Obituary for Grietje (Gertie) Kortjje Rozendal

My grandmother provided me with this obituary for her grandmother:

MRS. GERTIE ROZENDAL DIES SUNDAY EVENING July, 1928 (Gertie Rozendal died 22 Jul 1928; she was buried on 24 Jul 1928. See posting of her death certificate on this blog.)

Mrs. Gertie Rozendal passed away at the home of her son, Michael, on Sunday evening, having attained the age of 77 years, one month and two days. She had been in failing health for the past two years. Her afflictions were those tributary to old age.

Mrs. Gertie Rozendal, nee Kortje, was born June 20, 1861 in Friesland, Holland where she grew to womanhood. In the spring of 1872 she was united in marriage to Peter Rozendal.

For a period of six years Mr. and Mrs. Rozendal resided in the place of their birth and then came to America in 1878, locating at Leavenworth, Kansas. After living in that city for a while they moved to Omaha.

About twenty years ago the family moved to West Point and resided on a farm south of town, where they farmed for a period of ten years. For the past ten years Mrs. Rozendal has lived in West Point.

The union was blessed with thirteen children of whom seven survive, three sons and four daughters: George and Michael of West Point and Dick of Sioux City; Mrs. Charles Krumwied, Omaha; Mrs. Anton Scharfen, Albion; Mrs. Joe Ellis and Mrs. Louis Grevson of West Point. There also survive twenty-six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The father passed away fourteen years ago.

Mrs. Rozendal devoted her life to her home and family and no task was too hard for her to meet. She was a faithful member of Grace Lutheran Church for the past 17 years.

Funeral services were held at Grace Lutheran church, Rev. W A. Klink officiating. Interment was made in Mt. Hope cemetery.

The out-of-town relatives who were here for the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Krumwied and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nicklen and daughter of Omaha; Dick Rozendal of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Anton Scharfen and family of Albion, and Mrs. George Horst and Mr. and Mrs. Hy Wooldrick of Scribner.

Card of Thanks

We wish in this public way to extend thanks to all the kind friends and neighbors for their help and sympathy at the time of our recent bereavement, the illness and death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Gertrude Rozendal. We especially wish to thank her pastor, Rev. W. A. Klink who was such a comfort and help to her in her last days and to us the children in our great sorry. The floral offerings were greatly appreciated.

The Rozendal Children

Death certificate for Gertrude (Grietje) Korttje Rozendal

According to a copy of the death certificate issued by the State of Nebraska, Gertrude (Grietje) Korttje Rozendal, was born 20 Jan 1851, in Holland, more specifically St. Annaparochie, Het Bildt, the Netherlands. Her parents were Jetze Jochums Korttje (Americanized: James Korchie) and Jantje (Americanized: Jennie) Arjens Keizer, according to information found at a Friesland, Netherlands research site, Alle Friezen. She and her husband, Pieter (Americanized: Peter) Jarigs Rozendal, married 15 May 1873, Het Bildt, Friesland, the Netherlands came to the United States in 1880 with six children, one of whom was my great grandmother. Five more children would be born in the United States.

The 02 Jun 1880 US census finds Gertie and her husband Peter, along with their children, living in Leavenworth, KS. They also lived in Iowa for a time, before settling in Nebraska. According to Gertie’s death certificate, she died of “sporotrichosis” determined by laboratory tests. She was ill for 6 days, from 12 Jul to 22 Jul, 1928, before passing away on 22 Jul 1928 at 6:50 p.m. She was 77 years, 1 month and 2 days at the time of her death. Gertrude (Grietje) Korttje Rozendal was buried on 24 Jul 28 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska, under the direction of R. J. Smith, undertaker.

The informant for the personal information on the death certificate was Mike Rozendal of West Point, Nebraska.

This information has also be posted by me on Findagrave.com.

And just a note: I might have mentioned this in a previous post, but two wonderful websites to use when researching your Friesland ancestors are www.allefriezen.nl and www.tresoar.nl. Also www.genlias.nl is extremely useful when researching your ancestors from the Netherlands.