Alumni Necrology

Deaths of Hope College Alumni
reported for calendar years 2007, 2008 and 2009

Updated on Oct. 21, 2009.

Justin Aalpoel '43 (5/25/2008)
James D. Adams '40 (2/6/2008)
Betty Timmer '47 Afton (9/30/2008)
Marian Holman '49 Agre (6/16/2008)
Gordon D. Albers '42 (5/29/2007)
Leroy F. Alder '42 (8/15/2007)
Barbara Johnson '51 Allen (1/10/2008)
Lois Glerum '41 Alofs (3/20/09)
William G. Anderson '49 (9/22/09)
John J. Arnold '49 (12/11/2008)

Randall J. Baar '57 (12/2/2008)
Mary Jane Mulder '47 Baron (9/1/2009)
Mildred Strabbing '39 Bartelmez (2/6/2007)
Charles L. Baskin '49 (12/21/2007)
Elaine Ter Haar '49 Van Liere Baxter (4/9/2008)
Daniel D. Beatty '47 (2/13/2008)
Sondra Decker '60 Beede (4/12/2009)
Lloyd G. Beekman '53 (8/2/2009)
Carol Yeckel '76 Bennett-Gerber (5/20/2008)
Connie Nies '56 Berghage (8/25/09)
Michael J. Berry '70 (10/12/2008)
Alan Bilyeu '69 (6/25/2008)
Gerald Blauwkamp '43 (2/10/2007)
Vera Holle '34 Bloemers (5/6/2008)
Jason A. Blout '05 (9/12/2008)
Carol Mogle '64 Boerhave (12/9/2007)
Kevin D. Boerman '75 (5/10/2007)
Jack G. Boeskool '51 (7/25/2008)
David H. Bogie '53 (3/17/2007)
Henrietta Bast '38 Bonnette (4/27/2008)
Marianne Wildschut '59 Boonstra-Elzinga (9/30/09)
Pauline Potter '35 Borr (4/6/2008)
Elmer H. Bosman '39 (8/9/2007)
Donald S. Botsford '40 (7/18/2009)
Evelyn Welmers '29 Bott (6/29/2007)
Nella Derks '32 Bouma (5/8/2008)
Floyd Brady '68 (2/3/2008)
Andrew Bremer Jr. '53 (11/25/2007)
Jean Ruiter '43 Brondyke (10/14/2008)
Henry D. Bronkhorst '51 (2/19/2007)
Harley L. Brower '59 (11/14/2007)
Robert Brower '51 (3/16/2007)
E. Dorothy Schutmaat '40 Brown (9/25/2007)
Marion Churchill '50 Brown (2/10/2008)
Richard E. Brown '59 (10/5/2008)
Glenn Bruggers '48 (11/28/2007)
Laurence Bruggers '41 (8/20/2008)
Carol A. Brunsting '71 (5/29/2007)
Vicky Buck '91 (8/4/2008)
Carol TenHaken '60 Buitendorp (3/12/2008)
R. Douglas "Doug" Burchett '92 (9/15/2009)
James T. Burger '43 (12/5/2008)
Nicholas J. Burggraaff '31 (6/7/2007)
Marian Schroeder '49 Buteyn (5/5/2007)
Harold R. Bylsma '51 (5/16/2008)

Michael J. Camburn '94 (11/15/2008)
Sarah Brannock '44 Clark (4/22/2008)
George C. Claver Jr. '44 (4/30/2007)
Thomas Coleman '67 (9/27/2006)
Carolyn Ringenoldus '62 Condren (7/4/2009)
James I. Cook '48 (5/1/2007)
Ralph P. Cornell '49 (1/28/2009)
A. Ruth Van Alsburg '31 Cotts (12/14/2008)
Mary Van Raalte '52 Covell (9/14/2008)
Anna Ruth Workman '49 Cram (2/9/2007)
Joanne Krause '54 Cupery (11/22/2007)

