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Personal data Steven Ramaker 

• He was born on September 12, 1860 in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Duitsland.
• He died on July 5, 1944 in Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA, he was 83 years old.

  Steven Ramaker
  Birth: Sep. 12, 1860 Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
  Death: Jul. 5, 1944 Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
  
  Mr. Steven Ramaker passed away at his home in Sioux Center at about 9:30 in the evening of July 5, 1944 after a lingering illness due to old age and complication. He had reached the age of 83 years and 10 months.
  
  Mr. Ramaker was born on September 12, 1860 in Graafschap, Bentheim, Germany and at the age of 21 years he departed form the fatherland, settling in Muskegan, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering for five years. At the age of 26 he moved to Osborne County, Kansas to farm. In 1888 he was married to Miss Lena Dekker from Phillips county, Kansas to which 9 children were born, 8 of whom now survive him as also the mother.
  
  The children are: Mrs. Ernest Ruys, Sioux Center; Rev. John Ramaker of South Glastonbury, Conn.; Mrs. Ben Mouw, Sioux Center; Henry Ramaker, Sioux Center; Albert Ramaker, Sioux Center; Rev. Samuel Ramaker, Spencerville, Ohio; and Rev. Gerald Ramaker of Torresdale, Penn. Also an only sister, Mrs. H.J. Draght of Holland, Mich., and a brother John Ramaker of Downs, Kansas, and 23 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
  
  He was preceded in death by a daughter Mrs. Gus Koopman, who passed away in the year 1935 at the age of 31 years and also an infant son who passed away many years ago.
  
  Funeral services were held on Saturday afternoon, July 8, 1944 at the home and at the First Christian Ref. Church with the Rev. Arnoys officiating. He was assisted by Rev. L.A. Brunsting of the First Ref. Church. Special music was furnished by Miss Henrietta Ten Harmsel who sang two vocal solos entitled "Face to Face" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye".
  
  Burial was made in the local cemetery and acting as pall bearers were his sons, Albert, Henry, Gerald and Sam Ramaker, Ben Mouw and Ernest Ruys.
  
  -Obituary from the Sioux Center News (7/13/1944)
  
  Family links:
  Spouse:
  Lena Dekker Ramaker (1870 - 1959)
  
  Children:
  Fanny Ramaker Ruys (1888 - 1961)*
  Henrietta Lena Ramaker Mouw (1892 - 1974)*
  Henry J. Ramaker (1894 - 1976)*
  Albert Ramaker (1897 - 1971)*
  Samuel Ramaker (1899 - 1963)*
  Bertha Ramaker Koopman (1904 - 1935)*
  
  *Calculated relationship
  
  Burial:
  Memory Gardens Sioux Center Cemetery
  Sioux Center
  Sioux County
  Iowa, USA
  
  Created by: Nancy Kiel-Gravning
  Record added: Mar 13, 2011
  Find A Grave Memorial# 66872164

• He is buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten.
• This information was last updated on March 10, 2015.

Household of Steven Ramaker

He is married to Lena Dekker.

They got married in the year 1888 at USA, he was 27 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Henrietta (Hattie) Ramaker  1892-1974 

Notes about Steven Ramaker

Zij woonden in Prairie View, Kansas, USA en hadden 9 kinderen, 3 dochters en
6 zonen. In 1911 verhuisden zij naar Iowa.

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