In the presence of a large gathering of friends and relatives, funeral services for the late William F. De Jonge were held Wednesday afternoon at the family residence and the First Reformed Church. The Rev. H. K. Pasma conducted the services. Mr. De Jonge passed away Saturday, following an attack of influenza and pneumonia. He had been ill less than a week. Mr. De Jonge was born at Almeloo, The Netherlands, in 1876. He left for America in May, 1896, and settled in Douglas County, South Dakota, where he resided until December, 1919, when he moved to Lynden. He was married on Jan. 28, 1902 to Anna Le Cocq. Besides his widow, he is survived by four children, Marie, Frank, Cora and Antonetta, one sister and one brother in India, four brothers and two sisters in Holland, and one brother who is captain of a vessel of the Holland-American line between New York and Rotterdam. His father was a Minister of Justice in one of the Netherland provinces.
