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Personal data Barbara Jeane Bennema 

  • She was born on June 30, 1934 in Demotte, Jasper, Indiana.
  • Profession: Nurse.
  • She died on July 7, 2016 in Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, she was 82 years old.
    18-09-1952 The Brook Reporter
    "The church folks had a pot-luck supper at the annex Sunday evening in honor of Miss Barbara Bennema before leaving for college. She has been one of the Sunday School teachers and has been very faithful in her work. So she will be greatly missed here. She received several nice gifts."
  • She is buried in Holland Cemetery in DeMotte, IN.
  • A child of Gerrit Bennema and Leona Kooij
  • This information was last updated on December 18, 2017.

Household of Barbara Jeane Bennema

She is married to Arthur B Dawdy.

They got married on July 7, 1958 at Demotte, Jasper, Indiana, she was 24 years old.Source 1


Notes about Barbara Jeane Bennema

24-06-1954 The Brook Reporter
"Miss Barbara Bennema, who has been in college in Holland, Mich., is home for the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garret Bennema and family."

30-05-1957 The Brook Reporter
"Miss Barbara Bennema graduated from nurses training in the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago, Friday, May 24th. Hel: parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Bennema and sisters, Sandra and Mary Alice attended the service."

29-05-1958 The Brook Reporter
"Miss Barbara Bennema and her boy friend from Chicago were down Wednesday evening to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Bennema’s and all attended the High School Commencement at DeMotte where Miss Sandra Bennema was one of the graduates."

Necrology:
Barbara Bennema Dawdy of Freedom Village in Holland, MI, went to be with her savior July 7 after succumbing to complications of Alzheimer's. Barbara was born June 30, 1934 in DeMotte, IN. She graduated from Hope College BS (56-58) and Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing RN (57). Barbara was married to the late Arthur Dawdy July 7, 1958 and lived and worked as a Registered Nurse in Chicago, IL. She later moved with Arthur and her two sons, Paul Arthur and Evan Richard to Sunnyvale/San Jose, CA where she continued to work at El Camino Hosptial and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. In 1978 Barbara graduated from San Jose State University with a BSN and began a career as an Enterostomal Therapist working for Alexian Brothers Home Health Care. She continued to work as well as parish nurse at Westminster Presbyterian Church until her retirement in 2011.

Barbara was born again in the blood of Christ and was passionate about witnessing and making a difference in the lives she touched. Most recently she attended Beechwood Church in Holland, MI. She was especially blessed by the Sam Family, Uin and her daughters Eng Funk (Jeffery and Victoria, Mackenzie, Michael), Phin Sam (Melissa, Michelle, Catherine), Sopheap Hettinga (Aaron and Alissa, Natalie, Miles.)
Barbara will continue to be honored by her surviving family, Paul of San Jose, CA, Evan (Janna) of Grand Rapids; sister, Sandy Grew (William); several nieces and nephews; and the Sam Family.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Gerrit and Leona Kooy Bennema; husband, Arthur; sister, Mary Walstra (William).
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, June 11, at Beechwood Church, 895 Ottawa Beach Road, with the Rev. Dawn Vagle officiating. Burial will be in Holland Cemetery in DeMotte, IN.
Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Sunday, July 10 at the Dykstra Funeral Home-Mulder Chapel, 188 West 32nd Street.
(Obituary source: online from The Holland Sentinel, July 9, 2016.)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Barbara Jeane Bennema

Jippe Bennema
1882-1953
Jippe Bennema
Aaltje Kostelijk
1885-< 1918
Leona Kooij
1912-1984

Barbara Jeane Bennema
1934-2016

1958

Arthur B Dawdy
????-< 2016


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    Historical events

    Birthday June 30, 1934

    • The temperature on June 30, 1934 was between 12.6 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
      • May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
      • July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
      • July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
      • August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
      • August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
      • August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.

    Day of marriage July 7, 1958

    • The temperature on July 7, 1958 was between 12.6 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
      • February 28 » A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
      • April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
      • May 13 » May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria.
      • August 3 » The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
      • September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
      • November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.

    Day of death July 7, 2016

    • The temperature on July 7, 2016 was between 8.3 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
      • February 6 » An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
      • June 12 » Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.
      • September 30 » Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
      • October 8 » In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
      • November 2 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
      • December 22 » A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
    

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