Driessen, Hendrica Everdina

1867 - 1947  (80 years)

• Name	Driessen, Hendrica Everdina
  Birth	12 Jun 1867	Dundas, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	25 Aug 1947	Hillsboro, Vernon, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	28 Aug 1947
  Thorp Courier
  Mrs. John Verkuilen, an esteemed and well known lady of our community, passed away in Hillsboro, Wis., on Monday forenoon, Aug. 25, 1947 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John A. Cesnik. She had been in failing health for the past year. During the last few weeks her condition had been critical. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 9:30 in St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Thorp. The Rev. A.M. Muckerheide, pastor, will offer a Requiem Mass. Burial will be in St. Bernard's Parish Cemetery with six grandsons as pallbearers. Hattie Driessen Verkuilen, daughter of the former John and Mary Driessen was born near Dundas, Wis., Jan. 24th, 1867. In that community she grew to young womanhood. She was carried to John Verkuilen, June 12, 1893 in the Church of St. Francis at Hollandtown, Wis. About the year 1894, with their daughter Mayme, they moved to the town of Worden, Clark County, where they built their first log home, a few miles south of Stanley. With her husband and four children they moved to the present Verkuilen farm. This was in 1901 and they lived here for twenty-five years. Upon their retirement in 1927, they built their home in Thorp. The farm home has since then been in possession of their son Walter. Surviving Mrs. Verkuilen are two sons, Walter W. of the home farm in the town of Worden, and Michael A., Gary, Indiana; five daughters, Josephine) Mrs. John Vandeyacht of Little Chute, (Florence) Mrs. John A. Cesnik of Hillsboro, (Susan) Mrs. Henry H. Hermsen of Little Chute, Elsie of Milwaukee, and Leona of Seattle Washington; four brothers, Fred of Thorp, Henry, Stanley and Ed of Kaukauna, and Mike of Dundas; 22 grandchildren and one great-grandchildren. Also 78 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, who passed away Jan. 24, 1936, one daughter Mayme in 1922, and also John in 1920. Mrs. Verkuilen was a member of the Christian Mother's Society, in which she took a very active part for many years. A lady of kindly personality, she will ever be remembered as a lovely mother, a loyal friend and neighbor. Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 08/28/1947 Verkuilen, Hattie (24 JAN 1867 - 25 AUG 1947)
  Burial	St. Bernard's Catholic Cemetery, Thorp, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I29882	1FamilyTree | AnnSchwarzHeiman85709
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Driessen, John Cornelius,   b. 16 Feb 1835, Herveld, , Gelderland, Netherlands d. 15 Oct 1919, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Tillemans, Maria Hannah,   b. 25 May 1838, Boekel, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d. 8 Feb 1929, Dundas, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F9910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Verkuilen, John,   b. 3 Sep 1867, Pensaukee, Oconto, Wisconsin, USA d. 26 Jan 1936, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1893	St. Francis Catholic Church, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	1. Verkuilen, Mayme Odelia,   b. 5 Apr 1894, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 16 Sep 1922, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA (Age 28 years) + 2. Verkuilen, Josephine Henrietta,   b. 24 Feb 1897, Worden, Clark, Wisconsin, USA d. 17 Aug 1963, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years)   3. Verkuilen, Florence Theresa,   b. 7 Aug 1898, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA d. 18 Dec 1994, Sartell, Stearns, Minnesota, USA (Age 96 years)   4. Verkuilen, John Arthur,   b. 8 Nov 1900, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 Aug 1920 (Age 19 years) + 5. Verkuilen, Walter William,   b. 18 Nov 1902, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA d. 21 May 1963, Marshfield, Wood, Wisconsin, USA (Age 60 years) + 6. Verkuilen, Susan Anne,   b. 30 Sep 1904, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA d. 18 Feb 1986, New Holstein, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA (Age 81 years)   7. Verkuilen, Elsie,   b. 4 Oct 1905, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA d. 2 Nov 2005 (Age 100 years) + 8. Verkuilen, Michael Albert,   b. 2 Dec 1906, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA d. 12 Mar 1989, Dyer, Lake, Indiana, USA (Age 82 years)   9. Verkuilen, Leona,   b. 22 Oct 1909, Thorp, Clark, Wisconsin, USA d. 29 May 1993, Palm Springs, Riverside, California, USA (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F6026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010