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In Memoriam

Sun, Apr 01, 2018

Heritage

Margerie VandenBurg Adams ex’50
March 9, 2017, Alexandria, Ky.

Gerald Alsum ex’49
Nov. 9, 2016, Brandon, Wis.

Mel Aukeman ex’66
Oct. 22, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Joann Vroom Austin ex’54
Nov. 24, 2017, Raleigh, N.C.

Frank Baarda ‘65
Sept. 2, 2016, Beamsville, Ontario

Virgil Bartman ‘59
Dec. 3, 2017, Grandville, Mich.

William Berkhof ‘60
Oct. 27, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Ruth Berkompas ‘48
Sept. 13, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Arthur Besteman ‘55
Oct. 1, 2017, Wyoming, Mich.

Harold Bode ‘51
Nov. 26, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Harry Boonstra ‘60
Oct. 23, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

David Bosscher ‘52
Oct. 19, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Judith Brunger Bouma ‘64
March 15, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Mary LaGrand Bouma ‘57
Nov. 3, 2017, Kentwood, Mich.

Bernice Colsman Boutwell ex’41
March 20, 2017, Kenora, Ontario

Donald Buiskool ex’48
Nov. 15, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Roland Buteyn ‘51
Nov. 17, 2017, Denver, Colo.

Richard De Bie ex’47
Oct. 13, 2017, Paramount, Calif.

Henry De Bolster ‘60
April 22, 2016, Mount Hope, Ontario

Eugene De Lange ex’54
Sept. 2, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Helen Van Wesep DeVos ‘47
Oct. 18, 2017, Ada, Mich.

Henry Douma ‘57
Dec. 1, 2017, Whiting, N.J.

Martin Elzinga ex’38
March 31, 2018, Ellsworth, Mich.

James Etterbeek ‘49
Jan. 22, 2017, Wyckoff, N.J.

Edith Bolhuis Geerdes ‘52
Aug. 8, 2017, Monticello, Iowa

Ebel Geertsema ‘66
Feb. 20, 2017, Mallorytown, Ontario

Henry Gort ex’48
Sept. 17, 2017, Jenison, Mich.

Andrew Haagsma ‘52
Nov. 23, 2017, Grandville, Mich.

Alberta Schemper Hageman ex’47
Oct. 6, 2017, Denver, Colo.

Joanne Muiderman Hale ex’49
May 15, 2017, Sacramento, Calif.

Herman Hiemstra ex’51
Oct. 3, 2017, Belmond, Iowa

Charles Hoytema ‘60
Jan. 9, 2017, Burlington, Ontario

Raleigh Huizinga ex’59
July 5, 2017, Bradenton, Fla.

Marvin Jager ‘57
Sept. 27, 2017, Washington, N.H.

Herman Jongsma ‘56
Sept. 29, 2017, Jenison, Mich.

Herman Keizer ‘65
Dec. 22, 2017, Caledonia, Mich.

Simon Kistemaker ‘54
Sept. 23, 2017, Largo, Fla.

callout1

Herman Kok ‘50
Oct. 19, 2016, Orland Park, Ill.

Herman Konynenbelt ‘59
April 15, 2017, Lethbridge, Ontario

Preston Kool ‘53
Jan. 5, 2018, Battle Creek, Mich.

Sanford Leestma ‘63
Nov. 16, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Konrad Marcus ‘52
Oct. 30, 2017, Hudsonville, Mich.

Martin Martinus ‘41
Jan. 17, 2018, West Olive, Mich.

Carol Clark May ‘55
Sept. 24, 2017, Rio Rancho, Texas

Adrian Moerman ex’50
Nov. 14, 2017, Portage, Mich.

Calvin Niewenhuis ‘53
Oct. 8, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Jelle Nutma ‘55
May 6, 2017, Grimsby, Ontario

Eunice Huizenga Odom ‘51
Oct. 29, 2017, Wheeler, Texas

Robert Olree ‘65
Oct. 19, 2017, Troy, Mich.

Ruth Klosterman Overbeck ‘48
Dec. 6, 2017, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Alyce Smith Peterson ‘56
Nov. 22, 2017, Glen Arbor, Mich.

