Veldboom, Alice, 1892-1922

VELDBOOM

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Date: 3/29/2017 at 21:11:02

From the Rock Valley Bee, December 29, 1922:

ALICE VELDBOOM DIED SUNDAY MORNING

Alice Veldboom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Veldboom, Sr., died at the home of her parents in Rock Valley Sunday morning at 10:40 o'clock, following a lingering illness of three years with tuberculosis. Everything that medical skill and loving hands could do was done for [her]. She spent eleven months in a sanitarium at Denver, Colorado, in hopes that her health might be restored, but she did not receive help there to warrant her staying longer, so she returned to her home in Rock Valley.

The subject of this sketch was born August 10, 1892, on a farm seven miles southwest of Rock Valley. Practically all her life was spent in Rock Valley and vicinity, where she received her early training and grew to womanhood.

She was a faithful member of the First Reformed Church of Rock Valley, and taught a Sunday School class there for some time until her strength began to fail. She was very patient in her sickness and always had a welcoming smile for those who came to see her. She was able to be up and around a part of the time until about two weeks before her death.

Besides her parents, she leaves two brothers and three sisters: Gerrit, Dora, Coba, John and Gertrude, all of Rock Valley.

Funeral services were held at the home at 1:00 o'clock and at the First Reformed church in Rock Valley at 1:30 Wednesday afternoon and the remains were taken to Valley View Cemetery for burial.

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From the Alton Democrat, December 30, 1922, Rock Valley news:

Miss Alice Veldboom, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerrit Veldboom, died at the home of her parents in Rock Valley Sunday morning Dec. 24th after a lingering illness of several years duration of the dread disease of tuberculosis.

The deceased was born in the vicinity of Rock Valley Aug. 10th 1892, where she grew to womanhood and at the time of her demise was 30 years, 4 months and 14 days old. She was a young women of irreproachable character and enjoyed the confidence and respect of her intimate associates. In early life she identified herself with the First Ref. church of Rock Valley and her faith was in its sincerity and was a bright and shining witness of the faith taught by the church, and endeavored to exemplify it in her everyday life. She was engaged in the activities of the church and especially rendered valuable services as a Sunday school teacher and organist.

But disease was preying upon her vitals, she was compelled to relinquish her activities and some three years ago she went to Denver and entered a sanitarium where she remained for eleven months with the hope of obtaining relief, and returned home, and has been confined to her bed for one year, and after a brave battle for her life, her Sun went down while it was yet day.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Ref. church under the supervision of the pastor Rev. H. Colenbrander, assisted by Rev. John De Jongh of Doon a former pastor, in the presence of many sympathizing friends after which her remains were consigned to the last home of men in Valley View cemetery.