Francis G. Dahlke '58 (2/10/2007)
Joseph I. Dalman '51 (5/27/2007)
Laverne C. Dalman '28 (5/8/2009)
Lillian Mulder '35 Dalman (3/8/2008)
Florence “Sis” VandenBerg '40 Daniels (6/23/2007)
Dale E. DeBoer '68 (8/11/2007)
Cheryl A. Defendorf '67 (5/10/2008)
John De Jong '53 (5/1/2008)
Joyce VanDoorn '57 DeJong (11/9/2007)
Leon J. DeJongh '36 (1/31/2009)
Lydia DeVries '39 DeMaagd (5/5/2008)
Phyllis Leach '52 Demy (7/21/2007)
Milton Denekas '40 (10/1/2008)
Joseph (Bud) DeNeve '49 (12/5/2007)
Amy M. Dennis '95 (3/29/2007)
Barbara Lubbers '55 DePree (8/29/2008)
Margaret Roggen '39 DePree (11/26/2007)
Luis A. Destefano '74 (5/2/09)
David A. DeVries '53 (1/19/2009)
Gordon F. DeVries - Prep '35 (9/4/2008)
Larry J. DeVries '66 (4/4/2009)
Margaret E. DeVries '50 (5/29/2007)
Esther J. De Weerd '28 (1/28/2007)
Earl M. DeWitt '57 (5/28/09)
Kenneth W. De Witt '51 (8/6/2007)
Mary L. DeWitt '61 (6/17/2008)
Paul T. DeWitt '44 (8/8/2007)
Anne DeYoung '42 (2/20/2007)
Barbara Baker '52 DeYoung (3/27/2009)
Marcia Smith '55 De Young (1/3/2007)
Robert “Bob” A. Donia '39 (6/23/2007)
Oliver J. Droppers '38 (7/12/2008)
Charlotte Morehouse '31 Duesing (11/5/2008)
Dorothy Atkins '46 Dugan (8/25/2008)
Monte C. Dyer '54 (3/14/2008)
Harold Dykema '42 (6/5/2008)
Jack L. Dykstra '53 (5/1/08)
Wesley C. Dykstra '46 (12/16/2008)

Lois VanderMeulen '36 Ellert (2/28/2008)
Carolyn DeLeeuw '72 Essenburgh (12/3/2008)
Julius Essink (Prep '33) (1/12/2009)
Marylin Boughton '60 Evers (10/12/2008)

Folkert L. "Red" Faber '69 (1/19/2008)
John D. Ferriby '85 (10/2/2007)
June P. Fiedler '54 (8/18/2008)
M. Eugene Flipse '40 (12/14/2008)
Paul Fugazzotto '35 (8/6/2008)

Rosalind Scholten '47 Gainsborg (12/7/2008)
Marcella Westerman '48 Gilman (6/12/2007)
Max (Mag) A. Glupker '75 (7/19/2008)
Myrtle Overbeek '46 Goodin (7/29/2008)
Paul Gottwald '42 (3/12/2007)
M. Egerton "Jim" Gray '41 (1/22/2008)
Mary Hoffmyer '59 Grier (3/4/2009)
Harold Grissen '49 (11/29/2007)
William O. Grunden '53 (2/27/2007)

John Hains '42 (10/7/2008)
Alma Stegenga '41 Halko (11/20/2007)
Frances Price '40 Hallan (1/28/2009)
Florence R. Hampton '40 (9/30/2008)
Kathryn Stronks '39 Hansen (2/26/2007)
Thomas M. Harmelink '70 (6/17/09)
Laura Guigelaar '33 Havinga (4/30/2007)
Wilhelm K. Haysom '36 (11/13/2007)
Charles B. Hazekamp '54 (3/7/2009)
Lois Muyskens '49 Hector (6/7/2007)
Irving D. Hellenga '44 (2/1/09)
Jack Hendricks '71 (4/10/2008)
Norman L. Hess '63 (12/4/2007)
Terry L. Heusinkveld '67 (6/1/09)
John Hietbrink '42 (9/18/2007)
Paul A. Hilbelink '71 (4/3/2007)
William C. Hillegonds '49 (12/23/2007)
Junella Mary Vander Linden '42 June Hilt (6/12/2008)
Evelyn M. Hinkamp '32 (3/13/2007)
Ann Boter '31 Hoek (5/30/2007)
John H. “Jack” Hoekstra '50 (9/5/2007)
Diane Hoefle '74 (2/10/2008)
Gladys Moerdyke '38 Hoffman (3/14/2007)
Albert Holland '34 (11/16/2008)
Michael J. Hooker '77 (1/3/2009)
John E. Huff '40 (7/12/2008)
Edward S. Huntington '66 (7/11/2007)

Donald Ihrman '49 (12/2/2008)
Priscilla Grace Inkpen '69 (3/21/2009)

Kathleen Walsma '66 Jackson (2/22/2008)
Wilbur C. “Bill” Jacobs '39 (9/28/2007)
Angelyn Van Lente '37 Jalving (9/26/2007)
John Simon Jeltes '58 (3/31/2009)
Thomas F. Joseph '50 (1/13/2008)

