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Doris M Weyenberg

Female 1893 - 1995  (101 years)


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  • Name Doris M Weyenberg 
    Born 08 Nov 1893  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 06 Apr 1995  Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I44117  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2002 

    Father Martin Jacob Weyenberg,   b. 09 Jul 1848, Beugen en Rijkevoort, Noord Brabant, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1923, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Hendrina Jacobs,   b. 24 Feb 1860, Ottersum, Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1912, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 08 Apr 1882  Ottersum, Limburg, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F15346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Henry Vosters,   b. 24 Mar 1892, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1976, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 09 Sep 1917  Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Cyril Martin Vosters,   b. 09 Feb 1921,   d. 27 Jun 2009, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Floyd G Vosters,   b. 23 Oct 1922, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 2010, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Joan Irene Vosters
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F15356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SOURCE: KALAMAZOO GAZETTE OBITUARY

      Mrs. Doris M. (Weyenberg) Vosters, 537 Chicago Ave. died April 6, 1995. Doris was born in Kaukauna Wisconsin November 8, 1893, the daughter of Martin and Hendrina (Jacobs) Weyenberg, and was a member of St. Augustine Cathedral and St. Mary's Catholic and V F W Post #827 Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband George H. Vosters.

      Doris is survived by her children and their spouses, Cyril and Jane Vosters, Floyd Vosters and Joan and Robert Peeters, all of Kalamazoo; 18 grandchildren; serveral great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

      SOURCE: KALAMAZOO METRO OBITUARY
      Doris Vosters did push ups into her 80's, mowed her lawn, and painted her house into her 90's, and baked cookies and bread past her 100th birthday. She died Thursday at the age of 101. 'She was a remarkable gal,' said her daughter in-law, Jane Vosters of Kalamazoo.
      Born in 1893, she never drove a car but walked nearly every place she needed to go. Even up to her 100th year, she volunteered at Borgess Nursing Home, helping with the daily bingo games for the seniors there. A member of Veteran of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, she also helped patients at the hospital at Fort Custerd according to her son, Cyril. She was a member of St. Augustine Cathedral and St. Mary's Catholic Church.

      Preceded in death by her husband, George, she is survived by her children and their spouses, Cyril and Jane Vosters, Floyd Vosters and Joan and Robert Peeters, all of Kalamazoo, 18 grandchildren; several great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.