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• Roepnaam is Martin.
• Hij is geboren op 21 juni 1910 in 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland.Bron 1
• Beroep: priester.
• Hij is overleden op 23 april 2004 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, hij was toen 93 jaar oud.Bron 2

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  FROM: The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ~
  http://www.jsonline.com/news/nobits/apr04/225088.asp
  
  Like many people, Martin J. Eykmans came to America seeking
  a new life a few years after World War II.
  
  He ended up in Milwaukee, becoming an American citizen in
  1956. Eventually, he became a sales clerk and manager at the
  old Cardijn Bookstore, a religious bookstore across from
  Gesu church in the Marquette neighborhood.
  
  There he became known as the man who seemed to know
  everything, especially about theology. There was a reason
  for that, his son said.
  
  "He was actually a priest in the Netherlands, before he came
  over here," said Eddie Eykmans. "I think it was really just
  to start fresh.
  
  "There were people who would come to the bookstore just to
  talk to him. Theology, art, that was his forte. He was the
  guy to come to."
  
  Martin Eykmans died hours after suffering a massive stroke
  Friday. He was 93. He and his wife, Luitgard Eykmans, who
  has advanced Alzheimer's disease, lived in Wauwatosa.
  
  "He was taking care of her at home," their son said. "We had
  a helper come over every day, but he was handling her
  medications, getting breakfast, lunch and dinner ready for
  her."
  
  The caretaker found Martin Eykmans in bed early Friday and
  could not wake him.
  
  "I went right over, and then I called 911," Eddie Eykmans
  said. "I was able to be with him - and my sister, too - when
  he took his last breath."
  
  Martin Eykmans grew up in The Hague, entering a Catholic
  seminary as a teenager in the 1920s. He knew four languages:
  Dutch, German, English and, of course, Latin. During the
  war, he was briefly held as a prisoner of war by the Nazis.
  
  Eykmans eventually began to question his calling to the
  priesthood, thinking that he wanted to find a wife and have
  a family of his own.
  
  It was about that time that he met the former Luitgard Winz
  while in Germany. Even as they spoke of matters of faith, he
  began to fall in love with her. He left for America but kept
  writing to Winz, asking her to come to America and make a
  life with him.
  
  She finally agreed. They married in 1956.
  
  "He ended up taking a couple route salesman jobs," their son
  said. "My mom was working as a bookkeeper at the bookstore
  when someone left. He took on that job with a passion - he
  started when he was about 55 years old.
  
  "He never made much money, but he certainly loved what he
  was doing," said his son. "He was working until he was
  something like 80."
  
  Eykmans also loved music, especially opera, even singing
  with the Bel Canto Chorus.
  
  "He sang all the time, until he couldn't," Eddie Eykmans
  said. "He was a big fan of all the famous tenors - Luciano
  Pavarotti was his favorite. He was a tenor himself."
  
  In his earlier days, Martin Eykmans also painted, creating
  portraits of his wife and his mother. He loved keeping up
  with current events, making sure that he knew what was going
  on so he could have an opinion about it.
  
  "He wrote so many letters to The (Milwaukee) Journal, but he
  never sent them in," Eddie Eykmans said, adding that he
  would encourage his father to send them out.
  
  "I just wanted to get it off my chest," Martin Eykmans would
  say.
  
  "He was a survivor," Eddie Eykmans said. "He was a very
  simple man, but he had the greatest sense of humor, for
  making faces or making a quick reply. What he said made
  sense and made people laugh."
  
  Survivors include his wife and son, daughter Dolores "Dee"
  Wasylik, grandchildren and other relatives.
  
  Services were held Monday.

  Oorzaak: CVA

• Hij is begraven op 26 april 2004 in Milwaukee, Calvary Cemetery.Bron 3
• Een kind van Martinus Antonie Eijkmans en Catharina Johanna Maria Hols
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 26 januari 2022.

Gezin van Martinus Johannes Jozef "Martin" Eijkmans

Hij is getrouwd met Luitgard Berta Winz.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1956, hij was toen 45 jaar oud.

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