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Persoonlijke gegevens Clara van Ek 

• Zij is geboren op 15 april 1915 in Sioux City, IA, USA.
• Zij is overleden op 13 maart 2008 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten, zij was toen 92 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Egbert van Ek en Maaike de Haan
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 18 januari 2009.

Gezin van Clara van Ek

Zij is getrouwd met John Tuit.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 23 mei 1941 te Prospect Park, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten, zij was toen 26 jaar oud.

Bron: Find a Grave ; Memorial# 19097618 ; Ron Oswalt ; 16-04-2007

Kind(eren):

1. Marge S. Tuit  1942-2020
2. (Niet openbaar)
3. Edward Richard Tuit  1945-2001 
4. (Niet openbaar)
5. (Niet openbaar)

Notities over Clara van Ek

Tuit, Clara - Mrs. Clara Tuit, age 92, left this world to begin her life in Glory on Thursday, March 13, 2008. She was preceded in death by ...
Published in the Grand Rapids Press on 3/16/2008
Clara Tuit devoted her life to her family, and she was the happiest in their warm company. She was a true friend, a helper of the downtrodden and a lover of the unlovely. She was kind, compassionate and wise. Clara always kept life and its challenges in perspective, and each day she tried to bring joy into the hearts ofthe many people she loved.With the assassination of the Archduke of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the First World War erupted throughout Europe. Throughout America, people followed the newspapers and speculated on the role their country would play in this escalating war. The VanEk family moved to America from the Netherlands during this time. In Sioux Center, Iowa, Egbert VanEk and his wife Maaike DeHaan maintained their optimistic spirits by focusing on a different future, the future of their family. They were expecting a child, and on April 15, 1915 they were blessed with the healthy birth of their daughter Clara.The youngest of five children, Clara grew up with the company of her siblings Trina, Sophie, Clarence and Jim. When she was just a few years old, her family moved from Iowa to Pennsylvania in the search for work. Pennsylvania was not a success, and they soon moved again, this time settling in New Jersey. Here Clara attended the Fourth Street Christian School. Although she was a good student--she was even advanced a year--she withdrew after the eighth grade to help hermother tend to the house.She also earned an income by doing housework for a private family and, later, working as a seamstress for a manufacturer of women's undergarments. However, her eyesight was not sharp enough and she soon had to quit. She began to help out on the family farm. The VanEks owned an acre of land on which they raised chickens and cows. Clara would not work in the fields; instead she would go door-to-door selling garden compost and eggs.During the daily challenges of the Great Depression, Clara fell in love with a young man named John Tuit. She was friends with his sister, Mina, who set them up on their first date. They enjoyed each other's company and shared many of the same interests. For instance, they were both active volunteers at North Side Gospel Mission in Patterson, New Jersey. They continued to see each other, and after dating for four years, they were married on May 23, 1941 at Second Christian Reformed Church in Prospect Park, New Jersey. This was the first chapter of a wonderful marriage that spanned forty-five years.For their honeymoon, the newlyweds traveled out to Michigan and transported sister Mina to the Reformed Bible Institute where she was enrolled to take classes. It was a wonderful trip, save one detail: Clara contracted the measles. It was nevertheless a great time, and when their holiday had come to an end, they were pleased to discover that Clara was pregnant with their first child. Marjorie was born in 1942. She was later followed by Nick, Ed, John and Karen. This was an uncertain time to start a family: the Second World War was being fought in Europe and the Pacific and each month more young men received their draft notice. Clara thanked the Lord that John wasn't required to fight overseas. He stayed in New Jersey and served his country as an engineer for a company that supplied materials for the war effort.In 1956 the Tuit family moved to Grand Rapids. They bought a ten acre hobby farm on Lake Michigan Dr. NW which provided the setting for many exciting family experiences. There was the time that a pheasant hunter shot Nick on the farm or the time Ed fell out of the cherry tree; the time when John (who was at the time too young for a driver's license) took his younger sister Karen joy-riding through the farm in the family's Model A. He lost control and they landed in a ditch, causing minor injuries that healed with time. And speaking of injuries, there was that time when Ed was transforming ballpoint pens into exploding rockets--one of the rockets exploded in his hand! To say the least, the Tuit family have more than a few adventures to their name. It was amazing that Clara and the children survived their childhood.Clara devoted her life to her family. She prepared delicious meals and she always encouraged relatives, particularly nieces and nephews attending Calvin College, to comefor a good meal and stay in the guest bedroom. She was an hospitable woman by nature. She volunteered at Raybook while she was a resident, and she also dedicated many hours to Gold Avenue Chapel. Together she and John helped hundreds ofpeo
