Date: 2/27/2014 at 11:24:13
In Response To: Re: Family Visser 
(Renze)
Re: Family Visser
JAN VISSER 16091852-0000, JITSKE VAN DER WAL 17061852, CHILD, PIETER VISSER 27061877
Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email) In Response To: Re: Family Visser
Date: 2/27/2014 at 11:24:13
(Renze)
THIS IS NOT CERTAIN BUT (All indications are the son John William Visser may still be alive in Grand Rapids MI according to www.switchboard.com at 96 years old at the time. There is a possibility that he went to Calvin College in Grand Rapids MI and became a minister. There are several John Vissers in Grand Rapids area that could be him. I am fairly sure this is the one but currently can find no more information regarding the validity of the information on line. There was a John W. Visser living in Grand Rapids MI at 96 years old on the www.switchboard site so he may be still living. He may have lived at 3600 E. Fulton St. Grand Rapids MI ph: 616-975-7831, but doubt that is current. His wife may be Louise J. Klein born 14 Jan 1920 died 16 Feb 2009 Grand Rapids, MI you can contact the Grand Rapids newspaper for the obituary of Louise Visser died 16 Feb 2009 for an obituary)
William Pals, 66, of Orange City, died Feb. 9, 1976 at an Iowa City hospital.
Services will be at 10 A.M., Friday in the Calvary Christian Reformed Church. Rev. Edward Blankespoor will officiate. Burial will be in the Hull cemetery under the direction of the Van Etten Funeral Home.
Mr. Pals was born March 19, 1909, at Hull. He married Willemina Visser July 9, 1937, at Hull.
They lived at Hull and Sibley. He operated the Sibley motel 13 years, retired in April of 1974 and moved to Orange City.
Survivors are his wife, two sons, Arnold of Spring Lake, Mich., and Peter of Orange City; five grandchildren; two brothers Emery of Hull and Eric of Cadillac, Mich.; four sisters, Mrs. Art (Hillene) Attema of Rock Valley, Mrs. John (Katie) Roelofsen of Chino, Calif., Nellie of Wahitinsville, Mass., and Mrs. George (Irene) Monsma of Silver Springs, Md.
Source: Sioux Center News, February 11, 1976WILLEMINA PALS
Mrs. Willemina Pals, age 96, of Orange City, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2010, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City.
There will be a funeral service on Tuesday, January 5, at 10:30am, at the Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev.. David Heilman will officiate. Interment will be on Tuesday, at 1:00pm, at the Hope Cemetery in Hull. Visitation with the family present will be the hour before the service on Tuesday at the church. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Willemina was born on December 1, 1913, on a farm in rural Hull, the daughter of Peter and Minnie (Vander Kooi) Visser. She attended a one room country school at Middleburg. When her father died prematurely of scarlet fever in 1930, she moved into Hull with her mother, younger brother, John, and sister, Josephine.
She pursued various types of employment to help support the family. Ironing clothes for other families was her first job. Working at the Bee Hive, a general store in Hull, was one position she truly enjoyed.. She often shared stories of the people of Hull, as they related to retail sales. She also spent several years at the Family Clothiers store, when it opened on Main Street in Hull in the early 1950s.
On July 9, 1937, "Mina" married William Pals in Hull. They made their home in Hull until 1961, when they moved to Sibley. There they purchased and were the administrators of the Sibley Motel until 1974. Then they moved to Orange City, where she worked at De Vries Drapery. "Bill" passed away on February 9, 1976, in Iowa City.
Later, she was very active in the Dinner Date, a senior citizen program in Orange City. In October of 2008, she became a resident of the Heritage House.
For 35 years, Mrs. Pals was a member of the Calvary Christian Reformed Church, where she was active in the Harmony Circle. She will be remembered for her crocheting, quilting, and sewing.
Survivors include her two sons and their wives, Arnold and Joan Pals, D.V.M., of Spring Lake, Michigan; and Peter and Helen Pals, D..D.S., of Orange City; five grandchildren, Carol (Martin) Stewart, Bill (Stephanie) Pals, Sarah (Blake) Born, Robin (Doug) Rylaarsdam, and Kay (Jeff) Joiner; eight great-grandchildren, a Native American foster daughter, Joan Pletcher, of Phoenix, Arizona; a brother, John W. Visser, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and a sister-in-law, Irene Monsma, of Silver Springs, Maryland.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Josephine Vogelzang.
Memorials may be directed to the Orange City Area Home Health and Hospice.
Source - Oolman Funeral Home obituary
Sioux County Index Mar 14, 1984
JOSEPHINE VOLGEZANG
Mrs. Leonard (Josephine Visser) Vogelzang, 62, of 1607 Highland Ave., Holland, Michigan, died Wednesday, February 29 in Holland Community Hospital. Mrs. Vogelzang, who was member of Providence Christian Reformed Church, was employed by Vogelzang Hardware Inc. for 20 years.
Surviving are five sons, Leonard John Vogelzang of Grand Rapids, and Merrill Clare, Joel Stewart, Douglas Grant and John Timothy Vogelzang, all of Holland; four grandchidlren; a brother, John Visser of Grand Rapids; a sister, Mrs. William (Wilhelmina) Pals of Orange City.
Services were Saturday, March 3, at Providence Christian Reformed Church with the Rev. Terry Lapinsky officiating. Burial was in Pilgrim Home Cemetery
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