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Personal data Katherine Cornelia Groot 

  • She was born on February 6, 1920 in Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, USA.
  • She died on May 22, 2020 in Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, USA, she was 100 years old.
    Katherine Cornelia Groot Mouw
    BIRTH 6 Feb 1920 Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, USA
    DEATH 22 May 2020 (aged 100) Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, USA
    BURIAL Roseland Cemetery, Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa, USA Show Map
    MEMORIAL ID 150823559

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    Katherine C. Mouw
    Sheldon, Iowa
    Katherine C. Mouw, age 100, of Sheldon, Iowa who passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 at the Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa. Her Graveside Service will be at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at the Roseland Cemetery in Sanborn, Iowa with Rev. Kevin Gingerich ~ officiating.
    Visitation will be from 9:00 – 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon. There will be no family present during this time.
    Due to state and federal guidelines due to COVID-19 there will be a limit of ten people at a time during visitation, practicing social distancing.
    Arrangements are under the care of the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home; Sheldon, Iowa.
    Online condolences may be sent to www.vanderploegfunerals.com

    IN LOVING MEMORY OF
    KATHERINE C. MOUW

    BORN
    February 6, 1920
    Sheldon, Iowa
    PASSED AWAY
    May 22, 2020
    Sheldon, Iowa

    GRAVESIDE SERVICE
    11:00 A.M. Thursday, May 28, 2020
    Roseland Cemetery; Sanborn, Iowa
    Rev. Kevin Gingerich ~ Officiating

    FINAL RESTING PLACE
    Roseland Cemetery; Sanborn, Iowa

    Arrangements are under the care of the
    Vander Ploeg Funeral Home; Sheldon, Iowa.

    KATHERINE C. MOUW

    Katherine Cornelia Mouw, the daughter of John and Maria Cornelia (Den Beste) Groot was born on February 6, 1920 in Sheldon, Iowa, where she grew up and attended the Sheldon Christian School. Katherine was united in marriage to John Frank Mouw on March 2, 1944 in Bellflower, California. The couple made their home in California until 1955, when they moved to Ashton, Iowa and began farming. In 1957, they moved to a farm near Little Rock, Iowa. In 1975, they retired and moved into Sheldon, Iowa. John preceded Katherine in death on September 16, 1994. Katherine remained in her home until she passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020 at the Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa, reaching the age of 100 years, 3 months and 16 days.

    Katherine had attended the Sheldon United Methodist Church and the Parkview Assembly Church. She was an avid reader of the Sioux City Journal and the Sheldon papers.

    Left to cherish Katherine’s memory are her children, Sharon “Sherri” and her husband, James Iedema of Ocheyedan, Iowa; David and his wife, Janet Mouw of Ellsworth, Minnesota and Paul Mouw of Ham Lake, Minnesota; eight grandchildren, Randy Iedema; Dannielle Weg; Jamie Iedema; David Mouw Jr.; Dawn Sybesma; Athena Seely; Kate Dudley and Bethanie Mouw; nineteen great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren, a brother, Marion Groot of Springfield, Missouri and a sister, Dorothy VanderBerg of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee; also other relatives and friends.

    Katherine was preceded in death by her husband, and a brother and sister-in-law, Henry and Shirley Groot.
  • She is buried on May 28, 2020 in Roseland Cemetery, Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten.
  • A child of Jan (John) Groot and Maria (Mayme) den Beste
  • This information was last updated on August 6, 2022.

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She is married to Jan (John Frank) Mouw.

They got married on March 2, 1944 at Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California, USA, she was 24 years old.


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Katherine Cornelia Groot
1920-2020

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1915-1994

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Birthday February 6, 1920

  • The temperature on February 6, 1920 was between -1 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
    • January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
    • January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
    • March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
    • July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
    • August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
    • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

Day of marriage March 2, 1944

  • The temperature on March 2, 1944 was between -1.8 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 3 » World War II: During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.
    • June 17 » Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic.
    • September 15 » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
    • October 2 » World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
    • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
    • October 25 » Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.


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