The Bellingham Herald (WA) 13 Jul 1998, Mon
Visitation for Jacob Wagter of Lynden will be from 1 to 9 pm today at Gillies Funeral Home in Lynden.
Burial will be at 10:15 am Tuesday in Monumenta Cemetery, followed by a memorial service at 11 am at Second Christian Reformed Church with the Revs. Tom Haan and Ron Slater officiating. Mr. Wagter died at home Friday, July 10, 1998. He was 84.
Born Feb 15, 1914 to John and Jennie Kredit Wagter in Harrison, SD, he moved to Lynden in 1936.
Mr. Wagter married Minnie Oordt in Lynden on March 21, 1941. That same month, he entered the US Army. He was discharged later that same year because of being a farmer.
Mr. Wagter and his wife operated a dairy farm on Kamm Road for many years. He also worked as a self-employed carpenter.
Mr. Wagter was a member and former elder of Second Christian Reformed Church.
In 1996, he was honored as male volunteer of the year for his work with Laymen's League and Project Hope.
He also enjoyed making windmills.
Mr. Wagter was preceded in death by his brothers Herman Wagter and John Wagter, and by a granddaughter Tania Zima.
Survivors include his wife; daughters Jean Heeringa of Ferndale, Ruth Zima of Lynden and Fran Meyer of Snohomish; son Gordon Wagter of Lynden; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers Bill Wagter of Lynden and Edward Wagter of Yuma, Ariz; sisters Henrietta Waffle of Renton, Josephine Vos of Sacramento, Calif, and Dorothy Johnson of Platte, SD; and numerous other relatives.
Memorials may be made to Project Hope, Lynden, WA.
The Bellingham Herald (WA) 13 Jul 1998, Mon
Visitation for Jacob Wagter of Lynden will be from 1 to 9 pm today at Gillies Funeral Home in Lynden.
Burial will be at 10:15 am Tuesday in Monumenta Cemetery, followed by a memorial service at 11 am at Second Christian Reformed Church with the Revs. Tom Haan and Ron Slater officiating. Mr. Wagter died at home Friday, July 10, 1998. He was 84.
Born Feb 15, 1914 to John and Jennie Kredit Wagter in Harrison, SD, he moved to Lynden in 1936.
Mr. Wagter married Minnie Oordt in Lynden on March 21, 1941. That same month, he entered the US Army. He was discharged later that same year because of being a farmer.
Mr. Wagter and his wife operated a dairy farm on Kamm Road for many years. He also worked as a self-employed carpenter.
Mr. Wagter was a member and former elder of Second Christian Reformed Church.
In 1996, he was honored as male volunteer of the year for his work with Laymen's League and Project Hope.
He also enjoyed making windmills.
Mr. Wagter was preceded in death by his brothers Herman Wagter and John Wagter, and by a granddaughter Tania Zima.
Survivors include his wife; daughters Jean Heeringa of Ferndale, Ruth Zima of Lynden and Fran Meyer of Snohomish; son Gordon Wagter of Lynden; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; brothers Bill Wagter of Lynden and Edward Wagter of Yuma, Ariz; sisters Henrietta Waffle of Renton, Josephine Vos of Sacramento, Calif, and Dorothy Johnson of Platte, SD; and numerous other relatives.
Memorials may be made to Project Hope, Lynden, WA.
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