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Emma Leona Doornink

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Birth	:	4 Dec 1902 Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	5 Aug 2003 Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0680000, -96.1720000
Description	:	Emma Leona Doornink, 100, of Orange City died Tuesday, August 5, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City. Funeral service was Friday at 2 p.m. at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City with the Rev. Harlan Van Oort officiating. Interment was at the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center. Miss Doornink was born December 4, 1902, in Sioux Center, the daughter of John and Jane (Van Berkum) Doornink. She was raised at Sioux Center, where she graduated from high school. She received her bachelor of arts degree at the University of Iowa in Iowa... Read More	Emma Leona Doornink, 100, of Orange City died Tuesday, August 5, at the Heritage House Nursing Home in Orange City. Funeral service was Friday at 2 p.m. at the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City with the Rev. Harlan Van Oort officiating. Interment was at the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center. Miss Doornink was born December 4, 1902, in Sioux Center, the daughter of John and Jane (Van Berkum) Doornink. She was raised at Sioux Center, where she graduated from high school. She received her bachelor of arts degree at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She also gained continuing education credits at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and the University of Washington in Seattle. She was a teacher in a country school at Sioux Center for two years, at elementary schools in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, for eight years, at a junior high school in Burlington for 10 years and at a senior high school in Cedar Rapids for 25 years. She later retired to Orange City. On July 26,1996, she became a resident of the Heritage House. She was a member of the American Reformed Church in Orange City. She had a personal relationship with God, feeling that He "was closer than the very air she breathed." At the age of 91, she compiled a book of her poetry, which is registered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. Survivors include nephews and nieces, James and Kathryn Doornink, of Orange City; Jane and Paul Sulhoff, of Bella Vista, Arkansas; Douglas and Laura Doornink, John and Nancy Doornink, and Elta Doornink, all of Eugene, Oregon; and Abby Ann Byrne, of Spokane, Washington. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Grace Punt, Ann Ingebretson and Elsie Doornink; and four brothers, James, William, John, and Elmer Doornink. Sioux Center News 2003—08-13.

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Emma Leona Doornink's memorial is located at: Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA.
When did Emma Leona Doornink death?
Emma Leona Doornink death on 5 Aug 2003 in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.0680000
Longitude: -96.1720000

Family Members:

Parent

Gerrit John Doornink

(1869 - 1937)

Jane “Jantje” Van Berkum Doornink

(1873 - 1963)

Siblings

Grace Doornink Punt

(1895 - 1991)

James Doornink

(1896 - 1918)

Dr William Doornink

(1898 - 1954)

Anne Hendrena Doornink Ingebretson

(1900 - 1995)

Elsie Doornink

(1902 - 1903)

John Edwin Doornink

(1905 - 1926)

Elsie Doornink

(1906 - 1907)

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