Wesselink, Gerrit W. 1844-1918

WESSELINK, RENSINK, DEGELINK

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:37

Wesselink, Gerrit W. born 22 Feb 1844 died 13 Sep 1918 buried in Memory Gardens cemetery Sioux Center, IA.

See the obit of Grada Rensink Wesselink 1854-1929 for more family information.

Netherlands birth record has Garrit Willem Wesselink born 22 Feb 1845 Aalten Gelderland Netherlands to Hendrik Jan Wesselink and Aaltjen Degelink. They were married 6 Oct 1874 Orange City IA.

There was an obit in the Sept 18, 1918 issue of the Nieuwsblad but it was so dark and illegible.

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Sioux Center Nieuwsblad of Sept 25, 1918

Friday 13 Sept a very sensitive blow struck me as the Lord, after a prolonged part of my life, lost my loved one and father, G. W. Wesselink. In the age of 73 years and more than six months. In his life he always revealed himself to be of the lord, in his afflictions he was always very patient, relying on the Lord to give an outcome. He has passed away in the hope of eternal life, and we though sad, need not grieve, as those who have no hope. Where life was to him Christ, his dying is a gain for him, and he has been taken to the dwelling by his Savior.
Friends and neighbors, who have assisted us in our trial, and gave expressions of Sympathy, we are thankful . The family Wesselink.