Family tree of Spijk and her many ancestors » Ralph G. Poelma (1915-2014)

Personal data Ralph G. Poelma 

  • He was born on November 2, 1915 in Gaines, Orleans Cy, NY, USA.Source 1
  • (kinderen) .Source 1
    Gaines: Ralph G. Poelma, age 98, died July 7, 2014 at Lakeside Beikirch Care Center in Brockport, NY. Born November 2, 1915 in Albion, N.Y., Ralph lived on the family farm for 93 years until entering assisted living and skilled nursing care in Brockport, N.Y. On April 17, 1943 he married Pearl Wemesfelder. They owned and operated Ralph Poelma Farms in Gaines until he retired at the age of 87. His diversified farming included fruits, vegetables and livestock. He graduated from Cornell University 2 year Agriculture Program.
    A member of the Gaines Carlton Community Church for 85 years Ralph served as a Deacon, a Trustee, a member of four Pastoral Search Committees and was active in the Men's Fellowship. He received his church's first "Lay Person of the Year" award.
    Ralph was an active member of the Albion Lions Club and was chairperson of the Speech and Hearing committee for 30 years. He received 2 Lions Club Awards for Distinguished Service and was Club President in 1984.
    Especially proud of being a Red Cross Blood Donor, Ralph gave over 28 gallons spanning a period of about 75 years.
    He was also a member of the Farm Bureau Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Cobblestone Society and the ProFac and Seneca Foods Cooperatives.
    Ralph was known for being a hard working farmer, an astute businessman, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and a dear friend to many. Special interests included rides through the countryside, playing 500 and visiting with neighbors and friends.
    He was predeceased by his wife, Pearl (Wemesfelder) Poelma; Parents, Gerrit and Jennie (Vink) Poelma; sister, Dorothy (Homer) Morrisey; brother, Royce (Patricia) Poelma. He is survived by his sons, Larry (Linda) Poelma of Cuba, NY, Linwood (Deborah) Poelma of E. Amherst, NY; 4 grandchildren, Jon (Josephine) Poelma, Joy (Paul) Bronkhorst, Zachary (Melanie) Poelma, Ashley (Kevin) Martin; 3 great-grandchildren, Maiya and Micah Bronkhorst, Landon Poelma.
    Ralph's Graveside Service will be held at Mt. Albion Cemetery, Saturday July 12, at 11:00am
  • He died on July 7, 2014 in North Dakota, Verenigde Staten, he was 98 years old.Source 1
  • A child of Gerrit Poelma and Jantje Vink

Household of Ralph G. Poelma

He is married to Pearl Wemesfelder.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ralph G. Poelma

Hindrik Poelma
1829-????
Jantje Veldman
1840-????
Jan Vink
1847-1915
Elizabeth Kluin
1850-1915
Gerrit Poelma
1872-1963
Jantje Vink
1888-1983

Ralph G. Poelma
1915-2014


Pearl Wemesfelder
1917-2008

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Historical events

Birthday November 2, 1915

  • The temperature on November 2, 1915 was between 2.4 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
    • January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
    • January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
    • May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
    • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
    • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
    • July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.

Day of death July 7, 2014

  • The temperature on July 7, 2014 was between 12.4 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
    • May 24 » A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.
    • July 17 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
    • August 10 » Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport.
    • October 1 » A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
    • October 14 » The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
    • December 10 » Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.


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