DeJong, Peter abt. 1870-1954

DEJONG, HAMERSMA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 11/7/2011 at 05:04:51

Peter De Jong
Mr. Peter De Jong passed away Thursday afternoon at the Sioux Center Community Hospital. Mr De Jong had reached the age of 84 years 11 months and 17 days. On May the 18th he was united in marriage to Gertie Hamersma who preceded him in death in 1936. To this union four children were born three who now survive. Dick of Maurice, Anna , Mrs. Ted Smits and Jacoba, Mrs. Thomas Crow of Bellflower, Calif. One son, Miendert, died early in life. He is also survived by 10 grand children and 3 great-grandchildren and one brother and one sister who live in the Netherlands. Mr. De Jong came to America in 1911 and settled in Sioux county and spent most of his life time at Maurice Arrangements were under the direction of Vander Ploeg’s.
Source: Sioux Center News of March 4, 1954.