Blankespoor, Evert 1886-1967

BLANKESPOOR, DROK

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke --Volunteer
Date: 6/11/2016 at 23:07:56

Source: Rock Valley Bee (7-20-1967)

Birth: April 15, 1886
Death: July 17, 1967

Blankespoor Dies Here

Evert Blankespoor, 81, a retired farmer, died at his home Monday following a brief illness.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at l:30 P.M. at the First Reformed Church with the Reverend Ralph TenClay officiating, and burial was in Valley View Cemetery under the direction of Porter Funeral Home.

Mrs. Kenneth Kooima and Mrs. James Vander Sluis sang a duet accompanied at the organ by Mrs. George H. Van Beek. Serving as pallbearers were Henry J. Blankespoor, Henry G. Blankespoor; Henry M. Blankespoor, James Blankespoor, James Koedam and Kenneth Koedam.

Mr. Blankespoor was born February 22, 1886 in the Netherlands, He came to the United States in 1902 at the age of 16.

He married Hattie Drok in Rock Valley in 1911. They farmed in this area before retiring in 1942 when they I moved into town, he was preceded in death by his wife.

Surviving are two sons, Henry and John, both, of Inwood, two daughters, Mrs. Dick Baker, Alvord and Mrs. Case Van Zanten, Rock Valley, two brothers, John of Doon and Gys of Rock Valley; sister, Mrs. Gerrit Van't Hul of Grand Rapids. Michigan, 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Half-brother of Maas Blankespoor, brother of John Blankespoor, Gysbert Blankespoor, Jennie Blankespoor Vanderbilt, Henry Blankespoor and Hattie Blankespoor Koedam. Half-brother of Kate Pater Van Beek and Grace Pater Van ‘t Hul.