Reel # 36 March 22, 1961- December 26, 1962
A-7627
(April 2011)
1961
Mar. 22: Died: Albert J. Coyne, 74. Married Vesta Burns, p. 1
Died: Floyd Clark, 73, Clinton. Married Ida Holm, p. 1
Died: John Lohmeier, 79, Clinton. Married Elsie Bell, p. 1
Died: John Valk, 70. Married Johanna VanderSchaaf, p. 2
29: Died: Stephen Huizenga (Clifford), 2 months, p. 1
Died: Joseph (Vern) Evans, 60. Married Julia Chervenka, p. 2
Married: Helen Bouvia TenBoer & Albert VanVuren, p. 4
Apr. 5: M.B. Neece, Supt. of Schools, resigns, p. 1
Died: James R. Bailey, 70. Married Alma Imel, p. 1
Died: Maude Thomas Schipper (Clarence), 72, Albany, p. 2
12: Died: Effie Wiersema Smit (Auke), 82. Married Dewey Renkes, p. 1
19: Died: Edward Brondyke, 58. Married Dorothy Wilkens, p. 1
Died: Daisy Bolhous Sikkema (Peter), 52, p. 1
Died: Harry Griswold, 64. Married Ella Birt, p. 1
26: Died: Garrett Kettler, 72. Married Gertrude Buikema, p. 1
Died: Henry Logemyer, 93. Married Henrietta Wierenga, p. 1
Married: Jack Wiersema & Elizabeth Vogel, p. 6
May 3: Died: John Sissing, 86. Married Grace Drolema & Dora Fanderclai, p. 1
10: Died: Crystal Mickey (Merle, Jr.), 2, p. 1
Died: Jacob Diephuis, 74. Married Martha Huizenga, p. 1
17: Aurora Neres (Philippines) next AFS student, p. 1
Died: Alice Smith Wierenga, 84, p. 1
Died: Kate Beach Pletcher (Clarence), 76, Albany, p. 2
24: Died: Klaas Huizenga, 73. Married Nettie Wierema, p. 1
Died: Enno Bos, 90. Married Benje Shipma, p. 1
E. Clinton school to close, p. 2
31: Died: Iva Miner Orcutt (Orville), 81, p. 1
Died: Harold Poel, 53. Married Viola Meggenberg, p. 1
Died: John Medendorp, 75, single, p. 1
June 7: Married: Patricia Osten (John) & Paul Graham (Mary), p. 4
14: Died: Henrietta Huizenga Bielema (Folkert), 87, p. 1
Died: Timothy Morrow (Paul), 22 months, fell, p. 1
Married: Jeanette Decker (Alder) & John Bielema (Richard), p. 2
Married: Margaret Krava (C.B Brewster) & Courtland Kopp (Homer), p. 6
Married: Edwin Schipper (Earl) & Sandra Paulson (Richard), p. 7
1961
June 21: Died: Grace Shipma Brackemyer (Simon), 61, p. 1
Spring Valley school to close, p. 1
Died: Claus Huizenga, 85. Married Fannie Venhuizen, p. 1
Died: John VanderPloeg, 50, single, p. 1
Married: Evelyn Temple (Loyal) & Merle Schaver (George), p. 2
Married: Patricia Fitzgerald (Chester) & Larry Oostenryk, p. 4
28: Martin Bielema retiring from Fulton Shoe Store, p. 1
Died: Howard Wierenga, 43, truck/train accident. Married Id Mae Graham, p. 1
Died: Mary Smith Burns, (Wm.), 89, p. 1
Died: Harold Sharar, 48. Married Violet Gladhill, p. 1
Died: Wm. Sweenie, 85. Married Margaret Deans, p. 1
Died: Kate Lundy Eaton (Harry), Albany, p. 2
Married: Betty Feldt (Leonard) & Edwin Balk (Jacob), p. 4
July 5: Died: Wm. Hege, 71. Married Mary Clare Settle, p. 1
