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Cornelius DeJong

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Cornelius DeJong

Birth
Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Death
16 Jul 1976 (aged 78)
Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Burial
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Cornelius
DEJONG


Cornelius De Jong. 7S, died
July 16 at the Pleasant Park
nursing home. Oskaloosa.

Funeral services were held
July 19 at the Leighton
Christian Reformed church,
Leighton with the Rev. Harold
Bossenbroek officiating.
Organist was James Van
Englehoven and the
congregation joined in singing
a hymn. Casket bearers were
Howard Bogaards, Ray Klyn,
Warren Witzenburg, Leroy
Blom, Francis De Jong and
Carl De Jong.
Burial was in the Black Oak
cemetery, Mahaska county.

Cornelius De Jong was born
Apr. 5, 1898 near Leighton, the
son of the Antone De Jong. He
attended the Centennial rural
school and made profession of
his faith at an early age at the
Leighton Christian Reformed
church, where he remained a
member until his death. He
owned and operated a service
station near Leighton for 40
years.

Surviving are : two brothers,
Albert, Pella, and Tony,
Leighton; five sisters. Margaret,
Mrs. W.A. Bogaards; Tena, Mrs. Lewis
Ozinga; Grace, Mrs. Arnold Witzenburg;
Gertrude, Mrs. William De Kock; and Ann,
Mrs. Bert Hoksbergen, all of Pella.

Preceding him in death were his parents,
two sisters and two brothers.

(From the Pella Chronicle July 28, 1976)
Cornelius
DEJONG


Cornelius De Jong. 7S, died
July 16 at the Pleasant Park
nursing home. Oskaloosa.

Funeral services were held
July 19 at the Leighton
Christian Reformed church,
Leighton with the Rev. Harold
Bossenbroek officiating.
Organist was James Van
Englehoven and the
congregation joined in singing
a hymn. Casket bearers were
Howard Bogaards, Ray Klyn,
Warren Witzenburg, Leroy
Blom, Francis De Jong and
Carl De Jong.
Burial was in the Black Oak
cemetery, Mahaska county.

Cornelius De Jong was born
Apr. 5, 1898 near Leighton, the
son of the Antone De Jong. He
attended the Centennial rural
school and made profession of
his faith at an early age at the
Leighton Christian Reformed
church, where he remained a
member until his death. He
owned and operated a service
station near Leighton for 40
years.

Surviving are : two brothers,
Albert, Pella, and Tony,
Leighton; five sisters. Margaret,
Mrs. W.A. Bogaards; Tena, Mrs. Lewis
Ozinga; Grace, Mrs. Arnold Witzenburg;
Gertrude, Mrs. William De Kock; and Ann,
Mrs. Bert Hoksbergen, all of Pella.

Preceding him in death were his parents,
two sisters and two brothers.

(From the Pella Chronicle July 28, 1976)

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