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Personal data Lenita Marguerite Uitermarkt 

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Household of Lenita Marguerite Uitermarkt

She is married to Gradus Dan Aalbers.

They got married on December 27, 1933, she was 20 years old.


Notes about Lenita Marguerite Uitermarkt

MONTEZUMA - Lenita Marguerite Aalbers, 91, of Montezuma, died Saturday, May 22, at her home. A celebration of her life will 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 27, at First Presbyterian Church in Montezuma, the Rev. George M. Salnave officiating. Burial: Oakwood Cemetery in Pella. The family will receive visitors 6-8 p.m. today at the church. Watts Funeral Home in Montezuma is in charge of arrangements. Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, or Montezuma Public Library for children's books.

Lenita Marguerite Aalbers was born March 4, 1913, in Leighton in Mahaska County, to Eva (DeGues) and Julius Uitermarkt. She attended Centennial School in Leighton and graduated from Pella High School. She earned a bachelor of arts from William Penn College in May 1963, and earned an additional 18 hours of credit at Drake University. On Dec. 27, 1933, she married Gradus Dan Aalbers in Pella. They had six children. Lenita loved children and teaching. She taught for 10 years in rural school, and 21 years as a sixth-grade teacher in Montezuma. She continued tutoring children until she was 89. She enjoyed reading and poetry, especially Helen Steiner Rice and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She also enjoyed gardening, traveling, camping and Elderhostel. She was an elder and deacon of First Presbyterian Church and a member of PW. She helped with preschool and enjoyed the birthday clubs. She was very patriotic and always flew the United States and Iowa flags.

She is survived by three children: Duane (Darlene) Aalbers of Grapeview, Wash., LaNeva (Kenneth) Gauley of Montezuma and Sandra Logue of Napa, Calif.; 12 grandchildren: Debbie (Bob) Martinsen, Doug (Linda) Aalbers, Darcie (John) Almeida, Steven (Julie) Aalbers, Nancy (Darrin) Tyree, Dennis (Pam) Aalbers, Laurie (Dennis) Selle, Cynthia (Sid) Pinney, Curtis (Suzanne Gauley, Kyle (Jill) Gauley, Lynnette (Dave) Koehn and Leah (Jon) Warner; 22 great-grandchildren; and other relatives and many friends.

She was preceded in death her parents; her husband, Dan, on Feb. 23, 1974; three sons: Donald in infancy, Glenn and Gaylen; two great-granddaughters, Glenda Gauley and Cheryl Martinsen, both in infancy; and two brothers: Clayton and Elmer Uitermarkt.

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Birthday March 4, 1913

  • The temperature on March 4, 1913 was between 2.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
    • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
    • August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
    • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
    • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
    • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

Day of death May 22, 2004

  • The temperature on May 22, 2004 was between 4.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The 6.3 Mw Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 628 people are killed, 926 are injured, and up to 15,000 are displaced.
    • March 11 » Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 192 people.
    • April 22 » Two fuel trains collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people.
    • November 11 » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
    • November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
    • November 30 » Lion Air Flight 583 overshoots the runway while landing at Adisumarmo International Airport and crashes, killing 25 people.


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