ple. They were interested in the work of Bibles for India, and they were thankfully able to visit this distant country before John passed away in 1986.Although Clara struggled to come to terms with her new lifestyle, her faith ultimately carried her through her grief. No matter the challenges ahead, she always remained a prayer warrior. In 1964 her daughter Marge was seriously injured in a car accident. She had just registered for graduate classes at Western Michigan University, and in two days she would graduate from Calvin College. The accident left Marge permanently disabled. Clara was dedicated to her daughter's care, and they lived under the same roof until the late 1980's when Clara moved into Raybrook Manor.Clara was dedicated to her children, and she was extremely proud of their many accomplishments. She was also proud of her greatest accomplishment: she raised a kind, loving family. Clara was fond of this passage from John 1:4: "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth." As a mother and grandma this became Clara's joy, too.Clara always said, "Happiness is not found in doing what you like to do, but in liking what you have to do." She was a kind woman who always thought of others before herself. Among the many people whose hearts she touched, she will be greatly missed and frequently remembered.Clara died on Thursday, March 13, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband, John and son, Edward. Surviving are her children, Marjorie S. Tuit of Coopersville, Nicholas J . and Nancy Tuit of Kalamazoo, Rhoda Tuit of Santa Monica, CA, John C. and Linda Tuit of Grandville and Karen J. and John W. Kaashoek of Jenison; her grandchildren, David and Kelly Tuit, Steven and Christine Tuit, Lisa Tuit and James Farquhar, Carrie Tuit and Matt McIlvin, Jason Tuit, Becky and Brian Swem, Katie Tuit, John A. Kaashoek, Ben Kaashoek and fiance Beth Ringerwole, eight great- grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 17, 2008 at 3PM at Heritage Lifestory funeral Homes - Alt & Shawmut Hills Chapel, 2120 Lake Michigan Dr NW with her pastor, Rev. Henry Admiraal of Westend Christian Reformed Church officiating. Interment in Washington Park Memorial Gardens. Friends may meet the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 3-5PM and on Monday for one hour prior to the funeral. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gold Ave Christian Reformed Church, 49 California NW, 49504 or Holland Home Fulton Manor, 1450 E. Fulton, 49503. Please visit Clara's person
al website at www.lifestorynet.com where you may share a favorite memory or sign the guestbook.
Source: www.lifestorynet.com
Clara Tuit devoted her life to her family, and she was the happiest in their warm company. She was a true friend, a helper of the downtrodden and a lover of the unlovely. She was kind, compassionate and wise. Clara always kept life and its
challenges in perspective, and each day she tried to bring joy into the hearts of the many people she loved.
With the assassination of the Archduke of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the First World War erupted throughout Europe. Throughout America, people followed the newspapers and speculated on the role their country wouldplay in this escalating war. The VanEk family moved to America from the Netherlands during this time. In Sioux Center, Iowa, Egbert VanEk and his wife Maaike DeHaan maintained their optimistic spirits by focusing on a different future, the
future of their family. They were expecting a child, and on April 15, 1915 they were blessed with the healthy birth of their daughter Clara.
The youngest of five children, Clara grew up with the company of her siblings Trina, Sophie, Clarence and Jim. When she was just a few years old, her family moved from Iowa to Pennsylvania in the search for work. Pennsylvania was not a success, and they soon moved again, this time settling in New Jersey. Here Clara attended the Fourth Street Christian School. Although she was a good student--she was even advanced a year--she withdrew after the eighth grade to help her mother
tend to the house.
She also earned an income by doing housework for a private family and, later, working as a seamstress for a manufacturer of women's undergarments. However, her eyesight was not sharp enough and she soon had to quit. She began to help out on
the family farm. The VanEks owned an acre of land on which they raised chickens and cows. Clara would not work in the fields; instead she would go door-to-door selling garden compost and eggs.
During the daily challenges of the Great Depression, Clara fell in love with a young man named John Tuit. She was friends with his sister, Mina, who set them up on their first date. They enjoyed each other's company and shared many of the same interests. For instance, they were both active volunteers at North Side Gospel Mission in Patterson, New Jersey. They continued to see each other, and after dating for four years, they were married on May 23, 1941 at Second Christian Re
