Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....VandeKemp, Petronello (VanPeursem) April 23, 1971
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Lake Odessa Wave – Thurs. April 28, 1971

Services Held for Local Woman

Mrs. Petronella VandeKemp, 57, rural Lake Odessa, passed away Saturday 
afternoon a few hours after admittance to Osteopathic Hospital, Grand Rapids.

She was born in Ede township in the Netherlands, September 11, 1913, daughter 
of Gerrit and Griefje (Boon) vanPeursem. She married Hendirk VandeKemp of 
Veorthuizen, Netherlands on March 20, 1936 and came to the Portland area before 
moving to Lake Odessa on M-66 in 1961. 

Mrs. VandeKemp was a member of the Christian Reformed church of Portland and of 
the Golden Circle of the church. She was employed four years by the Amway 
Company at Ada before retiring about four years ago.

Surviving are her husband: seven daughters, Mrs. Robert (Clare) VandenBerg of 
Wyoming, Grace and Nellie VandeKemp of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Wayne (Betty) Jensen 
of Lansing, Hendrika VandeKemp of Holland, Toni of Denver, Colo., and Joyce at 
home: three sons, Rick of Mt. Pleasant, Gerrit of Erie, Pa. and Peter at home; 
seven grandchildren and two brothers, Nick and Jan van Peursem of the 
Netherlands.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday at 1:30 at the Christian Reformed Church 
at Portland. Rev. Harmon Kuizema officiated with burial in Chapel Hill 
cemetery, Grand Rapids. Mrs. VandeKemp reposed at Pickens Chapel in Lake Odessa 
until Tuesday afternoon.



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