DeBoer, Gerrit 1905 - 1931

DEBOER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 11/24/2011 at 17:57:52

Gerrit De Boer
YOUNG ROCK VALLEY MAN
DIES IN HUDSON HOSPITAL
Tragedy visited the home of a young couple living on a farm near Rock Valley Tuesday when Gerrit De Boer 26, son of Mr and Mrs. Klaas De Boer also living near Rock Valley, passed away at the Hudson, S.D. hospital following an illness of sixteen days.
The young man had been suffering from ulcers of the stomach for some time and was taken to the hospital about two and a half weeks ago. He was operated last week but gradually lost in his fight to regain strength, and passed away on Tuesday, October 1,
He is survived by his grief-stricken wife who is an expectant mother; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Klaas De Boer; two brothers, John and Frank of Rock Valley; one sister, Elizabeth of Rock Valley and another sister, Mrs. John Meerbeek of Lebanon, and a host relatives on his wife’s side, among them Mrs. Maas Van Beek of Sioux Center, who is a sister to the widow.
Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, October 21st, at 1 o’clock from the home and at 2 p.m. from the First Christian Reformed church, Rock Valley with Rev. J. Gritters o ficiating. Interment will take place the Inwood Cemetery.
Source:Sioux Center News of Oct 21, 1931