He died in 1960.
Survivors include eight sons Marinus and Donald, both of Sioux Center, John of Rock Rapids, Iowa. Manus and Edward, both of Chino, Calif., Fred of Winnemucca, Nev., Richard of Ontario, Calif., and Tony of Artesia Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Gerrit Kroon of Boyden, Iowa, Mrs. Jake De Boom of Chino, Mrs. Edward Ginkel of Norco, Calif., and Mrs Peter VanBeek of Bellflower Calif.; two brothers, Ring and Richard Wiechers, both of Buena Park, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Gerrit Hulstein of Bellflower; 35 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Sioux Center News 1966-06-09.
Family Members
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Irene Voortman De Boom
1907–1972
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Mary Voortman Kroon
1910–1998
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Manus Voortman
1911–1967
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Gertrude Voortman Van Beek
1914–1987
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Fred Voortman
1915–1996
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Merenus Voortman
1916–1982
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Richard Voortman
1918–2007
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Edward Voortman
1920–1988
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John Voortman
1923–2008
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Anthony Henry "Tony" Voortman
1926–2000
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Donald W. Voortman
1928–1987
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