Family tree Eilander » Herman van Ark (1928-2011)

Personal data Herman van Ark 


Household of Herman van Ark

He is married to (Not public).

They got married on February 24, 1951 at Zwolle, he was 22 years old.


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Notes about Herman van Ark

Herman van Ark startte in 1951 in een commerciële functie bij Arks Bakkerijen BV, een familiebedrijf dat door drie broers uit de vorige generatie van Ark is opgezet.

Op 82-jarige leeftijd is donderdag overleden Herman van Ark.

Hij was bij zijn leven een prominente inwoner van Heerde, niet alleen vanwege het gegeven dat hij jarenlang als directeur was verbonden aan de Van Ark-bakkerijen, maar ook bekleedde hij in het maatschappelijk leven van Heerde en daarbuiten tal van functies.

De fabrieksmatige beschuitbakkerij startte in de jaren twintig, oorspronkelijk midden in het Heerder dorp, waar nu bakkerij Kamphorst is gevestigd.

Begin dertiger jaren verhuisde het bedrijf naar de huidige locatie in het markante pand aan de Zwolseweg in Heerde. Deze werd later uitgebreid met de fabricage van ontbijtkoek en koekjes. In 1975 onderdeel geworden van de Bolletje onderneming.

Vanaf de jaren zestig werd Van Ark commercieel en weer later algemeen directeur van Arks. Tot zijn 72ste was hij commissaris van Bolletje.

Verder was Van Ark bestuurslid van Verbisko, de landelijke brancheorganisatie voor beschuit, ontbijtkoek en koekjesfabrikanten. Hij leidde in die tijd de CAO-onderhandelingen met werknemersorganisaties.

Voorts was hij voorzitter van de stichting Studiecentrum Zoetwaren.

In de jaren tachtig en negentig was hij vele jaren voorzitter van de Raad van Toezicht van de Rabobank Heerde.

Daarnaast was hij voorzitter van de Jan Nienhuisvereniging, die onder zijn leiding is omgevormd tot een op moderne leest geschoeide vereniging, die subsidies verstrekt aan plaatselijke verenigingen en stichtingen.

Als voorzitter van de plaatselijke scoutingorganisatie realiseerde hij de eerste clubhuizen aan de Kooiweg. Voor al zijn activiteiten ontving hij een koninklijke onderscheiding als Ridder in de orde van Oranje Nassau.

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Historical events

Birthday August 29, 1928

  • The temperature on August 29, 1928 was between 10.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
    • June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
    • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
    • September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
    • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
    • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

Day of marriage February 24, 1951

  • The temperature on February 24, 1951 was between 0.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • 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 year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
    • January 13 » First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.
    • February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
    • May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
    • June 23 » The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched.
    • November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.
    • December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

Day of death January 6, 2011

  • The temperature on January 6, 2011 was between 3.3 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 15.5 mm of rain during 16.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
    • February 14 » As a part of Arab Spring, the Bahraini uprising begins with a 'Day of Rage'.
    • March 15 » Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
    • May 25 » Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
    • September 11 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
    • December 31 » NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.

Day of burial January 12, 2011

  • The temperature on January 12, 2011 was between 2.9 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 13.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2011: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
    • February 22 » Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
    • April 6 » In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 victims of Los Zetas were exhumed from several mass graves.
    • May 11 » An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
    • May 25 » Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
    • September 17 » Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
    • October 31 » The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as the Day of Seven Billion.


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