Wielenga, Andrew - 1900-1976

WIELENGA, HAARSMA

Posted By: Linda Vander Linden - Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/21/2010 at 12:56:56

Andrew Wielenga, 76, Orange City, died June 16 in a Sioux Center hospital.

Services were held at 10 A.M., June 19 in the First Christian Reformed Church. The Rev. John H. Rubingh officiated. Burial will be in West Lawn Cemetery under direction of the Van Gelder Funeral Home.

Mr. Wielenga was born April 24, 1900, in Orange City. He married Tena Haarsma Nov. 17, 1921, at Maurice. Mr. & Mrs. Wielenga farmed in the Orange City area for about 40 years. Mrs. Wielenga died in 1974.

Mr. Wielenga was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church.

Survivors include four sons, Henry, Verne, Donald and Lawrence, all of Orange City; three daughters, Mrs. Fred (Lois) De Beer and Mrs. Peter (Cathleen) Van Wyke, both of Orange City, and Mrs. Henry (Delores) Kramer of Edgerton, Minn.; a brother, Herbert of Orange City; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Van Roekel of Boyden and Mrs. Bill Van Roekel of Maurice.

Source: Sioux Center News, June 23, 1976