- Date Of Birth: January 14, 1939
- Date Of Death: February 12, 2023
- State: New Mexico
Tony Junior Van Maanen was born on January 14, 1939, to Gerrit and Wilhelmina (Van Den Hoek) Van Maanen in Douglas County, SD where his doctor drove a horse drawn sleigh over the snow to his farmhouse to deliver him. He went to heaven on February 12, 2023, to be with his Lord and Savior and his parents who he always missed very much.
He married the love of his life, Jeanette Davidson in 1961. He was known by everyone to be a hard-working, humble, kind, generous, patriotic man whom all could see driving his white pickup truck proudly flying the American flag.
Surviving Tony are his precious wife Jeanette who he fondly referred to as “his little one” and various other endearing names, his children Terry Van Maanen and wife Latrell of Durango, CO, Kevin Van Maanen and wife Liilia of Farmington, NM, Carmella Garrard and husband Calvin of Slaton, TX, Melissa Hooker and husband Mike of Bayfield, CO, Tamara Duff and husband Kevin of Hobbs, NM, Jonathan Van Maanen and wife Randi of Eunice, NM, Jason Van Maanen and wife Becky of Aurora, CO, and Debi Hayes and husband Marshall of Hobbs, NM, as well as 16 (and one on the way) grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one granddaughter. He was loved and will be missed by so many and those who knew him were better for the experience.