Elizabeth Lincoln '38 Karl (8/30/2009)
Kenneth S. Karsten '35 (12/19/2007)
Lois Van Ingen '49 Karsten (1/9/2007)
Edward Kassig '49 (9/4/2009)
Anthony Kempker '46 (12/17/2007)
Walter T. Kennedy '49 (3/13/2008)
Henry J. Kinkema '36 (7/1/2009)
James H. Kinkema '57 (9/10/2008)
Lois Ketel '34 Kinkema (3/4/2008)
Adrian J. Klaasen '57 (4/29/2007)
Robert F. Klaasen '61 (7/1/2007)
Leslie Mayton '88 Kleiner (9/29/2007)
Walter Kline '50 (1/21/2008)
Patricia Kort '75 Klingenberg (1/23/2009)
Cynthia Schipper '40 Knickel (12/19/2008)
Charles E. Knooihuizen '47 (10/4/2008)
Faye DeWitt '62 Knoper (3/15/2007)
Roger E. Koeppe '44 (5/16/09)
Kenneth Korhorn '94 (8/7/2008)
Edward H. Koster '44 (1/28/2007)
Vernon T. Kraai '48 (2/6/2007)
Robert G. Kropp '03 (4/17/2007)
Jack K. Krum '44 (3/9/2007)
Jonathan (Jono) Krystiniak '09 (1/22/2008)

Marion F. Labusohr '48 (2/9/2007)
Barbara L. Lampen '38 (4/12/2009)
Michael L. Land '77 (7/5/09)
Dorothy VandenBout '39 Lansing (5/26/2008)
Elsie Wen-Hua '60 Law (1/11/2007)
Kenneth N. Leestma '52 (9/20/2007)
Harold J. Lenters '50 (1/19/2007)
Donald J. LePoire '63 (7/27/2008)
Nicole McClain '98 Liechty (10/3/2008)
John W. Ligtvoet '48 (8/20/2007)
Agatha Kooyers '38 Lipke (1/14/2007)
Robert F. Longstreet '43 (3/28/2009)
Henry Lovelace '59 (4/22/2008)
Nancie Carpenter '54 Lubbers (6/19/2008)
Herman E. Luben '38 (4/15/2009)
Adam C. Lucas '05 (9/25/2009)
John E. Lucius '44 (7/23/2008)
Dorothy Parker '37 Luyendyk (2/23/2008)
John Lyons '70 (3/31/2007)

Harriet Muyskens '47 Maassen (1/26/2007)
John H. Maassen '42 (8/10/2009)
John M. Macdonald '49 (9/1/2008)
William D. MacInnes '47 (3/23/2008)
M. Irene Little '51 Malewitz (3/8/2007)
Mary Lou Pierson '59 Martin (7/24/2008)
Richard N. McClintock '55 (10/18/2007)
Anne Van Der Veer '47 McCormack (3/29/2008)
Esther Hinkamp '38 McCoy (2/19/2008)
Edith Teune '53 McGehee (7/24/2008)
Arthur McGilvra '37 (6/19/2008)
Sharon Meeuwsen '63 (1/13/2009)
J. David Menchhofer '49 (10/30/2008)
Charles E. Menning '65 (8/2/2007)
A. Drew Miles '50 (8/5/2008)
Betty Kamps '45 Miles (9/27/2007)
Constance Brillhart '50 Miller (2/22/2007)
Lois Koopman '44 Miller (2/9/2009)
Sarah (Sally) Puehl '66 Moerdyk (3/2/2008)
Joyce Vinkemulder '50 Monk (10/11/2008)
David K. Monroe '57 (3/9/2007)
Harold L. Morrow '74 (8/29/2008)
Norma Kellogg '47 Morrow-Wade (5/7/2009)
Emily Bielefeld '41 Mouw (4/24/2008)
Ralph Mouw '40 (8/14/2009)
David Mulder '76 (5/19/2008)

M. Carlyle Neckers '35 (7/24/2009)
Kathaleen Van Leeuwen '38 Nelson (3/31/2009)
James Z. Nettinga '34 (12/2/2007)
Charles B. Newton '49 (3/11/2007)
Lester I. Nienhuis '45 (2/2/2009)
Paul D. Nora '80 (9/11/2008)
Kenneth Northuis '51 (6/8/2008)

