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Personal data Richard William Schipper 


Household of Richard William Schipper

He is married to Beverly Jean Berends.

They got married on April 23, 1957 at Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

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  3. Robyn Schipper  ????-< 2002
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Notes about Richard William Schipper

Richard William Schipper Jr., age 75, was born on March 8, 1934, on a farm near Kesley, Iowa, the son of Richard Sr. and Jessie (Marks) Schipper. He graduated from the Aplington High School in 1951. Richard served in the United States Army and then became a member of the Kesley AMVETS.
On April 23, 1957, Richard was united in marriage with Beverly Berends at the Parkersburg Christian Reformed Church. They made their home in Austinville, Iowa, where he worked for Henry Kromminga for a year. They moved and farmed one mile west of Kesley, Iowa for 43 years, where he also raised grain and livestock. In 2001 they moved to town in Aplington when he retired from farming and then worked seasonally for the Kesley Elevator.
Richard was a member of the Kesley Presbyterian Church for many years where he served as a Deacon and Elder. When they retired and moved to town he became a member of the First Reformed Church in Aplington. Through the years he enjoyed bowling, playing cards, visiting and shooting the breeze with his friends and family. Richard loved a good joke and had a good sense of humor. He loved his family and especially enjoyed being with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and was very proud of all of their activities he attended.
On Thursday, May 07, 2009, Richard died at the Presbyterian Village in Ackley, Iowa of cancer. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Schipper on October 23, 2002; one daughter, Robyn in infancy; his parents; and two brothers, George A. and Arnold Schipper.
Richard is survived by one son, Randall (Anne) Schipper of Ackley, Iowa; two daughters, Rhonda (Kenny) Meester of Parkersburg, Iowa and Renae (John) Schachterle of Ackley, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Brad (Jamie) Meester, Brooke (Nathan) Merrill, Brittney Meester, Amanda and Kyle Schipper and Katie and Jacob Schachterle; three great-granddaughters, Lily Meester, Emma Meester and Chloe Meester; one great-grandson, Aiden Merrill; one brother, John R. (Clarene) Schipper of Ackley, Iowa; three sisters, Bena (Floyd) Bierman of Dumont, Iowa, Anna (Royce) Harms of Wellsburg, Iowa and Marion (Ken) Nelson of Iowa City, Iowa; two sisters-in-law, Marian Schipper of Aplington and Lorraine (John) Kalkwarf of Aplington, Iowa; and his special friend, Esther Schipper of Aplington, Iowa.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Richard William Schipper

Geerd Jans Schipper
1862-1936
Antje Otten Bloem
1865-1932
John Marks
1879-1959
Bena Tjepkes
1882-1946
Richard Schipper
± 1906-1987

Richard William Schipper
1934-2009

1957

Beverly Jean Berends
1938-2002

(Not public)
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Robyn Schipper
????-< 2002
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Historical events

Birthday March 8, 1934

  • The temperature on March 8, 1934 was between 1.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • January 15 » The 8.0 Mw  Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
    • January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
    • May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
    • July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
    • September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
    • October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

Day of marriage April 23, 1957

  • The temperature on April 23, 1957 was between 5.4 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
    • February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
    • March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
    • June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
    • November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
    • November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
    • November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

Day of death May 7, 2009

  • The temperature on May 7, 2009 was between 8.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded 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, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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    • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
    • February 12 » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
    • June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
    • June 21 » Greenland assumes self-rule.
    • October 1 » The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
    • October 28 » The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
    • November 23 » The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.


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