Genealogie van Roekel - Inleiding Naamlijst Bronnen

Hendrik (Henry W) van Roekel

Zoon van Willem Van Roekel en Willemina Van Roekel, geboren 8-6-1872 Wageningen [80], overleden 14-12-1948 USA IA Oskaloosa en begraven Friends Cemetery
Trouwt Maggie Verwers, dochter van William Henry Verwers en Jacoba Van Leeuwen, geboren 17-3-1882, overleden 18-11-1964 en begraven bij haar man

Kinderen:

1. Lena Van Roekel, geboren 1911, overleden 1984 en begraven USA IA Eveland Weldon Cemetery
   Trouwt 8-2-1934 USA IA Leighton Alfred Clinton Gray, zoon van Aaron Edison Gray en Lettie Mae Chilcote, geboren 9-5-1907 USA IA Mahaska Co, overleden 21-1-1992 USA CO en begraven bij zijn vrouw
2. Carrie Van Roekel, geboren 1-9-1915 USA IA Leighton, overleden 29-4-2003 USA IA Oskaloosa en begraven Leighton Evergreen Cemetery
   Trouwt 17-2-1938 USA IA Mahaska Co Laurens David Van Wyk, zoon van Blees Van Wyk en Jennie Van Mersbergen, geboren 29-7-1911 USA IA Ocheyedan Township, overleden 6-8-1993 USA IA en begraven bij zijn vrouw
3. Grover Van Roekel, geboren 25-4-1918, overleden 24-1-1993 en begraven USA IA Oskaloosa Forest Cenetery
   Trouwt Aletta Antonetta (Aletha) Van Wyk, dochter van Blees Van Wyk en Jennie Van Mersbergen, geboren 21-9-1918, overleden 23-12-2003 en begraven bij haar man
4. Cora Van Roekel
   Trouwt NN Schimmel
5. Minnie Van Roekel
   Trouwt NN Vis
6. Bill Van Roekel
7. Clarence Van Roekel

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Obituary of Carrie

Carrie Van Wyk, 87, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday morning, April 29, 2003, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. She was born Wednesday, September 1, 1915 at Leighton, the daughter of Henry and Maggie Verwers Van Roekel.

On February 17, 1938, she was united in marriage to Laurens Van Wyk at Oskaloosa, and he died August 6, 1993. Following their marriage, they farmed near Leighton for 37 years, and moved into Oskaloosa in 1975. Carrie was a longtime member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Oskaloosa, and had been active for many years in the Ladies Bible Hour and Coffee Break club of the church. She enjoyed gardening and raising flowers.

Carrie is survived by 3 daughters and their husbands: Luella and Clarence Van Englehoven of Marion, Iowa, Carol and Jim Lillard of Aurora, Colorado, and Shirley and Michael Masucci of Wildwood, Missouri; a son and his wife: Kenneth and Annette Van Wyk of Otley, Iowa; 6 grandchildren: Linda Mae Pretet, John Eric Forsythe, Lucas Brent Van Wyk, and Michael Lourens, Carrie Frances, and Christiaan Valentino Masucci; 3 great grandchildren: Matthew Van and Johnathan Lee Pretet, and Alexis JoAnn Forsythe; a sister: Cora Schimmel of Pella; and a sister in law: Aletha Van Roekel of Oskaloosa.

Besides her husband, Carrie was preceded in death by her parents; 2 sons: John Henry Van Wyk in 1965 in Vietnam while serving in the military, and Laurens Van Wyk, Jr. in 1968; 3 brothers: Bill, Clarence, and Grover Van Roekel; and 2 sisters: Minnie Vis and Lena Gray.