VANDERVELDE, Gertie (Franken) Bobeldyk 1889-1979

VANDERVELDE, BOBELDYK, FRANKEN, BOS, FOLKERS, DOKTER, VANOORT, CNOSSEN

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 11/16/2012 at 12:43:21

Gertie (Franken) Bobeldyk VanderVelde – October 10, 1889 – April 22, 1979

Gertie VanderVelde

Mrs. William VanderVelde, 79, of Rock Valley, died Sunday, April 22, at Hegg Memorial Hospital. Services were held on April 25 at the First Reformed Church of Rock Valley with Assistant Pastor AI Pruis officiating. Burial was in Richland Cemetery in Inwood under the direction of the Porter Funeral Home of Rock Valley.

Mrs. Vander Velde, the former Gertie Franken, was born October 10, 1889, in Sioux Center. She married John Bobeldyk November 17. 1916. He died August 6, 1961. She married William Vander Velde February 14, 1963. He died on February 6, 1970.

Survivors include the three sons, Walter and Eugene, both of Holland, Michigan, and Allen of Sioux Falls; five daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Gertrude) Bos and Mrs. Roy Folkerts, both of Inwood, Mrs. John (Henrietta) Dokter of Los Alamitos, California, Mrs. Albert (Janet) Van Oort of Rock Valley and Mrs. Stanley (Jennie) Cnossen of Holland; two stepsons, Richard of Rock Valley and John of Bellfiower, California; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Jim (Betty) Bartels of Jerome, Idaho; 28 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren.

Rock Valley Bee 1979-05-02.