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Household of Esther Meester

She is married to John Evert Riekena.

They got married St. Valentines Day 1934 at Holland, Grundy Co., IA, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Larry John Riekena  1935-2007
  2. (Not public)


Notes about Esther Meester

Esther Meester

Sources: Author: Farghum, Barb, Title: "Esther Meester Riekena Eckhoff," (Publication location: Wellsburg, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxxi May MMIX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37731821/esther-riekena_eckhoff

"Photo[graph of stone shared with John E. Riekena] added by Gerhardt Leffler
[photograph of stone shared with John E. Riekena] Added by Barb Farghum

Esther Meester Riekena Eckhoff Birth 17 Nov 1911 Grundy County, Iowa, USA Death 26 Jan 1997 (aged 85) Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA Burial Shiloh Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Plot
Lot 1, grave 19 Memorial ID 37731821

d/o Joe H. and Memka (Meyer) Meester

Family Members

Parents
Johannes H. Meester 1870– 1951
Meemke Meyer Meester 1873– 1950

Spouses

John Evert Riekena 1910-1975 (m. 1934)
Harry Eckhoff 1916-1999 (m. 1984)

Siblings

Infant Daughter Meester
Greetke K. Meester 1894-1899
Rachel Meester Junker 1896-1978
Mattie Meester Stahl 1898-1985
Katherine Meester Klunder 1903-1974
Harmka Meester Stahl 1905-1981
Martha Meester Hook 1908-2004

Children

Larry John Riekena 1935-2007

Created by: Barb Farghum Added: 31 May 2009 Find a Grave Memorial 37731821"

Author: Mount, Tammy D., Title: "ECKHOFF, Esther 1911-1997," (Publication location: Grundy Ctr., IA, Publisher: The Grundy Register, Publication date: xxx Jan MCMXCVII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: http://iagenweb.org/boards/grundy/obituaries/index.cgi?read=498310

"ECKHOFF, Esther 1911-1997
ECKHOFF, MEESTER, MEYER, RIEKENA
Posted By: Tammy (email) Date: 4/26/2014 at 12:20:29

Esther Eckhoff Services Held

Esther Eckhoff, 85, of Wellsburg, passed away on Sunday, January 26, at the Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls of natural causes.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 29, at 1:30 p.m. at the Second Christian Reformed Church, Wellsburg. Burial followed in the Shiloh Cemetery in Wellsburg. Pastor Doug Holmes officiated the service.
Pallbearers were Harlyn Riekena, Donald Stahl, Roger Hook, Royce Tack, Carroll Stahl and Leland Tack.
A memorial fund has been established.

Esther was born on November 17, 1911, the daughter of Johannas and Memka (Meyer) Meester in Grundy County. She was united in marriage to John Riekena on February 14, 1934, in Holland. To this union was born two sons, Larry and Lowell Riekena. John passed away in 1975. Esther married Henry Eckhoff on April 21, 1984, in Wellsburg.

She was a member of the Second Christian Reformed Church and she enjoyed sewing, gardening, and working with flowers.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John in 1975; her parents; and 7 sisters, Harmka Stahl, Rachel Junker, Grace Bowman, Tina Klunder, Mattie Stahl and two in infancy.

Survivors include her husband, Harry of Wellsburg; 2 sons, Larry Riekena and wife Phyllis of Iowa Falls and Lowell Riekena and wife Cathy of Wellsburg; 1 sister, Martha Hook of Holland; and 2 granddaughters, Miekka Moeller and husband Brad of Glenwood, Illinois and Sarah Riekena of Cedar Falls.

The Doyen-Abels Funeral Home in Wellsburg was in charge of the arrangements.
--The Grundy Register/Wellsburg Herald (Grundy Center, Iowa), 30 January 1997, pg 10

Grundy Obituaries maintained by Tammy D. Mount.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen"
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    Historical events

    Birthday November 17, 1911

    • The temperature on November 17, 1911 was between 7.9 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 17.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
      • May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
      • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
      • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
      • December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
      • December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

    Day of death January 26, 1997

    • The temperature on January 26, 1997 was between -2.8 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
      • June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
      • June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
      • July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
      • July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
      • August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
      • September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.

    Day of burial January 29, 1997

    • The temperature on January 29, 1997 was between 1.7 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1997: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
      • March 9 » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
      • May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
      • August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
      • September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
      • October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
      • December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
    

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