He was born February 9, 1913, at Seney, a son of the late Jake and Albertha Dambrink Berkenpas. His marriage to Anna Marie Scholten took place May 18, 1939 at Alton.
Mr. Berkenpas had lived in the Carnes area the last 30 years and was a member of the American Legion and the First Reformed Church in Alton.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the First Reformed Church, Alton, with Rev. Clarence Greving officiating. Burial will be in Nassau Township Cemetery under the direction of the Van Gelder Funeral Home in Orange City.
Survivors are his wife; four sons, Ronald, Spencer; Roger, Sacramento; James, Sioux Center, and Phillip, Orange City; a daughter, Mary Ann, at home; five brothers, William, LeMars; Ray of Los Angeles; Henry, Sioux Center; Arthur, Lisbon, and Norman, a military career man and six sisters, Mrs. Merlin Singer and Alice Jennings, both of LeMars; Mrs. Walter Renken, Struble; Mrs. Marion Van Roekel, Orange City; Mrs. Cliff (Francis) Foster, Wilmar, Minn., and Mrs. Paul Hoppe of LeMars.
Alton Democrat - 5 November 1975
He was born February 9, 1913, at Seney, a son of the late Jake and Albertha Dambrink Berkenpas. His marriage to Anna Marie Scholten took place May 18, 1939 at Alton.
Mr. Berkenpas had lived in the Carnes area the last 30 years and was a member of the American Legion and the First Reformed Church in Alton.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the First Reformed Church, Alton, with Rev. Clarence Greving officiating. Burial will be in Nassau Township Cemetery under the direction of the Van Gelder Funeral Home in Orange City.
Survivors are his wife; four sons, Ronald, Spencer; Roger, Sacramento; James, Sioux Center, and Phillip, Orange City; a daughter, Mary Ann, at home; five brothers, William, LeMars; Ray of Los Angeles; Henry, Sioux Center; Arthur, Lisbon, and Norman, a military career man and six sisters, Mrs. Merlin Singer and Alice Jennings, both of LeMars; Mrs. Walter Renken, Struble; Mrs. Marion Van Roekel, Orange City; Mrs. Cliff (Francis) Foster, Wilmar, Minn., and Mrs. Paul Hoppe of LeMars.
Alton Democrat - 5 November 1975
Family Members
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Mildred B. Berkenpas Halley
1911–1964
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William "Bill" Berkenpas
1914–1993
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Arthur Berkenpas
1915–2000
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Henry Berkenpas
1917–2006
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Lois Ruth Berkenpas Singer
1920–2002
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Raymond Jacob Berkenpas
1921–2000
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Dorothy Alberta Berkenpas Hoppe
1923–2009
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Norman Berkenpas
1925–1977
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Edith Arlene Berkenpas Renken
1927–2012
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Evelyn Jean Berkenpas Van Roekel
1929–2008
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Alice Mae Berkenpas Jennings
1934–1987
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