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Personal data Evert J. Riekena 


Household of Evert J. Riekena

He is married to Mary Jibbe Ross.

They got married on March 6, 1909 at Monroe, Turner Co., SD, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. John Evert Riekena  1910-1975 
  2. Jeanette E Riekena  1912-2003 
  3. Emery Eugene Riekena  1914-1963 
  4. Diane Evelyn Riekena  1917-2007 


Notes about Evert J. Riekena

Evert J. Riekena

Sources: Author: Farghum, Barb, Title: "Evert J. Riekena," (Publication location: Ackley, IA, Publisher: find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxxi May MMIX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37731528/evert-j_-riekena

"Photo[graph of stone shared with Mary J. Riekena] added by KDB
[photograph of stone shared with Mary J. Riekena] Added by Barb Farghum
[photograph of newspaper clipping of obituary for Evert Rieken] Added by Elliffen

Evert J. Riekena Birth 28 Aug 1883 Shiloh Township, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Death 13 Nov 1952 (aged 69) Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Burial Shiloh Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Plot Lot 1, grave 18 Memorial ID 37731528

s/o Johans and Amke Riekena

Family Members

Parents
Johan Wiards Riekena 1840-1933
Amke Beving Riekena 1846-1939

Spouse
Mary Jibbe Ross Riekena 1887-1966 (m. 1909)

Siblings

[1] Wiard J. Riekena 1871-1957
[2] Dirk J. Riekena 1873-1929
[3] Fred J. Riekena 1875-1953
[4] Berend Johannes Riekena 1877-1951
[5] Berend Riekena 1877-1951
[6] Infant Riekena 1879-1879
[7] Trieno J. Riekena 1881-1952
[8] Annie J. Riekena 1885-1988
[9] Infant Riekena 1902-1902

Children

John Evert Riekena 1910-1975
Jeanette Riekema Tack 1912-2003
Emery Eugene Riekena 1914-1963
Diane Evelyn Riekena Walbaum 1917-2007

Created by: Barb Farghum Added: 31 May 2009 Find a Grave Memorial 37731528"

Text of the obituary from the newspaper clipping:

Editor: N.N. (name not preserved), Title: "Riekena Dies; Services Set At Wellsburg," (Publication location: Marshalltown, IA, Publisher: Times Republican, Publication date: xiv Nov MMLII), Pg. ___ Col. _ Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37731528/evert-j_-riekena

"Riekena Dies; Services Set At Wellsburg

WELLSBURG - (Special) - Evert Rieken, 69, a Wellsburg resident most of his life, died at him [sic] home at 2 p. m. Thursday following a heart attack. Services will be Saturday at 12:30 p. m. at the home and later at the Wellsburg Reformed Church with burial at Shiloh Cemetery.

Mr. Riekena was born west of Wellsburg Aug. 29, 1883, and was married to Mary Roff [sic] at Monroe, S. D., March 6, 1909. They lived near Monroe two years and then moved to his family's farm, where they lived until they retired to Wellsburg 12 years ago.

Surviving are the widow; four children, John E. and Emery Riekena and Mrs. Melvin Tack of Wellsburg and Mrs. Fred Walburn of Grundy Center; 10 grandchildren; one sister and two brothers, Miss Annie Riekena and W. J. Riekena, Wellsburg, and Fred, Monroe, S. D."

clipping from Marshalltown IA newspaper Times Republican dated Friday Nov 14 1952 Added by: Elliffen on 21 Oct 2013"
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    Birthday August 28, 1883

    • The temperature on August 28, 1883 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
      • February 23 » Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
      • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
      • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.
      • October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
      • November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.

    Day of marriage March 6, 1909

    • The temperature on March 6, 1909 was between -7.5 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
      • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
      • March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
      • March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
      • October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
      • October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
      • November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

    Day of death November 13, 1952

    • The temperature on November 13, 1952 was between 0.5 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
      • March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
      • May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
      • July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
      • July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
      • August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
      • December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
    

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