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.
    • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
    • 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.
    • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
    • November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
    • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
    • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

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.
    • February 25 » The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
    • March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
    • March 28 » First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
    • March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
    • July 4 » Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
    • September 28 » CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.

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.
    • February 11 » Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
    • May 13 » Two bombs explode in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others.
    • June 1 » Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing after 25 flights.
    • November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
    • November 12 » Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.
    • December 13 » A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.

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.
    • January 8 » The attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in which five people were shot dead.
    • February 11 » Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
    • March 15 » Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
    • March 19 » Libyan Civil War: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, the French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
    • May 11 » An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 hits Lorca, Spain.
    • September 19 » Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.


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