Risseeuw, Bertha (infant), 1935-1936

RISSEEUW, REZEEUW, LEUSINK

Posted By: Lyda Lucas - Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:37

From the Sioux Center News, Mach 26, 1936:

Rezeeuw Infant Died of Pneumonia

Bertha, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lane Rezeeuw, died suddenly at 3:00 o’clock Thurs. morning. She was ill with double pneumonia. Funeral services were held Saturday, at 1:30 at the house. Interment was made in the Middleburg cemetery.

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RESEARCH NOTES

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has Risseeuw, Bertha, b. 24 Oct 1935, d. 19 Mar 1936, Capel Twp Cem, Middleburg IA.

FindaGrave.com has the same, with a photo of her headstone. It gives her parents as Leonard Risseeuw (1903-1992) and Pauline Leusink Risseeuw (1909-1996). Three siblings listed: Ethel Risseeuw Wolfswinkel (1929-2013), Leonard Risseeuw (1933-2009), and Bertha Inez Risseeuw Kruizenga (1938-2016).

Her death certificate has her as Bertha Rezeeuw [indexed on Ancestry.com as Rezeemu]; a farmer’s child; born Oct. 29, 1935; parents Leonard Rezeeuw, born in the Netherlands, and Jane Leusink, born in Sioux Center; died in Capel Township, Sioux Center [i.e., Sioux County] at 4:00 a.m. March 19, 1936; cause, bilateral lobar pneumonia, onset March 18.

The obituary of her father, Leonard Risseeuw Sr. (posted separately) provides additional family information.