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Personal data Dirk Sibles Wytsma 

  • Alternative name: Dick
  • He was born on April 20, 1924 in Idsegahuizum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland.
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  • He died on March 22, 2011 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, he was 86 years old.
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    WYTSMA, Dick Dick died peacefully at Starwood Nursing Home at the age of 86 on March 22, 2011. Beloved husband of 61 years of Laurene, dear father of the late Linda, Judy (Greg) and Rick (Brenda). Grandfather of Rob, Scott (Jen), Julie, Sarah and Ali. Great grandfather of Tucker. Dick was born in Wommels, The Netherlands and at a young age immigrated to Canada. He went to the University of Alberta where he graduated with distinction in Electrical Engineering in 1946. After graduation, he made a big move east to Ottawa starting employment with Bell Canada. In 1950 he and Laurene married and over the following 25 years lived in Montreal and Toronto raising 3 children. Dick enjoyed a very active retirement beginning in 1986. Throughout his life, Dick enjoyed all outdoor activities especially canoeing, biking, skiing and running. He could repair everything from a toaster to cars and TVs. He built fine furniture, canoes and flying model airplanes. Friends may visit at the Garden Chapel of Tubman Funeral Homes, 3440 Richmond Road (between Baseline and Bayshore Dr.), Nepean on Saturday, March 26th from 3:30 pm until service time in the Chapel at 4:30 pm. Thanks to the wonderful staff at Starwood Extendicare for the great care over the last 2 years.
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  • A child of Sible Taedes Wytsma and Doetje Dirks van der Meer
  • This information was last updated on December 30, 2016.

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They got married in the year 1950, he was 25 years old.


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Birthday April 20, 1924

  • The temperature on April 20, 1924 was between 5.7 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
    • April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
    • November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
    • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
    • December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
    • December 19 » The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
    • December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.

Day of death March 22, 2011

  • The temperature on March 22, 2011 was between -1.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
    • 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 2 » Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
    • September 7 » A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
    • September 29 » The special court in India convicted all 269 accused officials for atrocity on Dalits and 17 for rape in the Vachathi case.
    • 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.
    • December 13 » A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.


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