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Personal data Thelma Alyda Schutte 

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Household of Thelma Alyda Schutte

She is married to Raymond Terpstra.

They got married on June 5, 1942 at Lynden, Whatcom, Washington, USA, she was 20 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Charles Terpstra  1944-1944
  2. (Not public)
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Notes about Thelma Alyda Schutte


Thelma Alyda Terpstra, age 88, of Lynden, was taken home to her Heavenly Father on Friday, May 14, 2010.

Born Sept. 1, 1921 in Lynden, Washington, to John and Tena (Stap) Schutte, she attended Lynden Christian School through grade 8 and graduated from Lynden High School in 1939. Throughout her life, she worked at several different retail stores in Lynden.

Thelma married Ray Terpstra June 5, 1942 in Lynden and together they operated a dairy farm on the Double Ditch Road for many years. After retirement in 1981, Thelma and Ray worked for Curt Maberry Farms at the U-Pick strawberry field and following Ray's death in 2001, she worked at the strawberry stand in Lynden.

An active member of Bethel Christian Reformed Church for many years, Thelma was involved in Bible Study, "The Cookie Grandma" at Homework Helpers and a quilting ministry. Her hobbies included cooking, baking, sewing, reading, gardening and she was an avid Seattle Mariners fan.

Preceded in death by her husband, Ray; infant son, Charles; parents, John and Tena Schutte; siblings, Jake, Henrietta Erickson, Richard, Howard and Harold Schutte; brother-in-law, Erwin Terpstra and sisters-in-law, Bertha Vis and Ella Wissink.

Thelma is survived by son, Les and wife, Kris, of Seymour, Wisconsin; daughter, Lorraine and husband, Jim Bajema, of Lynden; grandchildren, Ryan (Tara) Bajema, Justin (Sarah) Bajema, Tyler (Danielle) Bajema; Karolyn (Brian) Long and Katherine Terpstra; great-grandchildren, Madelyn and Josie Bajema; and numerous nieces, nephews and wonderful friends.

Visitation hours are scheduled Tuesday, May 18, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Gillies Funeral Home. Graveside services will be conducted Wed., May 19, 3:15 p.m. at Monumenta Cemetery followed by a 4:00 p.m. memorial funeral service at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, 1105 Liberty St., Lynden.

Memorial donations in Thelma's name are suggested to: Lynden Christian Schools, 417 Lyncs Dr., or Bethel Quilting Ministry, 1105 Liberty St. both of Lynden, WA 98264.

Obituary from Gillies Funeral Home.

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    Historical events

    Birthday September 1, 1921

    • The temperature on September 1, 1921 was between 7.1 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
      • February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
      • June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
      • June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
      • July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
      • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
      • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.

    Day of marriage June 5, 1942

    • The temperature on June 5, 1942 was between 13.8 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
      • February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
      • February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
      • June 22 » The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.
      • June 23 » World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.
      • August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
      • December 10 » World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.

    Day of death May 14, 2010

    • The temperature on May 14, 2010 was between 1.8 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2010: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
      • February 8 » A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.
      • February 20 » In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.
      • April 14 » Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
      • May 11 » David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.
      • May 19 » The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
      • August 8 » China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
    

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