VanRavenswaay, Everdena, Mrs. Johannas 1896-1976

VANRAVENSWAAY, VANDEHOEF

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden - Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/19/2010 at 12:48:22

Sioux Center-Mrs. Johannas Van Ravenswaay, 80, of Sioux Center, died Sept. 6 at a Sioux Center hospital after a long illness.

Services will be at 1:30 P.M., Sept. 8 at Memorial Funeral Home. The Rev. William Suyker will officiate. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mrs. Van Ravenswaay, the former Everdena Vande Hoef, was born Jan. 28, 1896, in The Netherlands. She came to the United States in 1913 and was married to Johannas Van Ravenswaay on Dec. 30, 1922, at Ireton. The couple lived in the Ireton-Sioux Center vicinity.

Survivors include the widower; one daughter, Miss Joan Van Ravenswaay of Sioux Center; five sons, Richard of Ireton, Adrian of Sioux Center, Gerard of Orange City; John of Boca Raton, Fla.; and Donald of Chino, Calif.; three brothers, Richard of Los Angeles and Ed and John, both of Ireton; three sisters, Mrs. Bert DeJager, Mrs. Dreka Kool and Mrs. Frank Vander Feen, all of Hawarden; 21 grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.

Source: Sioux Center News, September 8, 1976