Obituary for Louis De Kraker,
Union Army 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Company F
Extracted from the Holland City News Microfilm Week of June 25, 1924
Repository Herrick Library in Holland, Michigan
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES EARLY TODAY
Early Wednesday morning, 25 June 1924, Louis De Kraker, aged 85 years, for more than half a century one of the best known meat market men in Holland died at his home, 62 East 15th Street.
Death came suddenly to the veteran of the Civil war. Shortly before he died he was in the best of spirits and the end of his long and very active life had not been expected so soon. He had been confined to his chair for some months for greater comfort and shortly after two o’clock this morning he suddenly dropped forward and was dead.
Mr. De Kraker retired from active business the day before Thanksgiving day last fall. After being in the harness as a meat dealer since just after the Civil war, going to his meat market every day in the year and taking his full share of the work of a busy market, he decided last fall that he had been on the job long enough and disposed of his business to Isaac De Kraker and James J. De Koster.
In February of this year he held a family reunion at his home in celebration of his 85th birthday anniversary. At that time his children and grandchildren gathered in his home and he liberally remembered them all with gifts. Of an affectionate disposition, he was deeply attached to his near relatives and he took great pleasure in the reunion
In 1861 Mr. De Kraker answered Lincoln’s call for volunteers and for four years he served with Company F 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics. He was never away from his company even for a single day during the war and since 1865 his one recreation was to attend the encampments from time to time where he met the old comrades in arms.
Almost immediately after the war he started a meat market in Holland and he was on the job there almost every day until his retirement last November. He is said to hold the record in Michigan for length of service as an active meat market man.
Mr. De Kraker is survived by five children: Henry of Grand Rapids, Isaac, Mrs. Wm. Karel, Peter, and Mrs. James De Koster of Holland.
The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon, June 28th, at 1:30 at the home, 62 East 15th Street and at two o’clock at the 14th street Christian Reformed church, Rev. J. M. Vander Kieft officiating.
NOTE: Louis DeKraker was born in the Netherlands, 10 February 1839. He came to the United States on the ship, Matilda, in 1856 with his father, Isaac, step-mother, Jozina (Hamelink), brother, Peter (or Pierre), and sister, Sara. (This information from Peggy (DeKraker) Stempfly)
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Children of Louis De Kraker:
Isaac De Kraker
Peter De Kraker
Henry De Kraker
Johanna Karel
Mary De Koster
Holland Sentinel Obituary for Peter De Kraker April 3, 1947
Peter De Kraker, 66, former furniture worker, died at 7:30 a.m. today in his home at 231 West 17th St., following a long illness. He was a member of Third Reformed church.
Surviving are the wife, Harriet; four sons, Louis of Zeeland, Sgt. Isaac De Kraker of the Holland police department, John of Holland and Donald of Chicago; two daughters, Mrs. Egbert Gerritsen and Mrs. Albert Walters of Holland; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Isaac of Holland, and Henry of Grand Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. William Karel and Mrs. James J. De Koster of Holland.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. from the Nibbelink Notier funeral home with Dr. J. J. Sessler officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Home cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral chapel Friday afternoon and evening.
Children of Peter and Harriet:
Louis De Kraker
Sgt. Isaac De Kraker
John De Kraker
Donald De Kraker
Caroline Gerritsen
Stella Walters
Holland Police Officer - Holland Sentinel, June, 1984
Isaac G. 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.
Services for Isaac G. De Kraker, a retired Holland police officer, will be at 2
p.m. Saturday at the Dykstra Downtown Chapel. Burial will be at Graafschap
Cemetery.
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Former Holland Man Dies in Grand Rapids - Holland Sentinel, 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.
Children of Henry De Kraker:
Dora De Went
Catherine Eash
Cecil De Kraker
Louis De Kraker
Obituary for Mrs. William (Johanna De Kraker) Karel
Holland Sentinel August 13, 1958
Mrs. Johanna (William) Karel 82 of 91 East 16th St. died Tuesday evening at Holland Hospital, after being there for one week. She was born in Holland to the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis De Kraker and had lived in Holland all her life. Her husband died in 1948. She was a member of Maple Avenue Christian Reformed Church.
Surviving are one son, Louis of Holland; three daughters, Mrs. Elmer
Oudemolen of Holland, Mrs. Raymond Johnson of Boston, Mass. And Mrs. Harvin R.
