Cora (Cornelia Reintje Rouw) Kuiper, 96, of Pella, passed away early Thursday morning in the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, at the Third Church Chapel in Pella. Interment will follow the lunch in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Visitation will be all day Sunday, with the family present Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home.
For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center or the Third Reformed Church in Pella. Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
-Obituary from The Oskaloosa Herald
(4/9/2007)
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From a family of 9 children, Cornelia Reintje Rouw, the 8th child, was born on January 15, 1911 near Ede, Holland, the Netherlands, to Albertus and Evertje Plate Rouw.
In February of 1913, her parents sold their farm and most of their possessions to bring their family of 8 children to America. An infant son, of 2 months old, had died in 1905. The Rouw family traveled to America aboard the Noordam, landing in New York, and traveled by train to Pella, Iowa. The father, Albertus Rouw, found a job as a farm hand in the Sandridge neighborhood near Sully, Iowa where Cora, as she was known, started school. She later graduated from the Oak Grove Country Grade School in Jasper County, Iowa.
In March of 1918, the family rented their first farm west of Pella and then moved to a farm west of Otley, Iowa where the youngest member of their family was born, completing the family of 14 children, 8 boys and 6 girls. In 1926, they moved to a farm south of Eddyville, Iowa and in 1929 they rented a farm again west of Otley.
The family attended the Otley Reformed Church and this is where Cora met her husband to be, Gradus Kuiper, son of the late Gerrit R. and Nellie Klyn Kuiper. Cora and Grady were united in marriage on September 7, 1932, at the parsonage of the Otley Reformed Church with both their parents as witnesses. To this union six children were born. Grady and Cora farmed in the Otley area for five years and then rented a farm west of Oskaloosa, Iowa where they lived for four years.
They bought their first farm in the Beacon, Iowa area where they lived for two years until they sold that farm and bought a farm northeast of Pella in 1944. They built a new home there in 1947 and continued to farm there until they retired and moved into Pella in 1969. Cora and Grady enjoyed their retirement traveling to several places in the United States and also went to see their relatives in the Netherlands.
Grady passed away on November 15, 1985 at the age of 73 years. Following his death Cora decided to sell their home and moved into Midtowne Apartments where she enjoyed playing cards with friends. She lived there until becoming a resident at Hilltop Manor North.
Cora eventually became a nursing home resident and passed away early Thursday morning, April 5, 2007 in the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella. She attained the advanced age of 96 years, months and days.
Cora was preceded in death by her husband, Gradus; her son Harley D. Kuiper, who died July 26, 1998 at the age of 58 years; twin great-grandchildren, Lisa and Bret Brummel, a great-grandson, Cooper Riggen; her parents, Albertus and Effie Rouw; and all of her brothers and sisters: her brother who died in infancy, Alice (Tunis) Goemaat, Gerrit Rouw, Wilma (John) Vander Beek, Minnie (Henry) Menninga, William Rouw, Gerald Rouw, Everett Rouw, Johanna (Gerrit) Septer, Bert Rouw, Dick Rouw, Cornie Rouw and Esther (Bill) McCurdy.
Cora was a faithful member of the Third Reformed Church in Pella where she sang in a trio for many years. As a mother, Cora was busy canning and freezing fruits and vegetables. She sewed a lot of their clothes and loved to raise flowers and did a lot of crocheting.
For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center or the Third Reformed Church in Pella.
-Obituary from The Pella Chronicle
(4/27/2007)
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, at the Third Church Chapel in Pella. Interment will follow the lunch in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Visitation will be all day Sunday, with the family present Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home.
For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center or the Third Reformed Church in Pella. Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
-Obituary from The Oskaloosa Herald
(4/9/2007)
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From a family of 9 children, Cornelia Reintje Rouw, the 8th child, was born on January 15, 1911 near Ede, Holland, the Netherlands, to Albertus and Evertje Plate Rouw.
In February of 1913, her parents sold their farm and most of their possessions to bring their family of 8 children to America. An infant son, of 2 months old, had died in 1905. The Rouw family traveled to America aboard the Noordam, landing in New York, and traveled by train to Pella, Iowa. The father, Albertus Rouw, found a job as a farm hand in the Sandridge neighborhood near Sully, Iowa where Cora, as she was known, started school. She later graduated from the Oak Grove Country Grade School in Jasper County, Iowa.
In March of 1918, the family rented their first farm west of Pella and then moved to a farm west of Otley, Iowa where the youngest member of their family was born, completing the family of 14 children, 8 boys and 6 girls. In 1926, they moved to a farm south of Eddyville, Iowa and in 1929 they rented a farm again west of Otley.
