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- Bill was a lifelong farmer, raising wheat, oats, and barley, as well as ch erries walnuts and filberts. Like most farmers of the era, he grew most of what his family needed including hogs, c ows, and chickens.
Bill and his sons start ed the first commercial grain cleaner in the Verboort area in 1930. He had invented an auger t hat fed the grain onto a canvas which he patented in 1935. He later sold the p atent rights.
Bill's father Theodore, passed h is love of music to his son. Bill played cornet in a series of bands in the late 1 890's to the late 1920's, including the Verboort Orchestra and Verboort Cathol ic Band. A photo exists of him seated with a base drum, posing with other membe rs of a band that was described as being quite good, and in high demand. Bi ll in turn passed his interest in music down to his children, who all played in b ands, including The Nightingales and
The Swing Melodians.
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(Several ne wspaper articles were written following his death.
Following text is from a March 18, 1942 newspaper article)
Death Tak es W. VanDyke of Verboort
Forest Grove, March 18-- W illiam August VanDyke, farmer of the Verboort district for 64 years, died suddenly Sunday. W orry over loss of his sons, called into service, leaving the operation of his big farm on h is hands, is believed to have aggravated a heart condition. High requiem mass was said Wednesd ay at St. Francis Catholic Church of Roy with the Reverend Mathus Jonas, the Rev. Joseph Saa l, and the Rev. Edmund Vanderzanden on the altar. St.James church choir of McMinnville san g. Burial was in Verboort cemetery. VanDyke came with his parents from DePere, Wiscons in to Verboort five years after five families had bought the big tract of land, which they named V erboort, establishing the parish. He was three years old, was reared in the parish, attending i ts school, and on May 5, 1908, married Alice Cecilia Evers, a descendant of one of the first fa milies, who survives him. There are eight children. Julius of Carlton, Robert of North Fork, Te xas; Mrs Julius (Irene) Moore of Cornelius, Cyril, Stanley, Ervin, Esther and Mrs. Martin (Ev elyn) Herb of Forest Grove. There are three sisters: Mrs.William Verboort, Mrs. W. Van dervelden and Mrs. Albert Jansen, and two brothers: Henry and John VanDyke, all of Verboo rt and vicinity.
Excerpts from other articles: Prosperous Farm er Dies in Sleep: Community Shocked
Verboort-- The people of Verbo ort were shocked by the sudden death of William VanDyke who died Sunday morning at 7:45. M rs. VanDyke, up earlier, went to the bedroom to call Mr. Van Dyke and found him dead. M r. VanDyke was 64 years old and a prosperous farmer of
Verboort....
". "..Mr. VanDyke died at his fa rm home Sunday morning, in sleep. He had complained of chest pains Saturday morning, but w as apparently well before retiring Saturday night..."
Parents of William VanDyke: Theodore VanDyke and Mary Bernards VanDyke
Siblings: Henry (born 1872, d ied 1944) John (born 1873, di ed 1957) Walter (born 187 6, died 1940) William (born 187 7, died 1942) Annie (born 1880, d ied 1965) Nellie (born 188 2, died 1954) Dora (born 1886, di ed 1955)
William VanDyke and Alice Eve rs were married May 5, 1908
Their children: Julius ("Juke") Irene Evelyn ("Curly") Ervin ("Blackie") Cyril Robert ("Bud") Esther Stanley
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1877 - 1942 (64 years)