Cornelius “Casey” Oegema '51 (1/5/2007)
Dawn Downey '69 Ohlsen (10/28/2005)
Susan Weichsel '71 O'Malley (11/19/2007)
Margaret Nagy '42 Osterhaven (5/8/2007)
Ernest (Ernie) Otto '70 (6/13/2008)
Mary Dalman '62 Ouellette (8/20/2009)

Hendrika Velthuizen '71 Paterson (6/26/2007)
Olive Peeke '31 Pawley (4/23/2007)
Joey F. Pedelty '76 (10/18/2008)
Louise VanEvera '37 Person (3/21/2007)
F. Scott Peterson '86 (8/4/2007)
Robert N. Peterson '58 (7/26/2009)
Jay C. Petter '49 (2/26/2008)
Donald J. (Zeke) Piersma '53 (6/27/2008)
Kimberly Kossen '85 Pike (5/15/09)
George A. Plakke '38 (4/25/2008)
Vernon Glenn Poest '39 (5/19/09)
James V. Poledink '04 (4/9/2008)
William A. Poppink '37 (9/15/2007)
Stuart (Stu) Post '60 (7/3/2008)
Lloyd E. Poston-Huyser '53 (6/19/2009)
William B. Potter '66 (1/21/2007)
Glenn E. Pride '72 (2/26/2008)

Glenn L. Quist '40 (7/15/2008)

Susan J. Rankin '82 (6/6/2007)
Alfred H. Rauschenbach '51 (7/19/2008)
Theresa Ruster '38 Reenders (8/24/2009)
Ruth Meppelink '39 Reidsma (9/6/2008)
Luella Pyle '47 Rens (4/27/2007)
Torsten Reuterdahl '40 (3/11/2009)
Raymond H. Rigterink '38 (2/23/2009)
Jeanne Ver Beek '51 Ritsema (4/5/2008)
John Robbert '37 (8/13/2008)
Patricia Haskin '46 Roberts (2/23/2007)
Nathan J. Roelofs '42 (11/26/2008)
Ernest Ross '50 (1/26/2008)
Marjorie Vyverberg '39 Rottschafer (10/1/09)
Allen Lee Ruiter '63 (4/15/2008)
Gwendolyn Schow Rule '94 (11/19/2008)
Carol Myers '59 Rupright (4/3/2009)
Julie Moulds '85 Rybicki (4/8/2008)
Theodore "Ted" J. Rycenga '51 (4/29/09)

Genevieve (Gene) Van Kolken '36 Te Roller Schadler (4/24/2008)
Bernice Carr '69 Schalk (6/15/2008)
Paul Schieringa '57 (2/27/2009)
Vern Schipper '51 (1/30/2008)
Douglas E. Schlaff '95 (12/14/2008)
Walter A. Scholten '50 (1/31/2009)
Arthur Schoonveld '52 (5/17/2008)
Gertrude Dame '39 Schrier (4/28/09)
Bernice Oatmen '42 Schrotenboer (10/16/2007)
Norman J. Schut '61 (1/14/2007)
Roger L. Schut '60 (4/15/2008)
Roland J. Schut '60 (12/17/2008)
Blanche Decker '44 Scruggs (1/12/2008)
Janet (Jan) C. Sebens '69 (7/31/2008)
Fritzi Jonkman '44 Sennett (8/8/2008)
Phyllis Darrow '48 Severson (8/6/2009)
Dolores Ramaker '61 Shafer (2/25/2008)
Lawrence “Gene” Sharp '66 (9/24/2007)
Raymond Shoemaker '32 (3/26/2007)
Roland Simmelink '49 (7/7/2009)
Mlungi (Lungi) Sisulu '98 (1/3/2008)
Robert J. "Rob" Skalla '93 (12/9/2007)
Doris VanLente '41 Slager (2/27/2009)
John E. Smallegan '51 (12/19/2008)
Francis T. Smith III '60 (9/11/2009)
Joshua Spalsbury '02 (8/15/2007)
Leon H. Sparling '48 (4/21/2007)
Marie Buttlar '49 Sparling (4/8/2008)
Evelyn Ver Mulm '45 Steele (7/7/2009)
David J. Steenbergen '63 (11/24/2007)
Charles A. Steketee '37 (10/9/09)
Ronald Lee Stepanek '58 (6/1/09)
Richard D. Stewart '51 (7/22/2007)
Charlotte Stolberg '52 (12/29/2007)
Elizabeth (Betty) Eskite '50 Sultana (6/2/2007)
Elaine Johnson '39 Swanson (3/19/2007)
Ethel Leestma '33 Swets (10/6/2007)

