Rock Island-Henry County IL Archives Obituaries.....De Kesel DeKezel Jr., "August" Augustinus Bernardus January 2, 1959 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra L. Elkins Juhl sljuhl1234@yahoo.com May 17, 2012, 4:28 pm THE MOLINE DISPATCH NEWSPAPER, MOLINE, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1959 **SOURCE: THE MOLINE DISPATCH NEWSPAPER, MOLINE, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1959; "DEKEZEL SERVICES Services for August DeKezel, 80, of 624 17th Ave., East Moline, who died in his home Jan. 2, were at 8:30 this morning in VanHoe Funeral Home and at 9 in St. Anne's Catholic Church, East Moline. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. William J. Cleary officiated and burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery, East Moline. Pallbearers were Nino Cabry, Stanley Banaszek, Arthur Malfait, Fred Vermuelen, Cyriel Beert and Alois VanRaes." [Transcribed 12 November 2009, SLJuhl RNBSC, Compiler; sljuhl1234@yahoo.com] NOTE: Burial in St. Mary’s Cememtery, East Moline, Illinois with wife, Emerantia Sophia Vermeere DeKezel, and daughters, Augusta R. DeKezel and Irene "Fanny" Catherine DeKezel. Additional Comments: August was Born: 11 Dec 1878, IJzendijke, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands Parents: Augustinus Bernardus & Celestina van den Bossche De Kesel DeKezel Sr. Grandparents: Franciscus Bernardus & Marie Louise Lampaert DeKesel Married: 19 May 1904, Schoondijke, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands Emigrated: With his wife Emerantia and son Petrus and with his brother Petrus's family From Antwerp, Zeeland, Netherlands on 04 Mar 1905 by ship S.S. Finland Immigrated: They all arrived 16 Mar 1905 in New York, New York, USA. Resided: Henry County and Rock Island County, Illinois. Children: Petrus Bernardus, Augusta R., and Irene "Fanny" Catherine DeKezel. Siblings that are known to have come to America are: Peter, Ben, Charles, Emelie, and Emma. There is a seventh sibling as well, but it is uncertain as to which one that is, but it could be Stephanie and her husband Johannis Spiessens. Those that stayed in the Netherlands were Louisa, Leonie, Emile, and Marie, plus those that passed away very young as infants were the first Marie Louisa, Franciscus, the first Stephanie, and Edmondus. **Note: The family surname "de Kesel" - August, Charles, and Ben's family surname change became DeKezel here in America where his brother Petrus (Peter)'s family surname change became DeKazel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/rockisland/obits/d/dekeseld771gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb