Vonk, Cornelius Case – 1883-1969

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Posted By: Donna Sloan Rempp
Date: 8/27/2016 at 10:35:44

Life Story of Case Vonk
Cornelius Case Vonk, Sr., 85, of Reasnor, longtime resident of Jasper County, died Friday at Skiff Memorial Hospital in Newton.
Services were held Monday at Monroe Baptist Church.
The Rev. Wayne K. Anderson, pastor of the church, officiated. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery in Pella.
Surviving are 10 children, Tunis of Oskaloosa, Richard of Newton, Mrs. Jennie Hoksbergen of Sully, Mrs. Fred (Janet) Van Dyk and Mrs. Jahn (Rena) Rozenboom, both of Oskaloosa, Mrs. Neal (Gertrude) Willemsen of Otley, Mrs. Peter (Minnie) Van Maanen and Mrs. Cornie (Corrie) Terpstra, both of Sully, Mrs. Paul (Nellie) Van Maren of Kellogg and Mrs. Anthony (Evalina) Vander Wege of Denver, Colo.; five step-children, Mrs. Orville (Mary) Marshall of Monroe, Jay Vander Schel of Newton, Mrs. Joe (Cornelia) Stepka of San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Bob (Effie) Robison of Monroe and Mrs. Joe (Margaret) Sille of Newton; 52 grandchildren and 100 great grandchildren.
Also surviving are a brother and five sisters.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two wives, a son, Case Jr., two stepdaughters, a grandchild, two great grandchildren, a brother and four sisters.
The son of Richard and Jennie Van Maanen Vonk, he was born October 14, 1883 in Veenendaal, The Netherlands and after serving in the Dutch cavalry, came to the United States in 1914.
Mr. Vonk farmed in Jasper County for many years.
His first wife, the former Nellie Van Hollend, died July 8, 1923, and his second wife, Gertrude Huisman Vander Schel, whom he married May 29, 1928, died November 16, 1967.
Source: Monroe Mirror; 20 February 1969