Jansma, Charles "Chas" 1883-1953

JANSMA, SCHOUTEN

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke--Volunteer
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:33

Source: Sioux County Capital (4-23-1953)

Birth: March 9, 1883
Death: April 12, 1953

Rites Held Friday for Charles "Chas" Jansma Maurice Resident Died April 12, at Age 70

Funeral services for Charles Jansma, delayed two days by last week's blizzard, were held Friday afternoon at the First Reformed Church in Maurice. Interment was made in Sherman Township Cemetery.

Mr. Jansma died Sunday, April 12, at the Panska Nursing home in Hawarden. He was 70 years, one month, three days old.

Born March 9, 1883, at Kalamazoo, Michigan, Charles Jansma was married October 29, 1909, to Anna Schouten of Sioux Center. They made their home in the Maurice vicinity all their married lives.

Three children were born to the couple. One son died in infancy; Mrs. Jansma died November 26, 1945; and a daughter Arnetta (Mrs. Wallace) Van Roekel died November 11, 1951.

The survivors include one son, Pierce, of Maurice; five grandchildren; two brothers, John of Broadview, Montana, and Dick of California; and two sisters, Mrs. Nick Hibma of Harris, and Mrs. Ed De Jager of Orange City.