KRAAYENBRINK, BEN AND JEANETTE (VAN ROEKEL)
Hendrick Kraayenbrink Family. Standing rear: Johanna, John. Seated middle row: Albert, Fa-
ther Hendrick, Dick, Mother Leida, Henry.
Front row: Ben, Lena.
On November 24, 1892 Hendrick Kraayenbrink married Alyda Nyman in Gelderland, Holland. To this union nine children ware born. Two boys passed away, leaving a family of five boys and two girls. Children by age are Johanna, John, Albert, Henry, Dick, Lena, and Ben.
The family immigrated to America leaving Holland May 4, 1912. Destination, Sioux Center IA.
Ben Kraayenbrink grew up near Sioux Center and in 1929 married Jeanette Van Roekel, daughter of Gerrit and Hattie Van Roekel. Ben and Jeanette lived by Sioux Center all their life and raised a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters. Ben and Jeanette celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary Qctober 5, 1989.
Children of Ben and Jeanette by age are Harry, Darlene, Alvin, Dick, Bernice, Joyce and Linda.
Harry married Wilma Cleveringa in 1956, lives in Sioux Center and has four daughters. Debra married to Greg Getting lives in Hartley, Lynne, at Sioux Falls, S.D., Pamela married Bruce Kellen, LeMars, IA, Karen, a student at Iowa State in Ames.
Darlene married Peter Moss in 1950 and lives near Hospers, and has two daughters and one son. Marjorie lives in California, Beverly married Larry Heemstra and lives in LeMars, and Phillip and Julie live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Back row L-R: Alvin, Dick, Harry. Middle row: Joyce, Darlene,
Linda, Bernice. Bottom: Jeanette,
Ben.
Alvin married Jeanine De Vries in 1954 and lives in Oelwein, Iowa, and has five sons. David and Carol live in Des Moines, Iowa, Jeff and Janice at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Timothy and Sally in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Mark and Joni in Minneapolis, MN, and Randy and MarIa in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Dick married Virginia Overlander in 1956 and lives in Sioux Center. They have three sons and one daughter. Dan and Doreen, Pella, Iowa, Steve and Deb, Pella, Iowa, Michael and Lori, Sioux Center, and Rachel, a student at Iowa State, Ames, Iowa.
Bernice married John Vander Stouwe in 1958 and lives in Cypress, California. They have one son and one daughter. Terry and Teri. California, and Jody married David Cunningham, and lives in California.
Joyce married Alan Brown in 1979 and lives in Cypress, California, and has one daughter Heather.
Linda married James Lyons in 1966 and lives in Washington, D.C.
Ben and Jeanette presently have been able to enjoy the blessings of nineteen grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren. They enjoy having them come for frequent visits. God has blessed our family greatly in years gone by.
by Harry Kraayenbrink
Ben Kraayenbrink, 89, of Sioux Center died Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, at Sioux Center Community Hospital. Services were Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the First Reformed Church chapel, Sioux Center, with the Rev. Roger Voskuil and the Rev. Arnold Punt officiating. Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Kraayenbrink was born Oct. 20, 1911, in Holland, the son of Hendrik and Alyda (Nyman) Kraayenbrink.
He married Jeannette Van Roekel on Oct. 5, 1929, in Sioux City. They farmed and he also served as a police officer.
He was a member of First Reformed Church in Sioux Center.
He enjoyed fishing and pitching horseshoes.
He was preceded in death by his wife; two daughters, Darlene Moss and Linda Lyons; a great-grandson, Joshua; and six brothers and sisters, Johanna, John, Albert, Henry, Lena and Dick.
-Obituary from Sioux Center News
(9/19/2001)
Arrived in New York on 14 May 1912 sailing from Rotterdam, Netherlands on ship Rijsdam.
Jeanette Kraayenbrink, 88, of Sioux Center died Friday, November 22, at Sioux Center. Services were Tuesday, November 26, at 1:30 p.m. at First Reformed Church, Sioux Center, with the Rev. Mark De Witt and the Rev. Arnold Punt officiating.
Mrs. Kraayenbrink was born on July 12, 1908, in Sioux Center to Geurt and Driesje (Vande Berg) Van Roekel. She married Ben Kraayenbrink on October 5, 1929.
She was a life-long member of First Reformed Church in Sioux Center.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Darlene Moss, on September 14, 1996; two brothers, Abe and Gerrit G. A. Van Roekel; and two sisters, Johanna Klein and Mina Kroon.
-Obituary from The Sioux Center News
(11/26/1996)