DeJager, Martin H 1883-1979
DEJAGER, SIEBERSMA, DEVOS, ENNEMA, DEJONG, DENHARTOG, DYKSTRA, WASSENAAR
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Date: 2/10/2010 at 08:59:11
Martin H. De Jager, 95, Orange City, died Thursday, February 8, in the Orange City hospital
Services were at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the First Christian Reformed Church. The Rev. M. S. Jorritsma officiated. Burial was in West Lawn Cemetery under the direction of the Van Gelder Funeral Home.
Mr. De Jager was born September 20, 1883, at Maurice.
He married Gertie Siebersma March 1, 1905, at Orange City. They farmed until 1944, when they moved to Orange City where he worked as a carpenter until 1960 when he retired. Mrs. D Jager died March 13, 1969.
Mr. De Jager was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church.
Survivors include six daughters: Mrs. Henry (Grace) De Vos., Mrs. Sam (Lucy) Ennema, Mrs. Sam (Etta) De Jong and Mrs. Clarence (Jeanette) Den Hartog, all of Orange City, Mrs. Albert (Elizabeth) Dykstra of rural Le Mars and Mrs. Harriett J. Wassenaar of Yucaipa, California; a son, Steven of Sheldon; 24 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren.
~Source: Sioux Center News, Sioux, Iowa, USA, Feb. 14, 1979
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