Person:Sytske Straatsma (1)

Name	Sytske Jacobs Straatsma
Gender	Female
Birth^[5]	3 Jun 1837	Hijum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
Marriage	26 Nov 1857	Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlandsto Pieter Lieuwes Wielinga
Census^[1]	13 Jun 1900	Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, United States
Death^[3]^[4]	9 Oct 1904	Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, United States
Burial^[4]	11 Oct 1904	Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, United StatesOrange City Cemetery BK 1 LOT 3

Death of Mrs. P. Wielenga.

After an illness of five months, Mrs. P. Wielenga died Sunday afternoon, of cancer of the stomach.

Deceased was 64 years of age and was born in Hymn, Friesland, in the year 1837.

She was married Nov. 26, 1857, and came to this country with her husband eleven years later.

After living in Virginia two years, they removed to Pella. Io., where they resided nine years.

In 1879 Mr. and Mrs. Wielenga came to Sioux county and settled on a farm a few miles north of town, where they lived until they became residents of Orange City, about 13 years ago.

She was the mother of twelve children, five of whom are living, they are L. and R. Wielenga, Mrs. S. De Groot of Chicago, Mrs. H. Mouw and Miss Alice Wielenga.

Mrs. Wielenga was a faithful and loving wife and mother, and a devout Christian.

The funeral took place yesterday at 1:30 o'clock from the house and at two o'clock from the Christian Ref. church of which the deceased was a member.

Sioux County Herald 1904-10-12.

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