DeWeerd, Harriet Jane (infant), 1936-1937

DEWEERD, LEUSINK

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

From the Sioux County Capital, February 18, 1937:

HULL INFANT

Harriet Jane, 1 year and 1 week old daughter of Raymond and Grace Luisink[sic] De Weerd, passed away at her home Wednesday Feb. 10, 1937, at 10:30 a.m. after an illness of many weeks with flu. Her funeral was held at the First Reformed church in Hull at 1 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Douwstra officiating with interment in the Hope cemetery. Besides her parents two brothers two and four years old survive.

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RESEARCH NOTES

An obituary in the Sioux County Index (Hull), February 19, provides no additional information.

The Sioux County Cemetery Index has De Weerd, Harriet Jane, b. 3 Feb 1936, d. 11 Feb 1937, Hope Cemetery, Hull IA.

Her death certificate shows her mother as Grace Leusink and adds death data: died in Hull at 10:30 a.m. February 11, 1937; causes: abscess of right lung, onset 1-15-37; pyemia [septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess], onset 2-1-37; and pneumonia, onset 12-30-36.

Researcher Wilma J. Vande Berg found this information on Ancestry.com: Raymond Charles De Weerd 1907-1992, born to John A. De Weerd and Jennie Zwart. His wife Grace Leusink 1911-1941. They had four children.