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Personal data Florence Christians 


Household of Florence Christians


(2) She is married to Peter Edward Walhof.

They got married on January 18, 1938 at Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota, she was 22 years old.


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Notes about Florence Christians

Residence: BET APR 1915 AND 1917 Kanawha, Wright County, Iowa
Residence: ABT 1917 Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota
Residence: 3 APR 1930 Moulton Township, Murray County, Minnesota
Census: 3 APR 1930 Moulton Township, Murray County, Minnesota
Burial: 14 OCT 2002 Hillside Cemetery, Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota
From page 12 of the 10/16/2002 Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota, Enterprise:
Florence Walhof: March 23, 1915 - October 11, 2002
---Funeral services for Florence (Christians) Walhof were held Oct. 14, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church in Edgerton with Pastor Timothy Brown officiating. Tricia van Ee, her granddaughter, was the soloist, and Jean brown was the organist. Seven of her grandchildren were pallbearers.
---Florence Christians was born on March 23, 1915, to Chris and Hattie Christians in Wright County, Iowa. When Florence was a baby, the family moved to the Edgerton area where she attended school.
---On January 18, 1938, she married Peter Walhof, Jr. After renting farmland near Edgerton for a couple years, they purchased a farm near Hatfield in 1941, where they lived until their retirement in 1976. During her retirement, Florence spent many pleasant hours quilting and crocheting, making numerous treasures for her children and grandchildren. She was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church of Edgerton.
---Florence suffered a stroke at her home on Wednesday, Oct. 9, while quilting and talking to her daughter on the phone. She died on October 11, 2002, at the Pipestone County Medical Center.
---She leaves behind a loving family: her children Ed and Lisa Walhof of Spicer, Curt and Kathy Walhof of Edgerton, Karen Walhof of Minneapolis, Sue and Keith van Ee of Pella, Iowa; her grandchildren, Cindy and Paul Varhol, Vicki and Mike Hofford, Stephanie and Glenn Zevenbergen, Steve and Brenda Walhof, Tricia van Ee, Krystal van Ee and her fiancé Ben Lefevre, and Kayla Timm; her great- grandchildren, Tyler and Trent Varhol, Grant and Cole Zevenbergen, Anna and Samuel Walhof; and her sister, Ella De Poorter.
---Florence was preceded in death by her husband Peter; her parents; her brothers, Arnold, George, Henry and John, her sisters, Tena Zwart, Winifred Prins, and Norma Krosschell; two infant brothers and an infant sister.

Residence: BET APR 1915 AND 1917 Kanawha, Wright County, Iowa
Residence: ABT 1917 Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota
Residence: 3 APR 1930 Moulton Township, Murray County, Minnesota
Census: 3 APR 1930 Moulton Township, Murray County, Minnesota
Burial: 14 OCT 2002 Hillside Cemetery, Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota
From page 12 of the 10/16/2002 Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota, Enterprise:
Florence Walhof: March 23, 1915 - October 11, 2002
---Funeral services for Florence (Christians) Walhof were held Oct. 14, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church in Edgerton with Pastor Timothy Brown officiating. Tricia van Ee, her granddaughter, was the soloist, and Jean brown was the organist. Seven of her grandchildren were pallbearers.
---Florence Christians was born on March 23, 1915, to Chris and Hattie Christians in Wright County, Iowa. When Florence was a baby, the family moved to the Edgerton area where she attended school.
---On January 18, 1938, she married Peter Walhof, Jr. After renting farmland near Edgerton for a couple years, they purchased a farm near Hatfield in 1941, where they lived until their retirement in 1976. During her retirement, Florence spent many pleasant hours quilting and crocheting, making numerous treasures for her children and grandchildren. She was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church of Edgerton.
---Florence suffered a stroke at her home on Wednesday, Oct. 9, while quilting and talking to her daughter on the phone. She died on October 11, 2002, at the Pipestone County Medical Center.
---She leaves behind a loving family: her children Ed and Lisa Walhof of Spicer, Curt and Kathy Walhof of Edgerton, Karen Walhof of Minneapolis, Sue and Keith van Ee of Pella, Iowa; her grandchildren, Cindy and Paul Varhol, Vicki and Mike Hofford, Stephanie and Glenn Zevenbergen, Steve and Brenda Walhof, Tricia van Ee, Krystal van Ee and her fiancé Ben Lefevre, and Kayla Timm; her great- grandchildren, Tyler and Trent Varhol, Grant and Cole Zevenbergen, Anna and Samuel Walhof; and her sister, Ella De Poorter.
---Florence was preceded in death by her husband Peter; her parents; her brothers, Arnold, George, Henry and John, her sisters, Tena Zwart, Winifred Prins, and Norma Krosschell; two infant brothers and an infant sister.

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Birthday March 23, 1915

  • The temperature on March 23, 1915 was between 5.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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    • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
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Day of marriage January 18, 1938

  • The temperature on January 18, 1938 was between 1.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
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    • July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).

Day of death October 11, 2002

  • The temperature on October 11, 2002 was between 2.8 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
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