Essenburg of Holland; 11 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; one brother
Isaac De Kraker and one sister, Mrs. James J. De Kraker, and a sister-in-law,
Mrs. Peter De Kraker, all of Holland.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Nibbelink-Notier
funeral chapel with the Rev. John De Kruyter officiating. Burial will be in
Pilgrim Home Cemetery. The body will be taken to her home Thursday noon where
friends and relatives may call in the afternoon and the evening.
Obituary for William Karel February 10, 1948
William Karel died unexpectedly of a heart attack early Wednesday in his home, 91 East 16th St. He had suffered from a heart ailment for some time, but was in apparent good health when he arose in the morning. He was a former furniture worker, retiring 20 years ago. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding anniversary July 25, 1945. They lived in their present home for 45 years. He was a member of Maple Avenue of Christian Reformed church.
Surviving are the wife, the former Johanna De Kraker; a son Louis at home, three daughters, Mrs. Elmer Oudemolen of Holland, Mrs. Raymond Johnson of Boston, Mass, and Mrs. Harvin Essenburg of Grand Haven; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph of Holland and Harm of Grand Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. Simon Wybenga and Mrs. William Vanderburg, also a sister-in-law, Mrs. John Baker, all of Holland.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Nibbelink-Notier Chapel, the Rev. Gareth S. Kok officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Home Cemetery. The body will be returned to the home Wednesday afternoon where friends may call until Friday noon.
Children of Johanna and William Karel:
Louis Karel
Hilda Oudemolen
Mrs. Raymond Johnson
Mrs. Harvin R. Essenburg
Obituary Card for Hilda Karel Oudemolen - Holland Sentinel, June 1, 1997
Mrs. Elmer (Hilda) Oudemolen,
92, of Holland, died Friday, May 30, 1997, at an area care facility.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Sr., and a son, Howard.
She was a member of Fourth Reformed Church and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary for 30
years.
Surviving are her children, Elmer and Cora Oudemolen of Holland, Hilbert and
Hazel Oudemolen of Russiaville, Ind., Franklin and Lois Oudemolen of West Olive,
and Leona Boeve of Holland; 10 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; sisters,
Mrs. Raymond (Katherine) Johnson of Quincy Mass., Mrs. Harvin (Marian) Essenburg
of Holland; brothers- and sisters-in-law Mrs. George (Rose) Oudemolen of
Traverse City.
Funeral and committal services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Notier-Ver Lee-Langeland
Funeral Chapel, 315 E. 16th St., with the Rev. Keith Larson
officiating.
Burial will be in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.
Visitation is 7-9 p.m. Monday at the funeral chapel
Memorials may be given to Portable Recording Ministries.
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Mrs. Mary De Koster Succumbs at Age 82 - October 17, 1960
Mrs. Mary (De Kraker) De Koster, 82 of 652 Central Ave., died at Holland Hospital Sunday morning after being hospitalized for 2 ˝ weeks.
Mrs. De Koster was the former Mary De Kraker and lived in this community all her life. Her husband, James J. De Koster, former Holland butcher, died in 1948. She was a member of the Maple Avenue Christian Reformed Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Arthur J. Lappinga, and Mrs. Morris Olsen,
both of Holland; one grandson, Dale Zoet of Holland; one granddaughter Lonna
Olsen of Holland; one brother, Isaac De Kraker of Holland.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Nibbelink-Notier
Funeral chapel with the Rev. John a. De Kruyter officiating. Burial will be in
Pilgrim Home Cemetery. Friends may meet the family at the funeral home,
Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Obituary for James J. De Koster April 15, 1948
James J. De Koster
Funeral services for James J. De Koster, 74 local meat merchant who died
Tuesday noon at his home, 652 Central Ave., will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m.
at the residence and at 2:30 p.m. in Maple Avenue Christian Reformed church, the
Rev. Gareth S. Kok officiating. Burial will be in Pilgrim Home cemetery. The
body is at the home.
Children of Mary and James De Koster:
Mrs. Arthur J. Lappinga
Mrs. Morris Olsen
Brother - Jacob C. De Koster
Obituary for Jacob C. De Koster Holland City News
Thursday, October 14, 1914
Jacob C. De Koster, veteran meat dealer of this city, died at his home at 94 West Ninth street, at 2:30 this afternoon, at the age of 57.
The deceased had been sick with pneumonia for some time, but only last week became so sick as to have to remain at home. He was born in Zeeland, Michigan, and has been in the meat business in this city for the past thirty years.
The deceased is survived by a widow and three children, Cornelius, Gertrude and Geneva, and by two brothers, Cornelius of Noordeloes and James of this city, and by two sisters, Mrs. D. Poest and Mrs. Albert Kamps of Zeeland. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.