Married: Janice Howson (Vern) & Thomas Wiebenga (Thomas), p. 5
12: Died: Catherine Sterenberg Stegenga (Wm.), 73, Morrison, p. 1
Died: Kate Cole Whitney (Ernest), 90, p. 1
Died: Herman Thomsen, 64. Married Pauline Johannsen, p. 2
19: Married: Delores Wiersema (John) & Donald Goodridge (Arthur), p. 4
Married: Joan Earhart (LeRoy) & Charles Gillpatrick, p. 4
26: Died: Margaret Sells Cormany (Elmer), 88, Garden Plain, p. 1
Died: Wm. Bain, 74. Married Helen Fay, p. 1
J. Walter Field to retire after 54 years at Fidelity, p. 1
Died: Louis Buikema, 90. Married Stella Ottens, p. 9
Aug. 2: Died: Golson Morgan, 69. Married Clara Logemeyer, p. 1
Died: Nettie Rowland (Harry), 80, p. 1
Married: Mary Watson (L.C.) & Wm. DeVries, Jr., p. 2
Married: Audrey Smith (M.G.) & Wm. Behrens (Elmer), p. 2
Married: August Mattan (August) & Judy Brown (Fred), p. 4
Died: Ernest Vos, 65. Married Gertrude Wiebenga, p. 9
9: Died: Ronda Houzenga (Bernard), 5 days, p. 1
Died: Wayne Kisthard, 36. Married Marjorie Sikkema, p. 1
Married: Arlyn Rus (Ray) & Claire Ehrmann (Roy), p. 4
16: Died: Louis Cooper, 72, single, p. 1
Died: Mino Flikkema, 79. Married Dora Naniga, p. 1
Died: Andrew Bennett, 71. Married Edna Mason, p. 1
Married: Jean Heaney (Daniel) & Stewart Nelson (Stewart), p. 2
Married: Sheila Pringle (Lyle) & Ronald Clary (Marvin), p. 4
Married: Joan Houzenga (John) & Kenneth Rahn (Orval), p. 9
23: Died: Peter J.Dykstra, 66. Married Jennie Huizenga, p. 1
1961
Aug. 30: Died: Coe Medema, 67. Married Anna Borgman, p. 1
Married: Irma Utter (Milo) & Leon Groh (Harold), p. 2
Married: Georgiana Harkin (George) & Lee Abbott (Lee), p. 4
Sept. 6: Died: Edwin Benham, 82. Married Elcie Hugh, p. 1
Died: John Petersen, 60. Married Carrie Bigwood, p. 1
Married: Sharon Woodward (Charles Graham) & Robert Fitzgerald (Chester), p. 4
Married: Sandra Kramer (Elmer) & Larry Senior (Harvey), p. 5
Married:Leona Bielema (Clarence) & Leonard Rhoda (Leonard), p. 7
13: Died: Emil Obland, 96, Sioux City, p. 1
Died: Albert Inmar, 65. Married Alma Brauer, p. 2
Married: Carol Beeken (Harold) & Jarrett Johnson (Arthur), p. 4
Married: Margaret Steiner (Hurley) & Robert Brandon (Forrest), p. 4
20: Died: Melvin Ditton, 79, single, p. 1
Died: Ernest Christy, 70. Married Hazel Callender, p. 1
Married: Glenda Groharing (Fay) & Donald Ottens (Charles), p. 5
Died: Frank Hoerler, 68. Married Hazel Hoover, p. 11
Oct. 4: Died: Infant son of Gerald & Dorothy Hook, p. 1
Died: John Jaarsma, 71. Married Bess White, p. 1
Died: Harry Boot, 87, p. 1
18: Married: Jacobus Blink (Jacobus) & Jeanne McNamara (Ed), p. 4
25: Died: Grace Wiersema Norman (Marcus), 64, p. 1
Died: Wm. Conyers, 63. Married Ida Fronsdahl, p. 1
Died: Ren Boot, 80. Married Ella Damhoff, p. 1
