Graanstra, Bernard Bastiaan 1870-1936

GRAANSTRA, GROOT

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 1/29/2013 at 10:02:47

Sioux Center News of Jan 9 ,1936
B.B. Graanstra Passed Away.

Funeral services were held Monday for B. B. Graanstra 65, who died on Friday after less than a weeks illness caused by pneumonia.

Mr. Graanstra was born December 27, 1870 in the Netherlands and since coming to America when a youth he has lived on farms near various towns in Northwest Iowa.

The deceased is survived by 6 children of a former marriage. The are John of Ocheydan; Mrs. Gerrit Stringholl of Sanborn, Jake of Sioux Center, Corale and Willam, Sheldon; and Gretta of Doon, his widow and six step children: Mrs. John Gorter of Doon; Sam and Ed Holtrup Sioux Center; Mrs. Jake De Beor; Lou Martin SD and Steen. 　

(More information found on this family – Bernard/Berend Bastiaans Graanstra was born 27 Dec 1870 Neibert Neth. Died Jan 1936 Doon IA. Married Wilhelmina ‘Minnie’ Groot born 17 May 11877 Enkhuizen Neth died on 15 Feb 1926 Sanborn IA. Some of the children listed in the 1910 census Lynn Tsp Sioux County werer Bastiaan, John, Wilhelmina, and Jacob.)