Dutch Families of Wichert, IL:Information about William Hoekstra
William Hoekstra (b. August 07, 1910, d. October 15, 1996)
Notes for William Hoekstra:
William Hoekstra, 86, owner of Wm. Hoekstra & Sons of St. Anne, died Tuesday (Oct. 15, 1996) at St. Mary's Hospital.
Visitation will be from 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday at Clancy-Gernon-Houk Funeral Home, St. Anne. and for one hour before 10 a.m. services Friday at First Reformed Church of Wichert.The Rev. Herb Bollman will officiate.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Wichert.
Memorials may be made to First Reformed Church of Wichert, where he was a member.
He was born Aug. 7, 1910 in Wichert, the son of John and Katie Brower Hoekstra.
Surviving are his wife, the former Katherine Oosterhoff, whom he married Dec. 10, 1937 in Chicago;two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Sandy Hoekstra and Jerald and June Hoekstra, all of St. Anne;one daughter, Nancy Hoekstra of Oak Park;four sisters, Dorothy Phillips of Kankakee, Rosalyn DeBoer of Lansing, Sadie Lumkes of St. Anne and Katherine Elzinga of Zeeland;two brothers and two sisters-in-law, John and Tina Hoekstra of Grand Rapids, MI, Phil Hoekstra of St. Anne and Elaine Hoekstra of St. Anne;five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Deceased are three brothers, Simon, Peter and Tunis.
More About William Hoekstra and Katherine Oosterhoff:
Marriage: December 10, 1937, Chicago, IL.80
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