HONOR ROLL OF VETERANS RICHMOND REFORMED CHURCH

SERVED WITH THE U. S. AIR FORCE

• Chuck Beimers, Lt., served in Vietnam, 1971-73
  
• John Beimers, Air Corp., served in Texas & California,
  
• 1943-1946 (WWll)
  
• Marvin BIik, Medic, cm Theater, India, 1945-46
  
• Harry Brummel, England & Africa, 1943-1946
  
• Bob Kruithof, Texas & Alaska, 1965-1968
  
• Wally Riewald, Africa & Italy, 1942-1945
  
• Earl Van Allsburg, Guam, 1943-1946
  
• Larry Visser, MacDillAFB, Tampa, 11/2 yrs. Sembach APB, SemlJa_h, Germany 2 yrs.,1966-1969
  
• Jacob J. Visser, Battery lA-114-Ant-Arcf, Europe and France, 2 Bronze stars, Europe, Good Conduct Victory, 1943-1946
  
• Gordon Wolters, San Marcos, Texas, 1951-1955
  

SERVED WITH THE U. S. ARMY

• Doug Blik, Germany, 1972-1975
  
• Evart Blunink, Shore based Radar, San Diego & Hawaiian Islands, 1942-45
  
• PFC Jacob De Went, Medic USS Comfort Hospital Ship, South Pacific, 1944-45
  
• Jim Felty, 3rd Div" Fort Benning, GA, 1956-1958
  
• Lloyd Glass" Fort Knox; San Antonio, Selfridge AFB, 1958..1960
  
• Sgt. Dale P. Goeman, 134- Inf., 38th Inf' Div. Killed in action in France, October 18, 1944
  
• Sgt. Peter J, Goeman_ 606 407 Inf., 102 Division, Killed in Germany, November, 1944.
  
• Ken Haan, 511 Parachute Infantry, 11th Airborne Div., New Guinea & Philippines, 1st troops in Japan after WWII,1943-46
  
• Dr. John E. Hibma, 38Qth Engineers .(Jeep Driver and Chaplains Assistant, Philippines, 1941-1946
  
• Terry Hurt,. Germany, 1963-1965 Lt.
  
• Marvin J. Leunk, Quarter Master Corp.,Philippines,1942-1946
  
• Henry Mulder, Korea, 1953-1955
  
• Bill Brummel, served in the Pacific
  
• Jay Niemeyer, 244 Ord. Dept. Co. 28th Infantry Div.,Quarter Master, Cpl. Germany Army of Occupation,
  
• WaIt Pedley" Pacific" 1943-1946
  
• John S. Siebesma, 32nd Division, South Pacific (Australia, New Guinea, Buna), got malaria 3 times & was hospitalized, served 1941-1945
  
• Chuck Sweedyk, Signal Corp., S. Pacific, 1942-1945
  
• Bob Tolsma, 219th Field Artillery Unit, Central Europe-French/German border, 1944-1946
  
• Chuck Vanden Brink, Germany & France, 1944-1946
  
• Eugene Van Maldegen, Army Engineer, Europe, 1943-1946
  
• Ray Van Portfliet, Munich, Germany, 1953-1956
  
• Col. Ernest Veenstra, Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Stationed in California, Chicago, and various places in Pacific Ocean area, served in military govm't in Germany shortly after WWII,1942-1974,active in the Reserves until 1981.
  