Died: Harry Hicks, 70. Married Margaret Wilson, p. 1
Died: Helen Tiesenga Pell (Nicholas), 70, p. 2
Married: Alice Martin (Lloyd) & Larry VanZuiden (Marvin), p.4
Nov. 1: Died: George Atkins, 66. Married Elvira Bender, p. 1
Married: Dolores Ferguson (Mrs. Elmer Reckard) & Gary Menz (R.W.), p. 5
8: Died: Alice Heusinkveld Stone (Maynard), 68, p. 1
15: Died: Mary Sullivan Loftus, 88, single, p. 1
Died: John Gerten, 50. Married Rose Meyers, p. 1
Died: Edgar Anderson, 35. Married Janet Ziemer, p. 1
Died: Mary Curry Echelbarger (Louis), 85, p. 2
Married: Loretta Fitzgerald (Chester) & Donald Mattan (August), p.5
22: Died: Gertrude Barsema (Milton), 50, p. 1
Died: Albert Flikkema, 78. Married Gertie Damhoff, p. 1
Married: Betty Knapp (Lawrence) & Robert Potter (Gene), p. 2
29: Died: John Bruins, 68. Married Vada Humphrey, p. 1
Died: Vernon Rawlins, 64. Married Izetta Haswell, p. 1
Dedication of new Junior High, p. 1+
1961
Dec. 13: Married: Mary Jo Kerr (Joseph) & Thomas Moore (Virgil), p. 11
20: Died: Ralph Wierema, 78. Married Bertha Schaver, p. 1
Died: Marvel Rumsey Dolton (John), p. 2
Married: Vera Fenzel (John) & Donald Noordt (Harry), p. 4
Died: Earl George, 88. Married Margaret Drennan, p. 11
27: Died: Frank Barsema, 37. Married Wanita Hammond, p. 1
Died: Louis Tegeler, 72. Married Henrietta Swaagman, p. 1
Died: Edward Coffey, 86. Married Rose Woods, p. 1
1962
Jan. 3: Died:Ross Gregory, 74. Married Minnie Burdick & Evelyn Housenga, p. 1
Funeral: Louis Tegeler, 72, p. 2
Died: John Sykes, 71. Married Susan Birely & Emily Hockman, p. 2
Married: Carol Poel (Allen) & Arlyn Bush (Donald), p. 5
10: Died: Alvin Slaymaker, 82. Married Maude Beardsworth, p. 1
Died: Infant Koenes (Larry & Judy), p. 1
Died: Burnie Buikema, 67. Married Flora Boonstra, p. 1
Died: Elizabeth Newendyke Housenga (George), 86, p. 2
Died: Lena Leibert Fisk (Frank), 76, p. 2
Married: Mary Considine (Wm.) & Irvin Sanderson, (Alvin), p. 4
Married: Nellie Pruis & Charles Douma, p. 4
Married: Mary Sumner McMullin (George) & Benjamin Harris III, p. 11
17: Died: Jacob H. Buis, 46. Married Hilda Pell, p. 1
Died: Grace Hook Barsema, (Richard), 73, p. 1
Married: Jeanette Bielema & John VanderLaan, p. 2
24: Died: Terry Aitkens (Peter) 5 months, p. 1
Died: Frank Holleran, 92. Married May McDonnell, p. 1
31: Died: Laura Sanders Burns (Wm.), 65, p. 1
Died: Robert White (Wm.), at birth, p. 1
Married: Dorothy Mason (Horace) & Virgil Frey (Evelyn), p. 2
Married: Barbara Webb (Jeannette) & James Dannels (Ambrose), p. 4
Feb. 7 No newspaper
14: Died: Chambers Adams, 89. Married Mary Brightman, p. 1
Photo: Married: Ann Geronzen (Mary Ellen) & Ron Koenes (Fred), p. 11
21: Married: Martha DeWeerdt (Wilbur) & Scott Abbott (Douglas), p. 2
