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Gertrude <I>De Jong</I> De Kock

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Gertrude De Jong De Kock

Birth
Leighton, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Death
24 Jan 2002 (aged 91)
Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA
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Gertrude was the 13th of 15 children born to farmer Antonie and Geertje (de Geus) de Jong. Her siblings were:

Margrieta (Margaret) born Mar 18, 1893 and died Oct 21, 1982
Her twin, Cornelius born Mar 18, 1893 and died Jun 19 that same year
A second Cornelius born Sep 6, 1894 and died Oct 1 that same year
Nellie born Sep 21, 1895 and died May 28, 1963
Martena born Mar 5, 1897 and died Dec 25, 1984
Cornelius (Neal) born Apr 5, 1898 and died Jan 16, 1976
John William born Mar 12, 1899 and died Sep 7, 1971
Jozena born May 26, 1900 and died Jun 28, 1971
Albertha born Sep 26, 1901 and died Nov 19 that same year
Albert born Feb 2, 1903 died Feb 23, 1981
William born Jan 29, 1905 and died Nov 4, 1973
Gysbertha (Grace) born Mar 12, 1906 and died May 17, 1994
Antonie (Tony) born Oct 29, 1907 and died May 22, 1990
Anna Clara born Nov 2, 1912

Gertrude and William DeKock were married March 4, 1937 in Leighton Iowa by Rev. Cornelius Witt. William was a farmer and through the years continued in agriculture in the Mahaska and Marion Counties area.

They had four daughters:

Lavonne Joyce who is still living
Lois Jean who is still living
Twila Mae born Nov 30 1947 and died Feb 21, 1947 in Pella Hospice Care
Darlene Ruth who is still living.

Gertrude was 91 years old when she died having been a widow for about a year.

Gertrude was the 13th of 15 children born to farmer Antonie and Geertje (de Geus) de Jong. Her siblings were:

Margrieta (Margaret) born Mar 18, 1893 and died Oct 21, 1982
Her twin, Cornelius born Mar 18, 1893 and died Jun 19 that same year
A second Cornelius born Sep 6, 1894 and died Oct 1 that same year
Nellie born Sep 21, 1895 and died May 28, 1963
Martena born Mar 5, 1897 and died Dec 25, 1984
Cornelius (Neal) born Apr 5, 1898 and died Jan 16, 1976
John William born Mar 12, 1899 and died Sep 7, 1971
Jozena born May 26, 1900 and died Jun 28, 1971
Albertha born Sep 26, 1901 and died Nov 19 that same year
Albert born Feb 2, 1903 died Feb 23, 1981
William born Jan 29, 1905 and died Nov 4, 1973
Gysbertha (Grace) born Mar 12, 1906 and died May 17, 1994
Antonie (Tony) born Oct 29, 1907 and died May 22, 1990
Anna Clara born Nov 2, 1912

Gertrude and William DeKock were married March 4, 1937 in Leighton Iowa by Rev. Cornelius Witt. William was a farmer and through the years continued in agriculture in the Mahaska and Marion Counties area.

They had four daughters:

Lavonne Joyce who is still living
Lois Jean who is still living
Twila Mae born Nov 30 1947 and died Feb 21, 1947 in Pella Hospice Care
Darlene Ruth who is still living.

Gertrude was 91 years old when she died having been a widow for about a year.

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Thank you to Blake Rozendaal for creating this memorial and photographing the gravestone. Also, thank you to Mark DeJong for some of this information.

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