VanKlompenburg, Gerrit 1902-1981

VANKLOMPENBURG, MULDER, DEJONG

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Date: 8/6/2010 at 06:21:07

Gerrit Van Klompenburg
Date O Birth: August 14, 1902
Date of Death: May 27, 1981
Services: May 30, 1981, First Reformed Church
Clergymen: Rev. Cecil Martens, Rev Frank Snuttjer
Interment: West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City, IA
Arrangements: Van Gelder Funeral Home, Orange City, IA.
Gerrit Van Klompenburg, 78, died Wednesday in the Orange City Hospital following a lingering illness.
He was born August 14, 1902, at Orange City, the son of John and Dirkje (Mulder) Van Klompenburg. He was married to Bertha De Jong October 20, 1927, at Orange City. He had been employed at Cambier Motors at Orange City for 18 years and opened his own automotive repair and gasoline service station in 1947. He spent the last four years at the Heritage House.
He was a member of the First Reformed Church.
Survivors include: the widow; two sons, Merle of Orange City and Norman of Watertown, SD; four grandchildren; three brothers, Henry, Bill, and Dick, all of Orange City; a sister, Miss Rena of Orange City.
He was preceded in death by a son Rodney, three brothers and a sister.
Source: Van Gelder Funeral Home, Orange City, IA. obit.