Mrs. Henry Bloemendaal, 84, Orange City, died Aug. 14 in the Orange City Hospital after a long illness. Services were held at 10 a.m., August 17 in Calvary Christian Reformed Church at Orange City. THe Rev. Edward Blankespoor officiated. Burial was in West Lawn Cemetery at Orange City under the direction of the Van Etten Funeral Home.
Mrs. Bloemendaal, the former Grace Van Surksum, was born Oct. 31, 1889 in South Dakota. She was married March 7, 1909 at Orange City. The couple farmed in Sioux and O'Brien counties until moving to Orange City in 1944. Mr. Bloemendaal died in 1972.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William (Johanna) Van Klompenburg of Orange City, Mrs. Wilson (Evelyn) Beyer of Bellingham, Wash., and Mrs. Walter (Helen) Fowler of Denver; five sons, Gerald of Orange City, John of Granville, Howard of Long Beach, Calif., Clifford of Pomona, Calif., and Stanley of Melbourne, Fla.; 29 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Klein of Boyden, Mrs. John Bothof of Chandler, Minn., and Mrs. Jake Kort of Edgerton, Minn.; three brothers, Henry of Leota, Minn., Cornie of Alton, and Edward of Hospers.
Sioux County Capital - 21 August 1974
Mrs. Bloemendaal, the former Grace Van Surksum, was born Oct. 31, 1889 in South Dakota. She was married March 7, 1909 at Orange City. The couple farmed in Sioux and O'Brien counties until moving to Orange City in 1944. Mr. Bloemendaal died in 1972.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William (Johanna) Van Klompenburg of Orange City, Mrs. Wilson (Evelyn) Beyer of Bellingham, Wash., and Mrs. Walter (Helen) Fowler of Denver; five sons, Gerald of Orange City, John of Granville, Howard of Long Beach, Calif., Clifford of Pomona, Calif., and Stanley of Melbourne, Fla.; 29 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Klein of Boyden, Mrs. John Bothof of Chandler, Minn., and Mrs. Jake Kort of Edgerton, Minn.; three brothers, Henry of Leota, Minn., Cornie of Alton, and Edward of Hospers.
Sioux County Capital - 21 August 1974
Mrs. Henry Bloemendaal, 84, Orange City, died Aug. 14 in the Orange City Hospital after a long illness. Services were held at 10 a.m., August 17 in Calvary Christian Reformed Church at Orange City. THe Rev. Edward Blankespoor officiated. Burial was in West Lawn Cemetery at Orange City under the direction of the Van Etten Funeral Home.
Mrs. Bloemendaal, the former Grace Van Surksum, was born Oct. 31, 1889 in South Dakota. She was married March 7, 1909 at Orange City. The couple farmed in Sioux and O'Brien counties until moving to Orange City in 1944. Mr. Bloemendaal died in 1972.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William (Johanna) Van Klompenburg of Orange City, Mrs. Wilson (Evelyn) Beyer of Bellingham, Wash., and Mrs. Walter (Helen) Fowler of Denver; five sons, Gerald of Orange City, John of Granville, Howard of Long Beach, Calif., Clifford of Pomona, Calif., and Stanley of Melbourne, Fla.; 29 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Klein of Boyden, Mrs. John Bothof of Chandler, Minn., and Mrs. Jake Kort of Edgerton, Minn.; three brothers, Henry of Leota, Minn., Cornie of Alton, and Edward of Hospers.
Sioux County Capital - 21 August 1974
Mrs. Bloemendaal, the former Grace Van Surksum, was born Oct. 31, 1889 in South Dakota. She was married March 7, 1909 at Orange City. The couple farmed in Sioux and O'Brien counties until moving to Orange City in 1944. Mr. Bloemendaal died in 1972.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. William (Johanna) Van Klompenburg of Orange City, Mrs. Wilson (Evelyn) Beyer of Bellingham, Wash., and Mrs. Walter (Helen) Fowler of Denver; five sons, Gerald of Orange City, John of Granville, Howard of Long Beach, Calif., Clifford of Pomona, Calif., and Stanley of Melbourne, Fla.; 29 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Klein of Boyden, Mrs. John Bothof of Chandler, Minn., and Mrs. Jake Kort of Edgerton, Minn.; three brothers, Henry of Leota, Minn., Cornie of Alton, and Edward of Hospers.
Sioux County Capital - 21 August 1974
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