Raymond Prins ‘50
Jan. 16, 2018, Fremont, Mich.

Constance Hoekstra Recker ex’46
Jan. 20, 2018, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Carl Reitsma ‘49
Jan. 7, 2018, Downers Grove, Ill.

Michael Reitsma ‘66
May 12, 2017, Calgary, Alberta

William Reus ‘50
Sept. 26, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Fannie Bloemendaal Riemersma ‘48
Jan. 22, 2017, Gig Harbor, Wash.

Kenneth Ryskamp ‘54
Nov. 15, 2017, Jupiter, Fla.

Lorraine Vanderwall Scott ex’55
May 5, 2017, Fremont, Mich.

Irene Bylsma Sheng ‘61
Nov. 10, 2017, Redlands, Calif.

Howard Spaan ‘44
Oct. 19, 2017, Beaverton, Ore.

Agnes Steegstra ex’39
Dec. 30, 2017, Jenison, Mich.

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Joan Walters Treffers ex’61
Nov. 9, 2017, Zeeland, Mich.

Michael Tulp ‘62
June 29, 2017, Orillia, Ontario

Joanne De Vries Van Baren ex’57
Dec. 4, 2017, Crete, Ill.

Elizabeth Hagedoorn Vande Guchte ex’52
Jan. 15, 2018, Grand Rapids, Mich.

John Vanden Berg ‘46
Nov. 11, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Jack Vander Wal ‘56
Aug. 26, 2017, Jenison, Mich.

Hazel Claerbout Vande Wall ex’45
March 27, 2017, Cedar Grove, Wis.

Catherine Borduin Van Dyke ex’49
Nov. 26, 2017, Jenison, Mich.

Dorothy De Boer Van Dyken ‘55
Dec. 9, 2017, Jenison, Mich.

Melvin Van Farowe ‘49
Oct. 30, 2017, Marne, Mich.

Duane Vedders ex’63
Oct. 10, 2017, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Yvonne Vinkemulder ‘52
April 17, 2017, Penney Farms, Fla.

Arline Baker Vogel ‘47
April 15, 2017, New Providence, N.J.

Glenda Vander Klay Welmers ‘61
Sept. 30, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Raymond Westra ‘57
July 24, 2017, Fort Valley, Ga.

Leonard Wilkins ‘51
Dec. 19, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Donna Bouwkamp Wilkinson ‘48
Aug. 9, 2017, Venice, Fla.

Cornelius Witt ‘59
Dec. 14, 2017, Holland, Mich.

Esther Gilder Wood ex’54
Dec. 9, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Edwin Zylstra ex’47
July 23, 2017, Westmont, Ill.

1960's

July 23, 2017, Westmont, Ill.
Dec. 2, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

1970's

Larry Bruining ex’78
Aug. 30, 2017, Byron Center Mich.

William Buthker ‘79
Nov. 18, 2017, Muskegon, Mich.

William Dubois ‘74
July 28, 2017, Stanwood, Mich.

Jeffrey Gibbs ‘76
Oct. 18, 2017, Arlington, Texas

Carl Haan ex’78
Oct. 24, 2017, Lynden, Wash.

Sandra Kerkstra-Goodin ex’77
Sept. 1, 2017, Grandville, Mich.

Jackie Hieminga Marsh ‘70
Sept. 8, 2017, Ballwin, Mo.

Theodore Peters ‘70
Jan 8. 2018, Marne, Mich.

1908's

Valerie Westerbeek Burkhart ‘84
Oct. 11, 2017, Caledonia, Mich.

Aleda Greydanus Knol ex’81
Nov. 15, 2017, East Lansing, Mich.

1990's

Richard Fogarty ‘96
Aug. 25, 2016, Jarrettsville, Md.

Marilyn Terpstra Leisman ‘91
Dec. 6, 2017, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Jessica Young Start ‘91
Nov. 28, 2017, Wyoming, Mich.

Ben Van Wyke ‘99
Sept. 23, 2017, Indianapolis, Ind.

2000's

Eric DeBoer ‘02
Aug. 12, 2017, Tucker, Ga.

Spencer Lubben ex’14
Aug. 4, 2017, Pocomoke City, Md.