• Bill Veenstra, 2nd Armored Div" Stationed in Europe during WWII. Wounded in action. Received Purple Heart, 1944-1946
  
• Bill Ver Strat" Korea & Hawaii, 1953-1955
  
• 1955 Dirk Vlug, 32 Division, 126th Infantry, from Australia to the Philippeans, 1941-1945
  

SERVED WITH THE U. S. COAST GUARD

• Bob Dykema, Weymouth, England, Landing Cra
  
• Infantry (LCI.), transported troops across the Englis Channel to France, also served in the Pacific Theater, participated in the occupation of Okinawa, 1945-1946
  
• John Proctor, served in Korean War and was als stationed in Greenland, North Atlantic, 1952-1954
  

SERVED WITH THE U. S. MARINES

• Leo Keech, Vietnam, 1969-70
  
• William Kenton, South Pacific, 1942-1945
  
• John Veenboer, South Pacific, WWII
  

SERVED WITH THE U. S. NAVY

• Chuck Beimers, Lt" served in Vietnam, 1971-73
  
• Bob Coleman, USS Camberra, 1961-1963
  
• Herm Folkertsma, USS Pennsylvania, WWII
  
• Jack Kosten, USS Massey, DD778, Atlantic Heet, 1955-1957
  
• Jack Larink,Pacific Theater, WWII
  
• Marvin Muilenberg, Great Lakes, 11, 1944-46
  
• Rudolph (Mike) Pennell, Atlantic & Pacific Operations,1943-1946
  
• Art Postmus, Stationed in Saipan (S, Pacific) with ship repair unit (decoding), 1944-45.
  
• Mike Stover" USS Nimitz, 1974-78
  
• Gordon VanOostenburg, South Pacific, 1942-1945
  
• Jack D. Van Neuren, Chief Petty Officer, Europe, Africa,Asiatic Pacific Theater, 1942-1946
  
• BiIl VanSuilichem, USS Missouri, Korean Conflict
  
• Robert Veenstra, Seabees, Hawaii, Philippines, China, 1943-1946

DID YOU KNOW

• -that Ed De Vries worked on the famous Futureliner which was recently featured on TV?
• -that Eve Van Portfliet was elected Snow Queen when she was at Union High?
• -that Jim Van Ess was on the All-City football team in 1954-1955 and was featured in the Grand Rapids Herald and Grand Rapids Press and he also made honorable mention on the All-State team?
• -that Jenni Kruithof, when visiting a missionary's home in Nigeria was surprised when someone said, "You look like the girl I've been looking for"? Turned out she knew Chuck Beimers back in the States.
• -that Carolee Zoerhoff won the Women's City Golf Championship - 3 times?
• -that Betty Hibma won TV Show "Queen for a Day" in 1959...has held retreats or seminars in 11 states...was daily deyotional speaker for Crystal Cathedral International Women's Conference and also spoke ,at a three day seminar there...served 2 times on the National Board of Reformed Church Women...was program Chairman of 1983. Reformed, Church Women's. Triennial...wrote a month's meditations for "Words of Hope" 6 times...has traveled in everyone of the United States except Delaware...for 18 months" lived on palace grounds in the Netherlands...raised 13 children: "Yours, Mine, Ours"?
• -that in 1941 Bernice Veenboer started a "Christian Endeavor" group at a mission church in Pasadena, California?

• - that Doris Riewald played a coronet in the Salvation Army Band?
  
• - that Cristee,Cordes won the gold medal in the national Junior Olympics' advanced level trampoline competition?
  
• - that when Marilyn Morsink was a Union High School she was crowned the citywide Snow Queen?
  
• - that Bruce De Went solicits and drives for God's Kitchen and Meals on Wheels?
  
• - that John Proctor is a Michigan Master Angler for the 21 1/2 inch brook trout he caught, and Phil Zemaitis is a Master Angler for Iris 5 lb. large mouth bass?
  
• - that Margaretha de Wit's father was awarded a medal for his work With the Underground in the Netherlands during World War II.
  
• - and that Margaretha, herself, helped deliver illegal newspapers by hiding them under her clothing?
  
• - that Richmond Church had a girls' basketball team coached by Donna Veenstra and that we won the league championship two years in a row?
  
• - that Gord Wolters and John Proctor played on Union High's 1949 football team when they won the StateChampionship?
  
• - that Bill Veenstra was awarded the Purple Heart during World. War II?
  

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