Obituary for Isaac G. De Kraker

Extracted from the Holland Sentinel June 1984
Holland Police Officer

Services for Isaac George De Kraker, a retired Holland police officer, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Dykstra Downtown Chapel.

De Kraker, 71, died Tuesday at Fort Meyers, Fla. A Holland native and graduate of Holland High school, De Kraker retired from the Holland Police Department as a sergeant in 1978. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America and a counselor for Camp Ottawa in Newaygo County.

In 1941, De Kraker was awarded a medal for heroism by the city when he drove a loaded gasoline truck from a hardware store where the vehicle was being unloaded, after the store caught fire and the gas was likely to explode.

De Kraker is survived by his wife, Dorothy; three sons, Dale of Washington, D.C., Donald of Livonia, and David of Jenison; two daughters, Mary Ann VanderPloeg of Indianapolis and Margaret (Peggy) Inderbitzen of Zeeland; two brothers, John of Holland and Donald of Saugatuck; two sisters, Stella Walters and Caroline Gerritsen both of Holland; and seven grandchildren.

Burial will be at Graafschap Cemetery.

This obituary for Henry De Kraker appeared in the Holland Sentinel on May 6, 1958

Henry De Kraker, 84, former Holland resident died Sunday in Grand Rapids.

Surviving are four children, Mrs. John De Went, Mrs. Catherine Eash, Cecil De Kraker, Louis De Kraker; one brother Isaac De Kraker of Holland; two sisters, Mrs. William Karel, and Mrs. Mary De Koster, both of Holland; several nieces and nephews, one sister-in-law Mrs. Peter De Kraker of Holland.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the De Vries Funeral Home in Grand Rapids. Burial will be in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.

Obituary Card for Isaac George De Kraker

Repository: Herrick Library, Holland, Michigan

Published in the Holland Evening Sentinel June 7, 1984

Date of death June 5, 1984

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            Isaac (Ike) De Kraker, 71, a Holland police officer for more than 35 years, died Tuesday June 5, at his home in Fort Myers, Fla.

Born in Holland, De Kraker was a graduate of Holland High School.  He had retired as a sergeant from the Holland Police Department and the family moved to Fort Myers in 1972. 

            Active in Scouting in Holland for several years, he had served as a Scoutmaster and camp counselor.  He was a former member of Third Reformed Church of Holland and was a member of the United Methodist Church of Fort Myers.  He also was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police.

            Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; three sons, Dale of Washington, D. C., Donald of Livonia and David of Jenison; two daughters, Mrs. Herbert (Mary Ann) Vander Ploeg of Indianapolis and Margaret (Peggy) Inderbitzen of Zeeland; seven grandchildren; two brothers, John De Kraker of Holland and Donald De Kraker of Saugatuck.