30: No newspaper
1962
Mar 7: Died: Robert Noble, 41, auto accident. Married Lois Slattery, p. 1
Died: Amanda Liechti Pape (Floyd), 76, p. 1
FIRE: Woods Drugs, Speedwash, Dr. Domsalla, p. 1
50th anniversary w/photo: Herman & Ellen Bos Rus, p. 13
14: Married: Edna Bronenkant & Clarence Wierema, p. 4
21: Died: Bert Wascher, 77. Married Mabel Tiffany, p. 1
Died: Walter Naftzger, 73. Married Catherine Sullivan, p. 2
Died: Odie Latimer, 65. Married Mazie Sears, p. 2
Died: Albert Perry, 74. Married Anna Gundlach, p. 2
Died: Winifred Bell Allen (Fay), 78, p. 2
28: Died: Hattie Meter Kopenga (Harry), 87, p. 1
Died: Weike Boerema Medendorp (Johannes), 81, p. 1
Died: Katie Sikkema Moldermaker (Claus), 77, p. 1
Apr. 4: Earle Amman buys Modder’s Dept. store, p. 1
Died: Viola Stuller Hill (Gerald), 56, p. 1
Died at birth: Dale Fahlen (Conrad), p. 2
11: Died: Jessica Benham Maguire, 81, p. 1
Died: John E.Housenga, 60. Married Tena Sissing, p. 2
Died: Lena Oostenryk Van Dyke (Claus), 91, p. 2
18: Died: Ralph Borgman, 63. Married Josie Ottens, p. 1
Died: Mae Buikema Tiesman (Cornelius), 76, p. 1
Died: Thomas Knoll, 71, Portland, Or., p. 2
Married: Lynne Rus (Ray) & Wm. Loerop (Wm.), p. 2
Died: Carl Fovargue, 55. Married Janet Poole, p. 2
25: Adopted 3 month son Christopher: Mr. & Mrs. Harvey VanZuiden, p. 2
May 2: Died: Dorothy Stuart Balk (Jacob), 41, p. 1
Married: Sandra Butler (Charles) & Wm. Enright (Thomas), p. 4
9: Died: Anna Stuart Zuidema (Cornelius) 78, p. 1
Died: Henry Kane, 83. Married Ethel Williams, p. 1
16: Henry Jahn sells 2 Main Street bldgs. to Dr. A.W. Glaes, Clinton, p. 1
Died: Amos Burns, 81. Married Edith Parker, p. 1
Died: Jennie Decker Oostenryck (Louis), 82, p. 1
Died: Ada Dykema Renkes (John), 76, p. 1
Died at birth: Dawn VanZuiden (Jay), p. 2
23: Died: Nellie Klimstra Rus (Ren), 68, p. 1
Died: Zula Snyder Montgomery (W.R.), 87, p. 1
30: Suicide: Jerry Larkey, 22. Married w/ 2 children, p. 1
Died: Stanley George, 62. Married Elsie Tucker, p. 1
Died: Effie Esmay Farley (Perry), 72, p. 1
Died: Leonard Cossman, 75. Married Mary McEleney, p. 1
Died: Charles Remrey, Jr., 58. Married Nellie Worden, p. 1
Died: Alta Murphy, 66, p. 2
Married: Frances Green (Earl) & Wm. Nagel (Wm.), p. 4
1962
May: 30: Married: Sharon Dickau (Fay) & Philip Wiebenga (Thomas), p. 11
June 6: Died: Alta Mae Wegner Murphy (Raphael), 67, p. 1
Died: Victor Naftzger, 67. Married Mary Snow, p. 1
Died: Thomas Hogarth, 87. Married Vera Showalter, p. 1
Obit: Jerry Larkey, 22. Married Vera Showalter. Sons Wade and Wayne, p. 2
50th Anniversary: David & Lida Flikkema, p. 4
Married: Priscilla Wolever (Robert) & Gary Koenes (Theodore), p. 9
50th anniversary: Jacob Fisher & Anna Sikkema, p. 9
Married: Carol Foster (Albert) & Arlyn Wiersema (J.J.), p. 11
