Willemsen, Dora 1896-1978

WILLEMSEN, VAN WYK, ROZENBERG, KLEIN

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 11/17/2015 at 09:30:02

Dora Willemsen, Former Jasper Resident, Dies

SULLY - MONROE - Mrs. John (Dora) Willemsen, 81, of the Pleasant Park Nursing Home in Oskaloosa, a former resident of the Monroe and Sully communities, died Wednesday morning at the home.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Third Reformed Church in Pella.

The Rev. Kenneth A. Dykstra, pastor of the church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Pella.

Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home in Pella is handling arrangements.

Survivors are her husband, John; a son, Henry G. of Newton; a daughter, Mrs. Herbert (Marjorie) Van Wyk of Pella; three grandsons, four great-grandsons; three great-granddaughters; a brother and a sister.

Mrs. Willemsen, a member of the Third Reformed Church in Pella, resided on a farm south of Sully until moving into Pella in 1954. Mrs. Willemsen had resided in the Fairhaven in Pella for a number of years before moving to Oskaloosa a few months ago.

The daughter of Gerrit and Mary Rozenberg Klein, she was born April 27, 1896, south of Taintor and was raised in the Monroe community.

She was married Jan. 15, 1919 in Monroe. ~ Newspaper unknown, possibly The Newton Daily News, Newton, Iowa Thur 2 Mar 1978.