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Birth	:	1 Jul 1923 Carmel, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	9 Dec 2008 Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0680000, -96.1720000
Description	:	John Voortman , 85, of Sioux Center, formerly of Alvord, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, December 9, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. A memorial service was Friday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of First Reformed Church of Sioux Center with the Rev. Roger Voskuil officiating. Interment was in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. Voortman was born the son of Evert and Hiligye (Wickers) Voortman on July 1, 1923, on a farm near Carmel. He attended country school two miles north of Carmel. He served as a cook in the U.S. Army from 1946... Read More	John Voortman , 85, of Sioux Center, formerly of Alvord, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, December 9, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City. A memorial service was Friday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of First Reformed Church of Sioux Center with the Rev. Roger Voskuil officiating. Interment was in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. Voortman was born the son of Evert and Hiligye (Wickers) Voortman on July 1, 1923, on a farm near Carmel. He attended country school two miles north of Carmel. He served as a cook in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947. On December 12, 1950 he married Johanna Riphagen at Carmel Reformed Church. For one year, they made their home near Clara City, Minnesota. For the next 37 years they farmed between Alvord and Rock Rapids. They attended church in Doon, where he was a catechism teacher, an elder and a deacon for many years. In the fall of 1988, they retired in Sioux Center, where he went to work for the Furniture Mart for a number of years. Survivors are his wife, Johanna of Sioux Center; four children, Everett and Donita of Austin,. Texas; Michael and special friend Dorothy Burns of Sgt. Bluff, Judy and Craig Malone and Marlene and Steve Hill of Castle Rock, Colorado; four granddaughters; two great-grandchildren; five sisters-in-law, Gert (Mrs. Edward) Voortman of Ontario, California, Margaret (Mrs. Manus) Voortman of Sioux Center, Gert (Mrs. Tony) Voortman of Escalon, California, Dorothy (Mrs. Donald) Voortman of Sioux Center and Nellie (Mrs. Rich) Voortman of Visalia, California; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by seven brothers, Manus, Merenus and his wife Cornelia, Fred, Rich, Edward, Tony and Donald Voortman; and four sisters: Irene De Boom and her husband Jake, Mary Kroon and her husband Gerrit, Frederica Van Ginkel and her husband Edward, and Gert Van Beek and her husband Pete. The Voortman Family prefers memorials to the Sioux Center Ambulance Squad. Sioux Center News 2008-12-17.

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John Voortman's memorial is located at: Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, USA.
When did John Voortman death?
John Voortman death on 9 Dec 2008 in Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the John Voortman's memorial?
Latitude: 43.0680000
Longitude: -96.1720000

Family Members:

Parent

Evert John Voortman

(1880 - 1960)

Hilda “Hilligje” Wichers Voortman

(1886 - 1966)

Spouse

Johanna Willmina Riphagen Voortman

(1931 - 2018)

Siblings

Manus Voortman

(1911 - 1967)

Fred Voortman

(1915 - 1996)

Anthony Henry Voortman

(1926 - 2000)

Donald W. Voortman

(1928 - 1987)

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