Workhoven, Trijntje 'Kate' (Mrs. Arie) 1841-1907

WORKHOVEN, WERKHOVEN, PELMULDER, HEERINGA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/30/2014 at 10:11:38

Alton Democrat of May 11, 1907 Orange City News.
Last Monday morning at ten o'clock occurred the death of Mrs. Workhoven. Deceased was sixty five years of age and bad been suffering the past two years with consumption and heart disease. She was married at Pella Iowa in 1864 (or 1860) to A. Workhoven who died almost four years ago.

She was one of the pioneer settlers of this colony. She is the mother of twelve children ten of whom are living and whose names are: Mrs, Mitchell of Dalton South Dakota, Mrs. Rutherford, Mrs. Munger and Jim Workhoven of Omaha Nebraska, Mrs. Nelson of Greenville Texas, Jelle Workhoven of Rock Valley IA and Arnold, Harry, John and Cornelia who reside at the old home here. All the children with the exception of Mrs. Rutherford came to attend the funeral which was held Thursday afternoon in the First Ref. church conducted by Rev. Stapelkamp and Rev. Winters.

(See the obit of her husband Arie Werkhoven 1903. She was born Trijntje Pelmulder 20 Dec 1841 to Jelle Jans Pelmulder and Tryntje Klazes Heeringa, married in Marion Co. Jan 27, 1860. Arie Werkhoven died Sep 8, 1903.