In the 1930 Census Dorothy Groat (15), her father William Groat (56), her mother Eva (54), her brother George (21) and her maternal grandfather John Chartier (87) still lived in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, United States.
In the April 1940 Census Dorothy Evelyn Groat (25, stenographer at a general office) and her parents William J. Groat (66, no occupation) and Eva (64) lived at a rented home on Michigan Street in Hammond, North Township, Lake County, Indiana.
Dorothy married Peter Jongsma (five years her senior), who was born in 1909 in the Netherlands and who had two daughters from his first marriage, Betty and Janet. Dorothy and Peter had also had two daughters, Royann Antal and Georgia.
Dorothy died in January 1979 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana at the age of 64 years. Her widower Peter died eight months later, in September 1979, in Hammond too, at the age of 69 years.
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Dorothy E. Jongsma
Dorothy E. Jongsma, age 64, of Hammond, passed away Sunday, January 7, 1979, at her residence. Survivors: husband, Peter; two daughters, Mrs. Royann Antal and Georgia Jongsma, both of Hammond; one granddaughter, Mechele Antal.
Funeral services, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 11 a.m., Schroeder-Lauer Funeral Home, 3227 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL, Rev. Johnny Colston officiating. Burial, Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville. Friends may call at the Chapel Tuesday, 2-5 and 7 to 10 p.m.
Mrs. Jongsma has been a resident of Hammond for the past 27 years.
FYI ... she was a lifelong resident of Hammond, Indiana!
In the 1930 Census Dorothy Groat (15), her father William Groat (56), her mother Eva (54), her brother George (21) and her maternal grandfather John Chartier (87) still lived in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, United States.
In the April 1940 Census Dorothy Evelyn Groat (25, stenographer at a general office) and her parents William J. Groat (66, no occupation) and Eva (64) lived at a rented home on Michigan Street in Hammond, North Township, Lake County, Indiana.
Dorothy married Peter Jongsma (five years her senior), who was born in 1909 in the Netherlands and who had two daughters from his first marriage, Betty and Janet. Dorothy and Peter had also had two daughters, Royann Antal and Georgia.
Dorothy died in January 1979 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana at the age of 64 years. Her widower Peter died eight months later, in September 1979, in Hammond too, at the age of 69 years.
OBITUARY
Dorothy E. Jongsma
Dorothy E. Jongsma, age 64, of Hammond, passed away Sunday, January 7, 1979, at her residence. Survivors: husband, Peter; two daughters, Mrs. Royann Antal and Georgia Jongsma, both of Hammond; one granddaughter, Mechele Antal.
Funeral services, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 11 a.m., Schroeder-Lauer Funeral Home, 3227 Ridge Road, Lansing, IL, Rev. Johnny Colston officiating. Burial, Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville. Friends may call at the Chapel Tuesday, 2-5 and 7 to 10 p.m.
Mrs. Jongsma has been a resident of Hammond for the past 27 years.
FYI ... she was a lifelong resident of Hammond, Indiana!
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