13: Married: Janet Bramm (Myril) & Vernon Medendorp (Cornelius), p. 4
Died: Tim Kuizenga, 63. Married Nell Mickelson, p. 7
20: Burlington closes track here, p. 1
Died: Dorothy Williams Erickson (Forrest), 46, p. 1
Died: Glenn O. Whistler, 77. Married Margaret Wilson, p. 1
Died: John Oostenryk, 85. Married Anna Damhoff, p. 1
Married: Nancy Wiersema (Dwight) & Gary Jones (Clark), p. 2
Married: Janet Brown (Monroe) & James Dornbush (Jacob), p. 2
Married: Charlene Voss (Charles) & Larry Groh (Harold), p. 4
27: Died: John Carroll, 75. Married Veda McGinty, p. 1
Married: Nancy Sikkema (Walter) & David Hunter (Joseph), p. 4
Married: Carol Reed (Frank) & Jerold Gooch (Earl), p. 5
Married: Betty Jo Flannery (Harold) & Paul Gregorich (Nicholas), p. 5
July 4: AFS student will be Melvin Rojas of Costa Rica, p. 1
Died: Ella Parker Stone, single, p. 1
Married: Barbara Dykema (Victor) & Allen Bush (Harold), p. 2
11: Died: Henry Bare, 79. Married Nelle Lees, p. 1
Died: Harold Ryder, 66. Married Catherine Byers, p. 1
Married: Cynthia Stevens (Harold) & Paul Johnson (Karl), p. 4
18: Married: Patricia Eads (Everett) & Richard Sack (Daniel), p. 2
25: Died: Mabel DeGroot Dykema (Ben), 77, p. 1
Died: Edgar Millard, 71. Married Clara Weber, p. 1
Aug. 1: Married: Linda Wierenga (Harold) & Gary Balk (John), p. 2
Married: Charlotte Reimers (Otto) & Gilbert Trujillo (Alfredo), p. 2
Died: Nelle Reagan, 79, cerebral hemorrhage, p. 2
Married: Carol Boyjisky (James) & Lawrence VanKampen (Tim), p. 11
8: Died: Caroline Dellsnyder Dyke (John), 96, p. 1
Died: Edna Jordan Warner (J.C.), 85, p. 1
Married: Iola Coyne & Albert Walker, p. 2
15: Died: John VanZuiden, 84. Married Jennie Smith, p. 1
Married: Judith McKinstry (Earl) & Wm. Lacey (Joe), p. 2
22: Died: Gertrude Norman Tiesman (John), 81, p. 1
Died: Margaret Sullivan Munz (Rex), 49, p. 2
Married: Evelyn Wilkins (Corneil) & George Whitwell (Jack), p. 2
1962
Aug. 22: Married: Jean White (James) & Douglas Amman (Lester), p. 5
29: Died: Arthur Naftzger, 79, single, p. 1
Died: Edward Sanders, 79. Married Phylena Leuin, p. 1
Died: Anton Petersen, 82. Married Dora Thomson, p. 1
Sept. 5: Died: Henry Beck, 73, single, p. 1
Married: Anna Belle Hoogheem (Henry) & Daniel Leonard (Alice), p. 2
Married: Mary Lou Richter (S.T.) & Thomas Rentschler (George), p. 2
Married: Michael Woods (Thomas) & Susan Sims (Ronald), p. 4
12: Died: John Riordan, 86. Married Daisy Boyd, p. 1
Died: Francis Smith, 69. Married Flo Stewart, p. 1
Died: Inez Burch Mathew,78. Married John Mitchell & A.T. Mathew, p. 1
19: Died: Josephine Christiansen Toepfer (Henry), 81, p. 1
Married: Barbara Dean (Melvin) & Aaron Barnes (Charles), p. 2
Married: Sandra Reed (Frank) & David Schafer (Donald), p. 2