Verdoorn, Cora, Mrs. Dick, 1890-1985

VERDOORN, DODEWARD

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 4/29/2012 at 20:46:57

Cora Verdoorn, 95, of Rock Valley died Tuesday, Dec. 3 in a hospital in Rock Valley.

Services were Friday, Dec. 7 in the First Reformed Church, the Rev. Gordon Bloemendaal officiating. Burial was at Valley View Cemetery.

Mrs. Verdoorn, the former Cora Dodeward, was born June 3, 1890, in Wadenoijen, The Netherlands and came to the United States and to the Rock Valley area in 1891. She attended Rock Valley public schools. She married Dick Verdoorn March 3, 1910, in Rock Valley. They farmed west of Rock Valley until 1950 when they retired and moved into town. Mr. Verdoorn died in 1965.

She was a lifetime member of the First Reformed Church and a charter member and 40-year president of the Dorcas Society of the church.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Wissink of Rock Valley; two brothers, John of Rock Valley and Steven of Port Orchard, Wash.; two grandchildren; four great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.

Source: Rock Valley Bee, December 11, 1985.

A brief news note in the Rock Valley Bee, October 9, 1985, says that she fell in her home and broke her hip. She had hip surgery at the McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, and then was transferred to the Hegg Memorial Hospital.