Duistermars, Mrs. Henry W. 1887-1957

DUISTERMARS, CLEVERINGA

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Date: 11/23/2011 at 14:45:35

Sioux Center News, July 18, 1957

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, July 20, at the Second Christian Reformed Church of Orange City for Mrs. H. Duistermars, a former Sioux Center resident, who passed away at 9 a.m., Wednesday morning at the Grossman Hospital.

Services will be held at the family home at 1 p.m., immediately preceding the church service. Burial will be made in Sioux Center Community Cemetery, under the direction of Van Etten Funeral Home.

Survivors include her husband of Orange City; five daughters, one son, thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Sioux Center News, July 25, 1957

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Second Christian Reformed Church of Orange City for Mrs. Henry W. Duistermars, who passed away at the Grossman Hospital July 17, after a brief illness resulting from gallbladder infection.

Rev. Jno. Masselink officiated at the service. Pallbearers wee nephews, Cleveringa sons. Interment was made in Sioux Center cemetery under the direction of Van Etten Funeral Home.

Mrs. Duistermars was born February 1, 1887, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Klaas Cleveringa at Oldrum, Gelderland, The Netherlands, and came to America with her parents at the age of two years. She was married to Mr. Duistermars 51 years ago. Six daughters and one son were born to this union, of which one daughter, Ilene Mae, died in 1935 at the age of 10.

Survivors include her husband and six children, Katie, Mrs. Gt. Lems of Rock Valley; Clarence of Portland, MI; Ruth, Mrs. Delbert Wilson of Holly, MI; Wilma, Mrs. Louis Franken of Rock Valley; Dorothy, Mrs. Donald Coates of Ireton and Henrietta, Mrs. Dan Alons of Hospers. Also surviving are 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.