- Date Of Birth: January 1, 1907
- Date Of Death: January 22, 2009
- State: Iowa
On January 1, 1907 Jennie Vonk Hoksbergen was the second child and first daughter born to Cornelius and Nellie Van Holland Vonk in Renswoude, Veenendaal, Holland. The family grew to eleven in the next sixteen years. When Jennie was seven years old and the number of children had grown to six, the family took a ship to America. Her father worked as a farmhand for many years on various farms in the Otley, Iowa area.
As a young girl Jennie worked at Central College as a dorm maid until she married Nick Hoksbergen on January 12, 1930. They had twin sons, one of whom was stillborn. They raised the other, Edward, while living on the farm near Taintor.
In the spring of 1995 Jennie moved to the Hilltop Manor in Pella and enjoyed life there for eight years. When her health declined in 2003, she moved to the Pella Regional Health Care Center-Long Term Care where she passed away early Thursday morning, January 22, 2009 at the age of one hundred and two.
Those left to cherish her memory are: her son, Edward and his wife Sylvia; four grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two sisters: Corrie Terpstra and Evelena Vande Wege; one brother: Richard Vonk; a step-sister: Effie Robison; and many nephews and nieces.
Jennie was preceded in death by her husband, Nick; her stillborn son, Edward’s twin brother; and her brothers and sisters: Case, Janet, Rena, Tunis, Minnie, Gertrude, and Nellie.
Jennie will be missed by her family and friends but will always be remembered as a kind, loving, and helpful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend.
Family:
Ed and Sylvia Hoksbergen – Pella, Iowa
Michael Hoksbergen – New Sharon, Iowa
Marcus Hoksbergen
Michelle Hoksbergen
Darlys and Donavan De Penning – Sully, Iowa
Nicholas De Penning
Kathryn De Penning
Judith and Bruce Dzadek – Panama City, Florida
Rachel Dzadek
Natalie Dzadek
Sherryl and Mike Nunnikhoven – Pella, Iowa
A.J. (Andrew Jay) Nunnikhoven
Becky (Rebecca) Nunnikhoven
Pat (Patrick) Nunnikhoven
Mikki (Mikayla) Nunnikhoven
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Sully, Iowa
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