Reierson, Hendrika "Rika" 1892-1974

REIERSON, DORFMEYER, BOOTSMA

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Date: 6/5/2015 at 18:39:32

Note: Her mother's maiden name was Bootsma. Nickname is spelled Rika on gravestone.

Mrs. Martin Reierson

Mrs. Martin Reierson, 81, of Beresford died september 10 at Sioux Falls hospital. Services were held at 2 p.m September 13 in Zion United Methodist Church, rural Beresford. The Rev. Orland Sloat officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery under the diretction of the WAss Funeral Home.

Mrs. Reierson, the former Hendrika "Riekea" Dorfmeyer was born November 23, 1892 in Leewarden, The Netherlands, and came to the United States at ate 2 with her parents. They lived in Scribner, Neb. and later in Akron, Iowa. She was married March 9, 1916, in Sioux City, and the couple farmed in the Alcester and Beresford area. he died in 1964.

Survivors include a son, Warren, of Beresford; a daughter, Mrs. Marvin (Julia) Cleland of Vermillion; three sisters, Mrs. Julius Kjose of Elk Point, Mrs. Reuel Brown of Culver City, Calif., and Mrs. Frank Frye of Portland, Ore.; five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Akron Register Tribune
Thursday, September 19, 1974
Akron, Iowa