Barents, Jennie, Mrs. John, 1894-1949

BARENTS, LEVERING, LOVERING

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Date: 7/30/2012 at 07:20:23

Ireton: Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for Mrs. John Barents, 55 years old, from the Methodist church, Rev. E. J. Plummer officiating with burial in the Ireton cemetery. Mrs. Barents died Sunday evening at five o'clock at the home of her son Julius Barents and family, where she was taken after being a patient in the Sacred Heart hospital, LeMars, a short time following a stroke, paralyzing parts of her upper body.

Mrs. Barents, the former Jennie Levering, leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, John Barents, two daughters and four sons, who are: Mrs. Henry Walraven, Gerrit, Edward and Julius Barents of Ireton, Miss Jacoba Barents of Eureka, Calif. and John Barents jr. of Fulda, Minn., also six grandchildren.

Source: Sioux Center News, March 3, 1949.

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Mrs. John Barents

Jennie Lovering [i.e., Levering], daughter of Julius and Jacoba Lovering, was born Jan. 28, 1894 at Middleburg, Iowa and was married to John Barents April 14, 1914 and to this union six children were born, Miss Jacoba of Eureka, Calif., Mrs. Marie Walraven, Edward, Julius and Gerrit Barents of Ireton and John, Jr., of Fulda, Minn. She had spent most of her life in Sioux county with the exception of four years spent at Hudson, S.D. She was a member of the Methodist church and a willing worker of the Ladies Aid Society.

She died Sunday, Feb. 27th at the home of her son Julius and family following an illness of two months. Funeral services were held last Wednesday from the Methodist church at 2 o'clock with Rev. E. J. Plummer of Marcus officiating with interment in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Pall-bearers were Wm. Wissink, Henry Krommendyk, Ed Van Donge, Albert Sprik, Dick Dirksen and Pete Santema.

Survivors are the widower, the six children, and six grandchildren. Also three brothers, Lambert Lovering of Sheldon, Edward Levering of Grand Rapids, Mich., and John Lovering of Doon, all present for the services.

Source: Alton Democrat, March 17, 1949.