BYLSMA, Otto J., age 84 years, passed away at his home in Lynden, Wednesday, June 19, (1946) following a four weeks' illness. Mr. Bylsma had been a resident of Lynden since 1912 and is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Florence Schuitema, of Tacoma, Mrs. Aurelia Geels, of Bellingham, Mrs. Edith Richards, of Tacoma, Miss Gertrude Bylsma, at home, Mrs. Bessie Bilert, of Santa Ana, Calif.; two sons, John Bylsma, of 1700 Myrtle Street, Bellingham, Charles Bylsma, of Seattle; twenty-one grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 22, at 2 p. m. from the First Christian Reform church in Lynden with Rev. A. Van Dyken officiating. Interment in the Monumenta Cemetery under the direction of the Gillies Funeral Home in Lynden.