formed Church in Prospect Park, New Jersey. This was the first chapter of a wonderful marriage that spanned forty-five years.
For their honeymoon, the newlyweds traveled out to Michigan and transported sister Mina to the Reformed Bible Institute where she was enrolled to take classes. It was a wonderful trip, save one detail: Clara contracted the measles. It was nevertheless a great time, and when their holiday had come to an end, they were pleased to discover that Clara was pregnant with their first child. Marjorie was born in 1942. She was later followed by Nick, Ed, John and Karen. This was an uncertain time to start a family: the Second World War was being fought in Europe and the Pacific and each month more young men received their draft notice. Clara thanked the Lord that John wasn't required to fight overseas. He stayed in New
Jersey and served his country as an engineer for a company that supplied materials for the war effort.
In 1956 the Tuit family moved to Grand Rapids. They bought a ten acre hobby farm on Lake Michigan Dr. NW which provided the setting for many exciting family experiences. There was the time that a pheasant hunter shot Nick on the farm or thetime Ed fell out of the cherry tree; the time when John (who was at the time too young for a driver's license) took his younger sister Karen joy-riding through the farm in the family's Model A. He lost control and they landed in a ditch, causing minor injuries that healed with time. And speaking of injuries, there was that time when Ed was transforming ballpoint pens into exploding rockets--one of the rockets exploded in his hand! To say the least, the Tuit family have more
than a few adventures to their name. It was amazing that Clara and the children survived their childhood.
Clara devoted her life to her family. She prepared delicious meals and she always encouraged relatives, particularly nieces and nephews attending Calvin College, to come for a good meal and stay in the guest bedroom. She was an hospitable woman by nature. She volunteered at Raybook while she was a resident, and she also dedicated many hours to Gold Avenue Chapel. Together she and John helped hundreds of people. They were interested in the work of Bibles for India, and they we
re thankfully able to visit this distant country before John passed away in 1986.
Although Clara struggled to come to terms with her new lifestyle, her faith ultimately carried her through her grief. No matter the challenges ahead, she always remained a prayer warrior. In 1964 her daughter Marge was seriously injured in a car accident. She had just registered for graduate classes at Western Michigan University, and in two days she would graduate from Calvin College. The accident left Marge permanently disabled. Clara was dedicated to her daughter's care, a
nd they lived under the same roof until the late 1980's when Clara moved into Raybrook Manor.
Clara was dedicated to her children, and she was extremely proud of their many accomplishments. She was also proud of her greatest accomplishment: she raised a kind, loving family. Clara was fond of this passage from John 1:4: "I have no gr
eater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth." As a mother and grandma this became Clara's joy, too.
Clara always said, "Happiness is not found in doing what you like to do, but in liking what you have to do." She was a kind woman who always thought of others before herself. Among the many people whose hearts she touched, she will be great
ly missed and frequently remembered.
Clara died on Thursday, March 13, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband, John and son, Edward. Surviving are her children, Marjorie S. Tuit of Coopersville, Nicholas J . and Nancy Tuit of Kalamazoo, Rhoda Tuit of Santa Monica, CA, John C. and Linda Tuit of Grandville and Karen J. and John W. Kaashoek of Jenison; her grandchildren, David and Kelly Tuit, Steven and Christine Tuit, Lisa Tuit and James Farquhar, Carrie Tuit and Matt McIlvin, Jason Tuit, Becky and Brian Swem, Katie Tuit, John A. Kaashoek, Ben Kaashoek and fiance Beth Ringerwole, eight great- grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 17, 2008 at 3PM at Heritage Lifestory funeral Homes - Alt & Shawmut Hills Chapel, 2120 Lake Michigan Dr NW with her pastor, Rev. Henry Admiraal of Westend Christian Reformed Church officiating. Interment in Washington Park Memorial Gardens. Friends may meet the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 3-5PM and on Monday for one hour prior to the funeral. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gold Ave Christian Reformed Church, 49 California NW, 49504 or Holland Home Fulton Manor, 1450 E. Fulton, 49503. Please visit Clara's personal
website at www.lifestorynet.com where you may share a favorite memory or sign the guestbook.
Source: https://www.lifestorynet.com/obituaries/clara-tuit.34348 ; 20170317

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