DeVries, Jacoba (Mrs. Abe) 1880-1951

DEVRIES, BRUNSTING, KOK

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 1/31/2015 at 14:35:28

Sioux Center News of March 8, 1951

MRS. ABE DE Vries
Mrs. Abe De Vries passed away on Saturday morning at the Sacred Heart hospital at LeMars, Iowa at the age of 71 years, 6 months, and 15 days She was born August 19, 1880 at Drenthe, Netherlands and came to America at the age of 8. Two weeks after her arrival in America with her mother died.

She was married to Abe De Vries at Hull on December 11, 1002 and they farmed near their present home all of their married life. She leaves to mourn her departure her husband and three children ; Sadie, (Mrs. Jake Altena) of Maurice; Albert, of Sioux Center; and Janet, (Mrs. Wilmer Juffer) of Sioux Center and also 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild, one brother, Everett Brunsting of Hawarden and one sister, Mrs Albert Reinders of Redlands, Calif. Two brothers preceded her in
Death

(Submitter found a family tree on line done by others.. Jacoba Fredricka Brunsting born 19 Aug 1880 Netherlands, died 3 March 1951 Sioux Center, She married Abe De Vries 1877-1951. She was the daughter of Albert Evert Brunsting 1850-1936 and Jantje Kok 1843-1889. Children Sadie, Albert and Janette. )