VanderLinden, Johanna (Mrs. Willem/William) 1866-1956

VANDERLINDEN, BERKHOUDT

Posted By: Janet Bosler - Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/2/2013 at 09:01:45

Mrs. William Vander Linden, 89, for many years a resident of Sioux Center, died Monday in the Sioux Center Community Hospital after six weeks for illness.

Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at 1pm at the Cooperative Burial Association chapel and at 1:30pm at the First Reformed Church, with Rev. Harry Brower officiating. Burial will be in the Sioux Center cemetery.

Mrs. Vander Linden, formerly Johanna Berkhoudt was born June 10, 1866, in the Netherlands, and was married there to William Vander Linden in 1883. The couple came to the United States in 1913 with 6 of their 9 children, and settled in Sioux Center. Mr. Vander Linden died in 1939. For the past several years, Mrs. Vander Linden had made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Anna Landegent of Rock Valley.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Landegent, Mrs. Hendrika Gorzelman of Boyden and Mrs. Maartje Van Bodegom, in The Netherlands; six sons, Jake of Bellflower, Calif., Simon and Jacoben, both in The Netherlands, Leendert of Hull, William of Sheldon, and Dick of Rock Valley; 47 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. Two children died in infancy.