Wilma DeYoung '37 Taggart (9/7/2008)
Morris A. Tardiff '42 (2/12/2008)
Anna Carrigan '29 Taylor (1/21/2009)
Todd A. Taylor '90 (12/25/2008)
Lillian Hoffman (Prep 1916) Tazelaar (5/21/2007)
Henry W. Ten Pas '35 (7/21/2007)
Lloyd H. TerBorg '50 (4/9/2008)
Sedie Elizabeth “Betty” Moir '27 TerLouw (3/20/2007)
Martha Morgan '40 Thomas (4/23/2008)
E. Beth Rhebergen '44 Thompson (6/5/09)
Thomas Thompson '60 (2/13/2008)
Harris B. Timmer '50 (2/11/2009)
Robert F. Topp Sr. '46 (5/11/2007)
Paul R. Troost '57 (3/23/2009)
Sharon Lynn Tucker '71 (3/13/09)
Arthur W. Tuls '50 (6/2/09)
Henry Tuurling '50 (5/25/09)
James G. Tysse '63 (1/16/2006)

Charlotte Curlee '61 Utzinger (11/10/2007)

Isla Pruim '24 Van Eenenaam (8/1/2009)
Paul M. Vande Hoef '62 (7/5/2007)
Helen VanFarowe '51 Vandenberg (4/30/2007)
Gordon Vanden Brink '39 (12/29/2007)
Donald R. Vande Polder '55 (1/31/2007)
Frances Hillebrands '45 Vander Broek (5/30/2007)
John Vander Broek '44 (10/22/2008)
Eleanor Dalman '42 Vanderhill (9/10/2007)
Donald W. VanderJagt '59 (3/10/09)
Lyle Vander Werff '56 (4/23/2007)
Berend T. Vander Woude '41 (6/12/2007)
Elmer J. Van Dyke '38 (6/4/09)
Harold E. Van Dyke '45 (2/6/2009)
Lucille Vos '46 Van Dyke (1/12/2007)
Caryl Curtis '52 Van Houten (2/8/2008)
Andrew Van Slot '49 (4/2/2008)
Louis VanWieren '44 (12/31/2007)
Julia Walvoord '34 Van Wyk (4/15/2007)
Helen Boone '35 Van Zanden (3/21/2009)
Allison L. Van Zyl '50 (4/29/2007)
Richard W. Vaughan '57 (8/4/2008)
Amanda Taub '72 Veazie (5/31/2007)
Jerome A. Veldhuis '49 (7/28/2009)
John Veldman '46 (8/12/2007)
Alvina Ketelhut '49 Veltman (3/25/2007)
Cecilia Ver Hage '27 (8/31/2009)
Nicholas C. (Nick) Ver Hey '75 (10/20/2007)
Melvin “Mel” VerSteeg Jr. '60 (5/17/2007)
Charles L. Votaw '51 (1/5/2007)

Anne VanderWerf '28 Wabeke (1/20/2007)
Willaim C. Waggoner '58 (9/6/2007)
Charles C. Wagner '62 (3/24/2007)
Robert J. Wagner '54 (10/20/2008)
Derwin "Dick" Walvoord '36 (12/18/2008)
Helen Pelon '33 Walvoord (5/23/09)
Ruth Klaasen '41 Wassenaar (10/12/2008)
Collins D. Weeber '53 (2/16/2008)
Alice Boter '33 Weston (1/9/2007)
William Westrate '47 (8/17/2008)
Daniel J. White '96 (4/11/2009)
Donald P. Wierenga '53 (4/20/2009)
George B. Wiersma '41 (2/9/2007)
Jerry L. Wiersma '59 (3/13/2009)
Barbara Andrews '69 Williams (11/12/2007)
Vangie Gibson '81 Williams (11/19/2008)
Lawrence H. Winberg '54 (11/12/2007)
Leon O. Winstrom '34 (4/30/2007)
Frederick H. Winter '42 (9/5/2007)
Gregory T. Wood '83 (7/28/2009)
Marjorie E. Wood '60 (5/25/09)
Edward C. Workman '43 (12/25/2007)

Bernard Yurash '52 (1/25/2007)

George F. Ziegler '38 (1/8/2007)
Andrew F. Zimmerman '51 (3/22/2008)
Joyce Karsten '56 Zoet (8/25/2008)
Virginia VerStrate '40 Zoutendam (7/19/2007)
Kenneth N. Zuverink '49 (1/28/2008)
Myra Brouwer '47 Zuverink (5/23/2007)

Alumni Necrology Prior to 2007