VanOtterloo, Gerrit, 1857-1926

VANOTTERLOO, MULDER, VANDENBRINK, KOSTER, NIEUWENDORP

Posted By: Lydia Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:34

From the Rock Valley Bee, May 28, 1926:

DEATH OF G. VAN OTTERLOO

Gerrit Van Otterloo passed peacefully away at his home in Rock Valley Sunday afternoon [May 23], after a lingering illness of several months, having attained the age of nearly sixty-nine years.

Mr. Van Otterloo was born in the year of 1857 at Gelderland, Netherlands. At the age of ten years he came with his parents to this country. They resided in different places in Michigan and South Dakota. Mr. Van Otterloo came to Rock Valley in 1915, and has resided here continuously since that time.

Mr. Van Otterloo was a man of good Christian character and a man who was well thought of by all who knew him.

He leaves a wife, a son, John, and a daughter, Alice – Mrs. W. H. Vugteveen, and two step-sons, Rev. J. Mulder, of Everett, Washington and Gerrit Mulder who lives in California, and one step-daughter, Mrs. A. VanKley, of Rock Valley vicinity. The children from a distance are expected here for the funeral which will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock and at the Christian Reformed Church at 2:00 o’clock.

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RESEARCH NOTES

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Van Otterloo, Gerrit, b. 1857, d. 1926 age 68 yrs, ss Martje, Valley View Cem Rock Valley IA.

His death certificate has him as Gerrett Van Otterloo, retired farmer; born June 14, 1857 in Holland; father John Van Otterloo, mother’s name not known to the informant (John Van Otterloo); married but no wife's name given; resident of Rock Valley 6 years and of the U.S. 59 years; died at 5 p.m. May 23, 1926; cause, coma, duration 2 days; contributory cause, diabetes mellities, duration 5 years.

The Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index on Ancestry.com has Gerrti [i.e., Gerrit] Van Otterloo, born 14 June 1857 in the Netherlands; died 1926 in Iowa; parents Jan Hannissen Van Otterloo and Aaltje Stevensen Vandenbrink; spouses Jennie Nieuwendorp (1866-1891) and Martje “Martha” Koster (1862-1932); children John G., Adriana, and Alice Van Otterloo.