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Household of Henry Okones

He is married to Nettie Helen Riekena.

They got married on August 20, 1930 at Missoula, Missoula Co., MT, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Rhea Diane Okones  1932-2004 
  2. Stanley Duane Okones  1934-1980 
  3. Janice Arlene Okones  1938-2009 


Notes about Henry Okones

Henry Okones

Sources: Author: N.N. (anonymous, pseudonym = KDB), Title: "Henry Okones," (Publication location: Wellsburg, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xi Aug MMXVIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192163811/henry-okones

"Photo[graph of grave site shared with Nettie Okones] added by KDB

Henry Okones Birth 30 Jan 1905 Shiloh Township, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Death 8 Oct 1978 (aged 73) Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA Burial Shiloh Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 192163811

Henry Okones, Lifelong Area Resident, Dead

Henry Okones died early Sunday morning at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo following a lingering illness.

He had been a patient there since Thursday. Henry lived to the age of 73 years, eight months and 8 days.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. this Wednesday at the Second Christian Reformed Church of Wellsburg with Rev. John H. Elenbaas officiating. Burial was in the Shiloh township cemetery.

Doyen Funeral Home of Wellsburg was in charge of arrangements.

Casket bearers were Rick Nederhoff, Mark Nederhoff, Kent Nederhoff, Dick Okones, Scott Diekman and Robert Diekman, all grandsons of the deceased.

Special music was provided by Mrs. Ivan Slifer and Mrs. Harold Okones, and organist Mrs. LuRay Neessen. Mrs. Meint Bakker and Mrs. Arnold Arends were flower attendants.

He was born on a farm in Shiloh Township, southeast of Wellsburg, on January 30, 1905, the son of Harm & Anke (Nederhoff) Okones. He attended the rural school in the area. On August 20, 1930, he was united in marriage to Nettie Riekena at Missoula, Montana. Following their marriage they made their home in Wellsburg. He worked for many years on the John Ross Road Construction Crew and later farmed on the Okones home-place until 1955. In 1957 he began working for the Wellsburg Community School District as a bus driver and mechanic until ill health foreced him to retire in December of 1970.

Henry was a member of the Second Christian Reformed Church of Wellsburg having joined by confession of faith on December 30, 1936, and has served on the church consistory.

Preceding him in death were: his parents, one grandson, Michael Lewis Okones and one granddaughter, Toni Lee Okones.

Those left to mourn his passing are: his wife, Nettie; two daughters and one son, (Rhea), Mrs. Willis Nederhoff of Wellsburg; Stanley Okones of Wellsburg; (Janice), Mrs. Wayne Diekman of Aplington; 11 grandchildren; two sisters and two brothers, Neil Okones, Sr. of Wellsburg; (Anna), Mrs. Ben Murra of Ackley; (Mathilda), Mrs. Jake B. Engelkes of Wellsburg; Herman Okones of Clear Lake and many other relatives and friends.

--The Grundy Register/Wellsburg Herald (Grundy Center, Iowa), 12 October 1978, section 2, pg 1
--http://iagenweb.org/boards/grundy/obituaries/index.cgi?read=468564

Family Members

Parents
Harm Okones 1872-1958
Anke Nederhoff Okones 1875-1960

Spouse
Nettie Helen Riekena Okones 1907-1986 (m. 1930)

Siblings

Matilda O'Kones Engelkes 1910-1999
Herman Andrew Okones 1915-1990

Children

Rhea D. Okones Nederhoff 1932-2004
Stanley Duane Okones 1934-1980
Janice Arlene Okones Diekman 1938-2009

Inscription PARENTS OF RHEA, STANLEY, JANICE

Created by: KDB Added: 11 Aug 2018 Find a Grave Memorial 192163811"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Henry Okones

Harm Okones
1872-1958

Henry Okones
1905-1978

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Nettie Helen Riekena
1907-1986

Rhea Diane Okones
1932-2004
Stanley Duane Okones
1934-1980
Janice Arlene Okones
1938-2009

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Birthday January 30, 1905

  • The temperature on January 30, 1905 was between 4.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1905: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution.
    • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
    • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
    • September 8 » The 7.2 Mw  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
    • November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
    • November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.

Day of marriage August 20, 1930

  • The temperature on August 20, 1930 was between 8.3 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
    • March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
    • June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
    • July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
    • October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.
    • December 2 » Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million (equivalent to $2,296,000,000 in 2019) public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.

Day of death October 8, 1978

  • The temperature on October 8, 1978 was between 5.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
    • March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
    • April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
    • August 19 » In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
    • October 8 » Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
    • November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
    • December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

Day of burial October 11, 1978

  • The temperature on October 11, 1978 was between 11.3 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
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    • April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
    • June 15 » King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.
    • June 22 » Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
    • July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
    • August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.


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