DeJong, Erwin James, 1919-1934

DEJONG, MOUW

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

From the Alton Democrat, November 30, 1934:

Funeral Erwin De Jong Today

Funeral services for the late Erwin De Jong, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert De Jong who resides two miles south and one-half mile east of Boyden, will be held this Friday afternoon at Boyden. Erwin died at 5:30 Monday evening at the Hull hospital from an attack of appendicitis.

Erwin was a sophomore in the Boyden high school and his sudden passing cast a pall of gloom over his former classmates. He was a bright lad of much promise.

He is survived by his parents and one sister. His father is a brother of Harold De Jong of the Orange City Furniture Store, his mother a sister of Jake G. Mouw of Orange City. Members of the family have the heartfelt sympathy of the community in their great loss.

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From the Boyden Reporter, November 29, 1934:

IRWIN DE JONG

Irwin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert DeJongh was rushed to the Hull hospital on Wednesday evening for emergency appendicitis treatment.

Later—word has just been received that he died. Tentative date for the funeral services are set for Friday.

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From the Boyden Reporter, December 6, 1934:

IRWIN DEJONG

Irwin DeJong, age 15, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert DeJong, passed away last week Wednesday, at the Hull hospital, following an illness with ruptured appendix. The boy’s heart was in a weakened condition. Irwin was preceded in death by a sister June, who died at the age of fifteen.

Funeral services were held on Friday in the Reformed church with Rev. Brink in charge. Interment was made in the Maurice cemetery.

(The published card of thanks from the family gives his sister’s name as Shirley.)

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RESEARCH NOTES

His death certificate also spells his name Irwin De Jong, residence Boyden; born December 7, 1918 in Iowa; parents Hubert J. De Jong and Mary Mouw, both born in Iowa; died at the Hull hospital at 5:15 p.m. November 26, 1934; causes, acute dilatation of heart, onset 11/23, myocarditis, onset 11/22, ruptured appendix, onset 11/21.

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has him as Erwin James De Jong, b. 1919, d. 1934, son of H. A. & M., Sherman Township Cemetery, Maurice, IA. FindaGrave.com confirms this information with a photo of his headstone; it provides no other family information.

The Iowa Births and Christenings Index on Ancestry.com has Erwin James De Jong, born 7 Nov. 1919 in Holland Township, Sioux County; parents Herbert A. De Jong and Marie Mouw.