The family attended the Otley Reformed Church and this is where Cora met her husband to be, Gradus Kuiper, son of the late Gerrit R. and Nellie Klyn Kuiper. Cora and Grady were united in marriage on September 7, 1932, at the parsonage of the Otley Reformed Church with both their parents as witnesses. To this union six children were born. Grady and Cora farmed in the Otley area for five years and then rented a farm west of Oskaloosa, Iowa where they lived for four years.
They bought their first farm in the Beacon, Iowa area where they lived for two years until they sold that farm and bought a farm northeast of Pella in 1944. They built a new home there in 1947 and continued to farm there until they retired and moved into Pella in 1969. Cora and Grady enjoyed their retirement traveling to several places in the United States and also went to see their relatives in the Netherlands.
Grady passed away on November 15, 1985 at the age of 73 years. Following his death Cora decided to sell their home and moved into Midtowne Apartments where she enjoyed playing cards with friends. She lived there until becoming a resident at Hilltop Manor North.
Cora eventually became a nursing home resident and passed away early Thursday morning, April 5, 2007 in the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella. She attained the advanced age of 96 years, months and days.
Cora was preceded in death by her husband, Gradus; her son Harley D. Kuiper, who died July 26, 1998 at the age of 58 years; twin great-grandchildren, Lisa and Bret Brummel, a great-grandson, Cooper Riggen; her parents, Albertus and Effie Rouw; and all of her brothers and sisters: her brother who died in infancy, Alice (Tunis) Goemaat, Gerrit Rouw, Wilma (John) Vander Beek, Minnie (Henry) Menninga, William Rouw, Gerald Rouw, Everett Rouw, Johanna (Gerrit) Septer, Bert Rouw, Dick Rouw, Cornie Rouw and Esther (Bill) McCurdy.
Cora was a faithful member of the Third Reformed Church in Pella where she sang in a trio for many years. As a mother, Cora was busy canning and freezing fruits and vegetables. She sewed a lot of their clothes and loved to raise flowers and did a lot of crocheting.
For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center or the Third Reformed Church in Pella.
-Obituary from The Pella Chronicle
(4/27/2007)
Cora (Cornelia Reintje Rouw) Kuiper, 96, of Pella, passed away early Thursday morning in the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, at the Third Church Chapel in Pella. Interment will follow the lunch in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Visitation will be all day Sunday, with the family present Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home.
For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center or the Third Reformed Church in Pella. Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
-Obituary from The Oskaloosa Herald
(4/9/2007)
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From a family of 9 children, Cornelia Reintje Rouw, the 8th child, was born on January 15, 1911 near Ede, Holland, the Netherlands, to Albertus and Evertje Plate Rouw.
In February of 1913, her parents sold their farm and most of their possessions to bring their family of 8 children to America. An infant son, of 2 months old, had died in 1905. The Rouw family traveled to America aboard the Noordam, landing in New York, and traveled by train to Pella, Iowa. The father, Albertus Rouw, found a job as a farm hand in the Sandridge neighborhood near Sully, Iowa where Cora, as she was known, started school. She later graduated from the Oak Grove Country Grade School in Jasper County, Iowa.
In March of 1918, the family rented their first farm west of Pella and then moved to a farm west of Otley, Iowa where the youngest member of their family was born, completing the family of 14 children, 8 boys and 6 girls. In 1926, they moved to a farm south of Eddyville, Iowa and in 1929 they rented a farm again west of Otley.
The family attended the Otley Reformed Church and this is where Cora met her husband to be, Gradus Kuiper, son of the late Gerrit R. and Nellie Klyn Kuiper. Cora and Grady were united in marriage on September 7, 1932, at the parsonage of the Otley Reformed Church with both their parents as witnesses. To this union six children were born. Grady and Cora farmed in the Otley area for five years and then rented a farm west of Oskaloosa, Iowa where they lived for four years.
They bought their first farm in the Beacon, Iowa area where they lived for two years until they sold that farm and bought a farm northeast of Pella in 1944. They built a new home there in 1947 and continued to farm there until they retired and moved into Pella in 1969. Cora and Grady enjoyed their retirement traveling to several places in the United States and also went to see their relatives in the Netherlands.
Grady passed away on November 15, 1985 at the age of 73 years. Following his death Cora decided to sell their home and moved into Midtowne Apartments where she enjoyed playing cards with friends. She lived there until becoming a resident at Hilltop Manor North.
Cora eventually became a nursing home resident and passed away early Thursday morning, April 5, 2007 in the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella. She attained the advanced age of 96 years, months and days.
