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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.
    • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
    • March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
    • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
    • September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
    • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
    • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

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.
    • March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
    • May 2 » The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.
    • May 15 » Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
    • July 4 » Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
    • September 30 » The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat itself is retired.
    • October 14 » MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.


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