Genealogy Zwanepol » Ruth Doloris Plender (1921-2015)

Personal data Ruth Doloris Plender 

  • She was born on October 31, 1921 in Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, USA.
  • She died on March 17, 2015 in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA, she was 93 years old.
    ORANGE CITY, Iowa | Ruth Van Der Maaten, 93, of Orange City passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Orange City Area Health System. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Reformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. Timothy Breen will officiate. There will be a family prayer service at 10 a.m. Saturday at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City. Interment will be prior to the service in West Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home. You may express your sympathy at www.oolman.com.

    Ruth Doloris was born on Oct. 31, 1921, on a farm northeast of Alton, Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Wilhelmina (Mouw) Plender. She was raised on that farm and attended a country school.

    On Nov. 14, 1941, she married Frank Andrew Van Der Maaten at Alton Reformed Church. They farmed south of Orange City, near Carnes, where she was a homemaker, raising their family and assisting on the farm. In 1980, they moved into Orange City and enjoyed wintering in Arizona and Texas. Frank passed away on April 9, 2004, in Orange City.

    As a widow, Ruth was proudly independent, doing her own housekeeping, cooking, and driving until her four-week battle with cancer. She was a member of First Reformed Church and enjoyed hosting Sunday morning coffee after worship and Sunday school each week. Besides children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, their college friends were always welcome at Ruth's home. She was a gracious hostess and was always ready for guests with sandwiches, bars, brownies, cake or popcorn. She also offered homemade sauscijes to her family and friends and was proud that her children shared her love of baking and cooking. Ruth also enjoyed playing the piano and was able to play any hymn or song by ear. The grandchildren and great-grandchildren loved to sing and dance while Grandma Ruth played.

    During the past several years, Ruth was a regular at Hardees in Orange City, spending time with her coffee group. Friday evenings were usually reserved for taking her sister-in-law, Arta Plender (now age 102), out for dinner. Several years ago, when asked about driving others, she replied, "I have to, I'm the youngest."

    Survivors include her six children, Dennis (Vera) Van Der Maaten of Boyden, Iowa, Audrey (Jim) Van Gorp, Randy (Karen) Van Der Maaten, and Deb Ver Steeg, all of Orange City, Cathie (Bob) Keyser of The Woodlands, Texas, and Andy (Karen) Van Der Maaten of Decorah, Iowa; 14 grandchildren, Sue (Andy) Ten Braak, Tim (Melissa) Van Der Maaten, Dan (Jani) Van Gorp, Krista Carnet, Julie (Kevin) Lors, Jenny (Ryan) Simmelink, Josh (Rachel) Van Der Maaten, Stacie (Harlan) Jorgensen, Shawna (Gary) Pottebaum, Todd (Heidi) Ver Steeg, Katie Keyser, Megan Keyser, Maria (Alejandro Alfaro) Van Der Maaten, and Allie Van Der Maaten; and 25 great-grandchildren.

    In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Thomas Keyser; and 11 brothers and sisters, Margaret (Henry) De Haan, Mina (Frank) Muilenburg, Lambertus Plender, Lambertus (Bert) Plender, Henrietta (Bill) Ter Horst, Henry Plender, John Otto I, John Otto II, Arbella (Joe) Kleinhesselink, Matilda (Arie) Bloemendaal, and Bernice (Ray) Faber.

    Memorials will be directed to the Orange City Area Home Health and Hospice.
  • She is buried March 2015 in West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City, Iowa, Verenigde Staten.
  • A child of Dries (Andrew) Plender and Wilhelmina (Minnie) Mouw
  • This information was last updated on April 30, 2018.

Household of Ruth Doloris Plender

She is married to Frank van der Maaten.

They got married on November 14, 1941 at Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, USA, she was 20 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ruth Doloris Plender

Lammert Plender
1855-1952
Grietje Brummel
1857-1922
Hendrikus Mouw
1846-1916
Wilhelmyna Rouwenhorst
1850-1927

Ruth Doloris Plender
1921-2015

1941

Frank van der Maaten
1922-2004


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Birthday October 31, 1921

  • The temperature on October 31, 1921 was between 7.0 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
    • March 17 » The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
    • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
    • September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
    • October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
    • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
    • December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

Day of marriage November 14, 1941

  • The temperature on November 14, 1941 was between -1.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
    • February 25 » The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
    • March 29 » The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
    • April 16 » World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
    • May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
    • September 20 » The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police murder 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.
    • December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.

Day of death March 17, 2015

  • The temperature on March 17, 2015 was between -1.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 2015: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.9 million citizens.
    • January 25 » A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines killing 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
    • June 26 » Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
    • September 14 » The first observation of gravitational waves was made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
    • October 31 » Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.
    • November 5 » An iron ore tailings dam bursts in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais flooding a valley, causing mudslides in the nearby village of Bento Rodrigues and causing at least 17 deaths and two missing.
    • November 5 » Rona Ambrose takes over after Stephen Harper as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.


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