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Arnoldus Marinus (Arnold, Arnoldas) Hijtink (Heitink)

Kleermaker, tailor, geboren 16-2-1870 NL Wageningen, overleden 29-11-1932 USA IA Oskaloosa en begraven Pella Oakwood Cemetery

Trouwt 30-1-1892 NL Ede [5] Hendrikje (Hendrike, Hattie) Willemsen, dienstbode, dochter van Aart Willemsen en Evertje van Roekel, geboren 14-4-1873 17:00 Lunteren [109], overleden 9-8-1964 USA IA Oskaloosa (heart failure due to arteriosclerosis) en begraven bij haar man

Kinderen:

1. Harriet (Hattie) Heitink, geboren 20-1-1893 USA IA Pella, overleden 16-1-1959 USA IA Oskaloosa en begraven University Park Cemetery
2. Gerrit M Heitink, geboren 1-7-1893 USA IA Pella, overleden 22-6-1964 USA IA Grinnell en begraven Hazelwood Cemetery
3. Arnold G Heitink, geboren 18-7-1898 USA IA Pella, overleden 19-4-1983 USA CA San Jose en begraven Oak Hill Memorial Park
   Trouwt Zola L LaRue, dochter van Chester LaRue en Elizabeth Kiser, geboren 16-10-1898 USA IA Mahaska Co, overleden 17-2-1989 USA IA Oskaloosa en begraven New Sharon Friends Cemetery
4. Eva Marie Heitink, geboren 14-11-1899 USA IA Pella, overleden 6-6-1983 USA IA Oskaloosa (metastatic parotid gland cancer) en begraven Forest Cemetery
   Trouwt Harry W Billick, zoon van William J Billick en Laura Ball, geboren 17-10-1887 USA IA Mahaska Co, overleden 30-1-1940 USA IA Knoxville en begraven Oskaloosa Forest Cemetery
5. Harry A Heitink, geboren 13-7-1910 USA IA Pella, overleden 16-11-1984 USA IA Oskaloosa (pulmonary edema and heart disease) en begraven Forest Cemetery
   Trouwt Mildred Novak, dochter van Wesley Novak en Margaret Rees, geboren 15-8-1914 USA IA Oskaloosa, overleden 17-12-2006 USA IA Oskaloosa en begraven Forest Cemetery

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Obituary of Arnoldus

Arnold M. Heitink, tailor, was found dead on the floor of a second floor room at his home, 611 North Market Street, at noon today, a victim of poison. The discovery was made by Deputy Sheriff Frank Hook after receipt of a communication addressed to the Sheriff, indicating that Mr. Heitink intended to take his own life and containing instructions regarding the disposition of some of his personal effects. When a visit to Mr. Heitink's tailor shop over 119 North Market Street failed to disclose the whereabouts of the tailor, Deputy Sheriff Hook went to the Heitink home where the body was discovered. An empty poison bottle nearby told the story of the death. Mr. Heitink had been dead for a number of hours, an examination of the body indicated.

Mr. Heitink had not been around the shop Monday, it was said by clothiers who sought his tailoring services during the day. Innumerable notes scribbled to the sheriff, left about the tailor shop and found at his home, were testimony of his intentions to take his own life. Coroner Howard Wilcox said this afternoon no inquest would be held. The coroner believes that Mr. Heitink died during the night. His watch was running, as was a clock nearby. A neighbor informed the coroner that she thought she had heard Mr. Heitink's car drive in at the Heitink home late that night. Funeral arrangements incomplete.

-Oskaloosa Daily Herald, November 29, 1932

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Arnold M. Heitink was born on February 14, 1870 in the Netherlands, Holland, and died on Tuesday, November 29, 1932 at the age of 62 years, 9 months and 15 days. In 1892 he was married to Harriett Willemsen and they came to this country a few months following their marriage. To this union five children were born. Mr. and Mrs. Heitink first made their home in Pella, but moved to a farm south of Lynnville 12 years later. After living in the vicinity of Lynnville for a number of years they came to Oskaloosa where they had made their home since that time.

He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Harriett Heitink, three sons, Gerrit of Kellogg, Arnold and Harry of Oskaloosa, two daughters, Mrs. Harriett Terlouw of Alpha and Mrs. Eva Billick of Oskaloosa, Seven grandchildren and one brother living in Holland. Funeral services were held at Wilcox-Garland chapel Thursday morning, December 1, with Rev. M.H. Williams, pastor of the First Christian church, in charge. E. R. Rafferty and Roy Jenkins provided the music during the services. Burial was in the Oakwood cemetery in Pella.

-Oskaloosa Daily Herald, December 3, 1932

Cause of Death: Suicide by ingesting Strychnine

-added by Stephanie Smith

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Gerrit werd minder dan 7 maanden na Harriet geboren, het zou kunnen dat Harriet in 1892 is geboren ... ?

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Obituary of Mildred Novak

Mildred Heitink, 92, a resident of the New Sharon Nursing and Rehab Center in New Sharon, and formerly of Oskaloosa, passed away Sunday night, Dec. 17, 2006, at the care center. Graveside services and burial will be held Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. in the Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa with the Rev. Tom Burkhardt officiating. Visitation will be at the Bates Funeral Chapel on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 12:40 p.m., when a procession will form to move to the cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Congregational United Church of Christ.

She was born Aug. 15,1914, at Oskaloosa, the daughter of Wesley and Margaret Rees Novak, and raised in the home of the late Guy and Blodwyn Hyde (Mildred's aunt and uncle) in Oskaloosa. She was united in marriage to Harry A. Heitink, and he died Nov. 16, 1984. Together they operated Heitink Drug Store in Eddyville for many years. Mildred was a tax preparer at the C.A. Williams, Jr. Law Office in Oskaloosa for many years.

She was a member of St. Paul's Congregational United Church of Christ in Oskaloosa, and it's woman's association. She was also a member of the Kings Daughters, Silver Cross, the American Legion Auxiliary, and P.E.O., Chapter 10. Her family includes two sisters: Jeanne Long, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Jann Garland of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; her aunt and uncle who raised her, Guy and Blodwyn Hyde; two sisters: Peggy Jones and Gretchen Stoutenborough; and a brother: Robert Novak.

Graveside service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, with the Rev. Tom Burkhardt officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Wednesday at Bates Funeral Chapel, Oskaloosa, with a 12:40 p.m. procession to the cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Paul Congregational United Church of Christ.