Meerdink, Dr. Benjamin 1905-1999

MEERDINK, HUIBREGTSE, JOHNSON

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 8/25/2008 at 15:19:13

NAME OF DECEASED & AGE: Dr. Benjamin Meerdink, 94, of Rock Valley, Iowa
CAUSE OF DEATH:
DATE OF DEATH: Monday, Dec. 20, 1999
PLACE OF DEATH: …at Valley Manor Nursing Home, in Rock Valley, Iowa
DATE OF BIRTH: Oct. 16, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH: Hull, Iowa
PARENTS: William and Lena (Huibregtse) Meerdink
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 1st MARRIAGE: Lizzie Johnson, Jan. 2, 1934, LeMars, Iowa
SPOUSE & DATE & PLACE of 2nd MARRIAGE:
OCCUPATION: …graduated from College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University in 1933. He started a general practice in Craig, Iowa, and later moved to Rock Valley.
SURVIVORS:
PRECEDED in DEATH by: …include his wife; two daughters and their husbands, Lorna and Norman Bonnema of Storm Lake, Iowa, and Lennyce and Jack Kintner of Golden, Colo.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
PLACE OF BURIAL: Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Reformed Church in Rock Valley. Private burial will be prior to the service Thursday. [No mention of where he was buried in this obituary.]
NEWSPAPER SOURCE & DATE: The Sioux City Journal

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