DIRK den TUINDER PASSED AWAY AT THE VULCAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ON JUNE 11, 1989, AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
DIRK WAS BORN JANUARY 25, 1908 AT ALBLASSERDAM, HOLLAND, A SON OF JACOB AND JOHANNA denTUINDER. HE MARRIED ADRIANNA(NANCY) VERSENDAAL ON JUNE 6, 1934 AND HAD CELEBRATED 55 YEARS OF MARRIAGE THIS YEAR. THEY LIVED IN STRYEN, HOLLAND WHERE DIRK OWNED A MOTORCYCLE SHOP. DIRK AND ADRIANNA SURVIVED A FLOOD IN 1953 THAT TOOK THE LIVES OF A SISTER-IN-LAW AND A THIRTEEN MONTH OLD BABY. IN APRIL OF 1954, THEY CAME TO ONTARIO AND AGAIN SURVIVED A FLOOD THAT TOOK ALL OF THEIR POSSESSIONS. IN AUGUST OF 1959, THEY CAME TO THE VULCAN AREA TO WORK ON THE FARM OF BILLY AND BEATTIE MCINTYRE WHERE THEY STAYED AND ADRIANNA HELPED IN THE HOME AND DID SOME SEWING. THEN IN 1962, THEY WORKED FOR EMIL AND VERA HARTUNG. THEIR HOME WAS JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM HARTUNGS AND THEY EVENTUALLY PURCHASED THAT QUARTER WHERE THEY HAVE RESIDED SINCE.
DIRK ALWAYS ENJOYED THE LAND AND WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS CRAFTSMANSHIP IN WOODWORKING. PEOPLE CAME FOR MILES AROUND TO LOOK AT AND PURCHASE HIS MASTERPIECES.
DIRK IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE ADRIANNA (NANCY) OF VULCAN; TWO SONS, JAKE AND HIS WIFE SHIRLEY denTUINDER; HER CHILDREN MICHAEL, BILLY AND COLLEEN McGOUGH, ALL OF MANNING; AND JERRY AND HIS WIFE CHERYL AND THEIR DAUGHTER LORNA DEN TUINDER OF BROOKS; TWO BROTHERS JAKE AND HIS WIFE MARGARET denTUINDER, AND LEEN AND HIS WIFE MARIE DEN TUINDER, ALL IN HOLLAND AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS, A BROTHER ARIE AND A GRANDSON RODNEY DEN TUINDER IN 1987.
FUNERAL SERVICES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE VULCAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH WITH REV. DEAN HUBER OFFICIATING. INTERMENT TO FOLLOW AT THE VULCAN CEMETERY.
IF FRIENDS SO DESIRE, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES WOULD BE APPRECIATED TO THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY #200,1609—14 ST. S.W. CALGARY. T3C 1E4.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME.