Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Kooren, Otto C.   February 10, 2006
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The Bakersfield Californian
Kooren, Otto C.    
 
Otto C. Kooren
Oct. 18, 1922 - Feb. 10, 2006
Internment: Arnhem, the Netherlands

Otto Cornelis Kooren (83) passed away on February 10, 2006, at the Hallmark 
Residential Care Facility, Bakersfield, California. Otto was preceded in death 
by his wife of 49 years, the absolute love of his life, Ilse Kooren. He is 
survived by his twin brother, Jan and his wife, Beryl of New Hamburg, Ontario, 
Canada; his younger brother, Marinus of Roosendaal, the Netherlands (Holland), 
and his older cousin, Joos Schoon-Donsu of Roosendaal, the Netherlands. He is 
also survived by his son, Otto C. (Dutch) Kooren Jr. and his wife, Margo of 
Bakersfield, California; and grandsons, Derek, Daniel and David and his wife, 
Ofelia Kooren of Bakersfield, California and Jon-Michiel Kooren of Elk Grove, 
California. He is also survived by his great-grandchild, Aubree Kooren of 
Bakersfield, California and nieces and nephews in Holland, Canada and Northern 
California. Born in Magalang, Java, Indonesia, Otto served in the Royal Dutch 
Navy patrolling the West East Indies as an engineering officer. Captured by 
the Japanese during World War II, while on leave in Indonesia, Otto spent the 
duration of the war in a P.O.W. camp. Otto married his lifelong mate, Ilse 
Theresia Wegner in June 1948 and as a couple immigrated to Holland on June 25, 
1950. He graduated from the University of Technical Science in Rotterdam, the 
Netherlands as a mechanical engineer and worked for Hansen Crane an American 
company in Rotterdam. Otto, Ilse and their son, Otto Junior immigrated to 
Scottsdale, Arizona on December 7, 1958. In 1964 the family moved to Santa 
Clara, California where he resided for the next 39 years. Otto completed his 
many years of employment with Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation in 
San Jose, California, where he was on the design team that designed and 
supervised the construction of multiple radars, satellites, and the robotic 
arm of the space shuttle, Discovery. In retirement Otto enjoyed extended 
vacations to Holland and getaways in Las Vegas, San Diego and Hawaii. He will 
be missed by all whose lives he touched. He will be interned with his wife in 
the family plot, in Arnhem, the Netherlands in April 2006.

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Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 2/16/2006.  


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