Cora was preceded in death by her husband, Gradus; her son Harley D. Kuiper, who died July 26, 1998 at the age of 58 years; twin great-grandchildren, Lisa and Bret Brummel, a great-grandson, Cooper Riggen; her parents, Albertus and Effie Rouw; and all of her brothers and sisters: her brother who died in infancy, Alice (Tunis) Goemaat, Gerrit Rouw, Wilma (John) Vander Beek, Minnie (Henry) Menninga, William Rouw, Gerald Rouw, Everett Rouw, Johanna (Gerrit) Septer, Bert Rouw, Dick Rouw, Cornie Rouw and Esther (Bill) McCurdy.
Cora was a faithful member of the Third Reformed Church in Pella where she sang in a trio for many years. As a mother, Cora was busy canning and freezing fruits and vegetables. She sewed a lot of their clothes and loved to raise flowers and did a lot of crocheting.
For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center or the Third Reformed Church in Pella.
-Obituary from The Pella Chronicle
(4/27/2007)
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, at the Third Church Chapel in Pella. Interment will follow the lunch in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Visitation will be all day Sunday, with the family present Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home.
For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center or the Third Reformed Church in Pella. Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
-Obituary from The Oskaloosa Herald
(4/9/2007)
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From a family of 9 children, Cornelia Reintje Rouw, the 8th child, was born on January 15, 1911 near Ede, Holland, the Netherlands, to Albertus and Evertje Plate Rouw.
In February of 1913, her parents sold their farm and most of their possessions to bring their family of 8 children to America. An infant son, of 2 months old, had died in 1905. The Rouw family traveled to America aboard the Noordam, landing in New York, and traveled by train to Pella, Iowa. The father, Albertus Rouw, found a job as a farm hand in the Sandridge neighborhood near Sully, Iowa where Cora, as she was known, started school. She later graduated from the Oak Grove Country Grade School in Jasper County, Iowa.
In March of 1918, the family rented their first farm west of Pella and then moved to a farm west of Otley, Iowa where the youngest member of their family was born, completing the family of 14 children, 8 boys and 6 girls. In 1926, they moved to a farm south of Eddyville, Iowa and in 1929 they rented a farm again west of Otley.
The family attended the Otley Reformed Church and this is where Cora met her husband to be, Gradus Kuiper, son of the late Gerrit R. and Nellie Klyn Kuiper. Cora and Grady were united in marriage on September 7, 1932, at the parsonage of the Otley Reformed Church with both their parents as witnesses. To this union six children were born. Grady and Cora farmed in the Otley area for five years and then rented a farm west of Oskaloosa, Iowa where they lived for four years.
They bought their first farm in the Beacon, Iowa area where they lived for two years until they sold that farm and bought a farm northeast of Pella in 1944. They built a new home there in 1947 and continued to farm there until they retired and moved into Pella in 1969. Cora and Grady enjoyed their retirement traveling to several places in the United States and also went to see their relatives in the Netherlands.
Grady passed away on November 15, 1985 at the age of 73 years. Following his death Cora decided to sell their home and moved into Midtowne Apartments where she enjoyed playing cards with friends. She lived there until becoming a resident at Hilltop Manor North.
Cora eventually became a nursing home resident and passed away early Thursday morning, April 5, 2007 in the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella. She attained the advanced age of 96 years, months and days.
Cora was preceded in death by her husband, Gradus; her son Harley D. Kuiper, who died July 26, 1998 at the age of 58 years; twin great-grandchildren, Lisa and Bret Brummel, a great-grandson, Cooper Riggen; her parents, Albertus and Effie Rouw; and all of her brothers and sisters: her brother who died in infancy, Alice (Tunis) Goemaat, Gerrit Rouw, Wilma (John) Vander Beek, Minnie (Henry) Menninga, William Rouw, Gerald Rouw, Everett Rouw, Johanna (Gerrit) Septer, Bert Rouw, Dick Rouw, Cornie Rouw and Esther (Bill) McCurdy.
Cora was a faithful member of the Third Reformed Church in Pella where she sang in a trio for many years. As a mother, Cora was busy canning and freezing fruits and vegetables. She sewed a lot of their clothes and loved to raise flowers and did a lot of crocheting.
For those desiring, memorials may be designated for the Long Term Care Unit at the Pella Regional Health Center or the Third Reformed Church in Pella.
-Obituary from The Pella Chronicle
(4/27/2007)
Family Members
Siblings
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Alice Rouw Goemaat
1901–1934
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Gerrit Jan Rouw
1902–1941
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Willemina "Minnie" Rouw Menninga
1906–1976
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William Rouw
1907–1997
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Gerald Rouw
1909–1995
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Everett Rouw
1912–1994
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Johanna Everdena "JoAnn" Rouw Septer
1915–1992
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Albert Rouw
1916–1988
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Dick Jacob Rouw
1918–1975
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Cornelius Albert Rouw
1919–1965
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Esther Bertha Rouw McCurdy
1921–1999
Children
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