Stegeman, William, 1865-1933

STEGEMAN, HEEZEN

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From the Ireton Ledger, November 2, 1933:

Rev. Stegeman Died In Kansas Monday

Friends here have just received word that Rev. Wm. Stegeman, a former Ireton pastor, died suddenly at his home at Luctor, Kansas, last Monday, October 30. The message did not state the cause of his death but it was known that he had not been in the best of health for some time. He was 68 years of age, and leaves to mourn his departure the widow and four children, Edmund, Cornelia, Henrietta and Adrain.

Rev. Stegeman was pastor of the First Reformed church in Ireton for several years and was an active relief worker in the community during the period of the World War. About thirteen years ago he accepted a call to the First Reformed church at Luctor, Kansas, where he had since served his church. The deceased was an exceptionally fine man and had a host of admiring friends in this community.

Funeral services will be held for the deceased at the First Reformed church at Luctor on tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 3.

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From the Hawarden Independent, November 9, 1933:

Former Ireton Pastor Expires

Friends of whom he had many, received word last week of the death of Rev. William Stegeman at his home in Luctor, Kan., Monday, Oct. 30th, and funeral services were held last Friday at the First Reformed church at Luctor. He had reached the age of 68 years. His health for some time had not been of the best and he had not been in active service of the church for a year or more.

Rev. Stegeman was pastor of the First Reformed church in Ireton for several years and while he and his family were residents here they won friends by the score. They were always interested in every movement of uplift and betterment, great social and community workers, great wielders of influence among church workers. He accepted a call to the First Reformed church at Luctor about 13 years ago and there wielded for good until placed on the retired list.

His good wife as well as the children, two boys and two girls, were equally active in church, school and community life and there are many here that will long remember their association with them. The sons, Edward and Abraham, are college graduates and filling a place as useful citizens where they live. The daughters, Cornelia, a school teacher, and Henrietta, a trained nurse, have been doing their part to make life worth while. We extend sincere sympathy to the widow and children in their bereavement.

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From the Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe, October 31, 1933:

A Kansas Pastor Dies

(By The Associated Press)
Norton, Kas., Oct. 31—The Rev. William Stegeman, pastor of the Dutch reformed church at Luctor for 20 years, died suddenly as he sat in a pew of his church during the funeral of Mrs. G. J. Vereman yesterday afternoon. He is survived by his widow and four children.

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His death was noted more briefly in other Sioux County newspapers. They add the information that he was an uncle of Rev. M. A. Stegeman of Hospers and a cousin of Mrs. Lubbers of Sioux Center. His funeral was covered in depth in De Volksvriend, November 9, 1933.

FindaGrave.com shows him born in 1865, died in 1933, buried in Luctor Cemetery, Prairie View, Phillips County, Kansas. No family information.

The U.S. census for 1930, Prairie View Township, Phillips County, Kansas has William Stegeman, age 64, born in Michigan, parents born in Holland, age at first marriage 27, Reformed Church minister; wife Mina, age 59, born in Wisconsin, parents born in Holland, age at first marriage 22; daughter Cornelia, age 35, born in South Dakota, a grade school teacher.

Birth and marriage records for his children on Ancestry.com show his wife as Mina (or Wilhelmina) Heezen or Haazen.

Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index on Ancestry.com has William Stegeman, born 19 August 1865 at New Gronigen, Michigan, died 30 Oct 1933 at Luctor, Kansas, parents Mannes Stegeman and Cornelia Van de Laare, spouse Mina Heezen; children Cornelia Marie Stegeman, Dirk Edmond Stegeman, Abraham Mannes Stegeman, and Henrietta Amelia Stegeman