DeJager, Gertrude (Mrs.Martin) 1887-1969

DEJAGER, SYBESMA

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 8/1/2016 at 15:53:26

Alton Democrat March 20, 1969

Mrs. Martin De Jager, age 82,of Orange City died Thursday, March 13. in Orange City. Funeral services were at 1:30p.m.March 17 in the First Christian Reformed church, with the Rev. Robert Tjapkes officiating. Burial was in West Lawn Cemetery.

The former Gertrude Sybesma, she was born March 13,1887, in The Netherlands. She was married March 1. 1905, in Orange City. The couple farmed in this area until they moved lo Orange City in 1944.

Survivors include the widower; a son Steven of Sheldon: six daughters, Mrs. Henry De Vos, Mrs. Sam De Jong. Mrs. Sam Enema, and Mrs. Clarence Den Hartog. all of Orange City ,and Mrs. Art Wassenaar of Redlands. Calif., and Mrs. Albert Dykstra of Le Mars; 23 grandchildren, and 37 great-grandchildren. and one great-great-grandchild. Also, four sisters, Mrs. George De Vries, Mrs. Gerrit Kroeze, Mrs. John Kamstra, all of Orange Citv, and Mrs. Charles Kuhl of Slayton, Minn.; a brother, Steven Sybesma of South Holland, M!.; and a stepbrother, Peter De Jager of Maurice