Biesterbos, Annie (Mrs. Jake), 1899-1932

BIESTERBOS, LINGBECK, LINGBEEK, DEGROOT, BRIGGS, SIPMA

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Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:33

From the Alton Democrat, September 2, 1932, Rock Valley news:

The remains of Mrs. Jake Biesteros were brought to Doon from Luverne, Minn., for burial. Deceased formerly lived at Rock Valley. She will be remembered by the older residents as Anna Lingbeck. She leaves her husband and three children, aged eleven, thirteen and fourteen years. Death was due to a heart attack.

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No obituary was found in the September 2 Rock Valley Bee. The September 9 edition is missing.

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From the Rock County Herald (Luverne), August 19, 1932:

SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIP MOTHER DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. Jake Biesterbos Found Dead Lying Alongside of Bed When Husband Returns from Work

Mrs. Jacob Biesterbos, of Springwater township, died very suddenly late Monday afternoon while alone in her home on the Fangmeyer farm. She was found kneeling between a bed and the wall in her bedroom, lying on her face and breast, when Mr. Biesterbos went to the house at about 6:00 in response to a statement from one of the children that there was something wrong with mother and she looked peculiar.

Dr. L. C. Sherman was summoned and because of the strange position in which the body was found and the fact that Mrs. Biesterbos had not been ill, Coroner F. W. Bofenkamp was called and a post-mortem examination made. This disclosed that death had been due to heart trouble, or congestion caused by a blood clot.

On the afternoon of Mrs. Biesterbos’ death the husband had been helping a neighbor thresh, and reached home at about 5:00 o’clock. He was out in a field doing some fencing, when one of the children told him about the mother’s appearance, and he returned to the home. The indication, when the physicians arrived, was that Mrs. Biesterbos’ death could not have occurred earlier than 4:00 o’clock.

Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock from the Dutch Reformed church, at Steen, Rev. DeYong, of Rock Rapids, conducting the services, and the body was taken to the deceased’s old home at Doon, Iowa, for interment. The pallbearers were John Carlson, Herman Thorson, M. Post, E. Willems, S. Roemling and Ferd. Petersen.

Anna Lingbeck was born May 23rd, 1899, at Rock Valley, Iowa, and upon reaching young womanhood was united in marriage to A. W. Briggs and to this union were born three children, Edna, Alfred and William, their ages being 14, 13, and 11 years, respectively.

Deceased was united in marriage to Mr. Biesterbos on March 14th, 1927, and had since resided on the farm in Springwater township. To this union one daughter, Annie, aged three, was born. She, with the husband, survives. Deceased is also survived by two brothers, George Lingbeck of Winfred, S.D., Joseph Lingbeck of Inwood, Iowa, and two sisters, Mrs. P. Drenth of Sioux City and Mrs. H. Kielman of Sioux Falls.

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RESEARCH NOTES

Her Minnesota death certificate, no. 1932-MN-012947, has Biesterbos, Annie; husband Jake [Biesterbos]; born May 23, 1899 in Rock Valley; parents Harry Biesterbos[??!] and Annie de Groot, both born in Holland; died in Springwater Township, Rock County, where she had been a resident 5 years, on August 15, 1932; cause, myocarditis, duration 3 years; contributory cause, pregnancy, duration 4 months. An autopsy was performed. Buried in Doon Cemetery, Doon, Iowa.

A births index record on Ancestry.com shows Annie Lingbeek born in Sioux County, Iowa, 23 May 1899, parents Hugo Lingbeek and Onge De Groot.

The 1930 U.S. census for Springwater Township, Rock Valley, Iowa has Jake Biesterlds[scrawled], age 38, born in Holland, immigrated 1921, alien, renting a farm, age at first marriage 36; wife Anna, age 30, born in Iowa, parents born in Holland, age at first marriage 18; daughter Anna Biesterbus, age 1; three Briggs stepchildren: Edna (11, born Montana), Alfred (10, born Iowa), and William (8, born Montana).

A Montana marriage certificate on Ancestry.com shows groom Fred Briggs, residence Kalispell, age 33, born at Pennfield, Pennsylvania, parents William M. Briggs and May Peas; bride Anna Lindbeck, residence Soo City, Iowa, age 18, born in Rock Valley, Iowa, parents Harold Lindbeck and Onda De Grod; married in Flathead County, Montana, June 20, 1917. Birth records on Ancestry.com show Edna Mae Briggs born in Kalispell on May 13, 1918 (parents Fred Ralph Briggs and Anna Johanna Gertrude Lingbeck).

Another marriage record for a woman that is apparently her was found on Ancestry.com: groom, Dick Sipma, farmer, resident of Melvin, Iowa, age 41, born in the Netherlands, parents Auna[?] Sipma and Grietje Van der Wal, second marriage; bride Anna Briggs, maiden name Anna Lingbeck, resident of Melvin, Iowa, age 26, born in Rock Valley, Iowa, parents Harald Lingbeck and Ongo De Groot, second marriage; married in Orange City, Iowa, March 26, 1925.

An Ancestry.com entry from Tombstone Records of O’Brien County, Iowa has Dick Sipma, age 41, born 1884, died 6 Nov 1925, buried in Roseland Cemetery, Sanborn. Obituaries or death notices were published in several area newspapers. From the Spencer Reporter, November 18, 1925: “Dick Sipma committed suicide a week ago Friday by hanging himself in the barn at his farm home a mile south of Melvin. He was said to have been despondent since the death of his first wife two years ago. He left a second wife, five children, and three stepchildren.” The Hawarden Independent characterized him as a successful farmer, but had lost $8000 in a bank failure. He had remarried last summer.

There is a FindaGrave page for Jake Biesterbos, born 5 Nov 1891, died 11 Jan 1975, buried in Johnston Township Cemetery, Trumbull County Ohio. No wife is listed, but there is a daughter, Annie W. Biestbos Lenney (1929-2011, Mrs. Kenneth E.). Her FindaGrave page says she was born March 1, 1929 in Laverne [Luverne], Minnesota, a daughter of Jake Biesterbos and Anna Lindbeck Biesterbos.