Harry Miersma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiebe Miersma, was born on a farm near Newkirk, Iowa, on March 23, 1884. When a boy of about two years of age his parents moved to a farm three miles south of Hull where he spent his boyhood and where he himself farmed for a number of years.
On February 25, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Te Slaa to which union six children were born: Wilmer, Gerrit, Margaret (Mrs. Si Pollema) and Joe, all of Hull, lowa; Henry of Artesia, California, and Ed of Lakewood, California.
When he was 18 years of age he made confession of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in the First Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa. Mr. Miersma was a child of two years when the First Reformed Church was organized in 1885. He remained with the Church all his life, and was the only person living who was with the Church at its organization. He served as a deacon in the First Reformed Church for five years and was a regular and faithful attendant to the word and work of the Lord.
In April 1950 he moved to Hull, Iowa, where he had since resided.
He leaves to mourn his death his six children, one sister, Sarah (Mrs. John Vande Stouwe) who resides in the Holland Home in Sheldon. Besides these he leaves to mourn his death 17 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and a number of relatives and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife on January 4, 1936; by his parents, by one sister, Mrs. Martin Prins, and one grandchild.
Mr. Miersma passed away Saturday, December 12, 1959. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 16, from the Little Chapel in Sioux Center and the First Reformed Church in Hull. Rev. N. Rozeboom officiated. Interment was in Hope cemetery, at Hull. Pallbearers were the five sons and one son-in-law.
-Obituary from The Sioux County Index
(12/24/1959)
On February 25, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Te Slaa to which union six children were born: Wilmer, Gerrit, Margaret (Mrs. Si Pollema) and Joe, all of Hull, lowa; Henry of Artesia, California, and Ed of Lakewood, California.
When he was 18 years of age he made confession of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in the First Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa. Mr. Miersma was a child of two years when the First Reformed Church was organized in 1885. He remained with the Church all his life, and was the only person living who was with the Church at its organization. He served as a deacon in the First Reformed Church for five years and was a regular and faithful attendant to the word and work of the Lord.
In April 1950 he moved to Hull, Iowa, where he had since resided.
He leaves to mourn his death his six children, one sister, Sarah (Mrs. John Vande Stouwe) who resides in the Holland Home in Sheldon. Besides these he leaves to mourn his death 17 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and a number of relatives and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife on January 4, 1936; by his parents, by one sister, Mrs. Martin Prins, and one grandchild.
Mr. Miersma passed away Saturday, December 12, 1959. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 16, from the Little Chapel in Sioux Center and the First Reformed Church in Hull. Rev. N. Rozeboom officiated. Interment was in Hope cemetery, at Hull. Pallbearers were the five sons and one son-in-law.
-Obituary from The Sioux County Index
(12/24/1959)
Harry Miersma, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiebe Miersma, was born on a farm near Newkirk, Iowa, on March 23, 1884. When a boy of about two years of age his parents moved to a farm three miles south of Hull where he spent his boyhood and where he himself farmed for a number of years.
On February 25, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Te Slaa to which union six children were born: Wilmer, Gerrit, Margaret (Mrs. Si Pollema) and Joe, all of Hull, lowa; Henry of Artesia, California, and Ed of Lakewood, California.
When he was 18 years of age he made confession of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in the First Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa. Mr. Miersma was a child of two years when the First Reformed Church was organized in 1885. He remained with the Church all his life, and was the only person living who was with the Church at its organization. He served as a deacon in the First Reformed Church for five years and was a regular and faithful attendant to the word and work of the Lord.
In April 1950 he moved to Hull, Iowa, where he had since resided.
He leaves to mourn his death his six children, one sister, Sarah (Mrs. John Vande Stouwe) who resides in the Holland Home in Sheldon. Besides these he leaves to mourn his death 17 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and a number of relatives and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife on January 4, 1936; by his parents, by one sister, Mrs. Martin Prins, and one grandchild.
Mr. Miersma passed away Saturday, December 12, 1959. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 16, from the Little Chapel in Sioux Center and the First Reformed Church in Hull. Rev. N. Rozeboom officiated. Interment was in Hope cemetery, at Hull. Pallbearers were the five sons and one son-in-law.
-Obituary from The Sioux County Index
(12/24/1959)
On February 25, 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Te Slaa to which union six children were born: Wilmer, Gerrit, Margaret (Mrs. Si Pollema) and Joe, all of Hull, lowa; Henry of Artesia, California, and Ed of Lakewood, California.
When he was 18 years of age he made confession of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in the First Reformed Church of Hull, Iowa. Mr. Miersma was a child of two years when the First Reformed Church was organized in 1885. He remained with the Church all his life, and was the only person living who was with the Church at its organization. He served as a deacon in the First Reformed Church for five years and was a regular and faithful attendant to the word and work of the Lord.
In April 1950 he moved to Hull, Iowa, where he had since resided.
He leaves to mourn his death his six children, one sister, Sarah (Mrs. John Vande Stouwe) who resides in the Holland Home in Sheldon. Besides these he leaves to mourn his death 17 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and a number of relatives and a host of friends.
He was preceded in death by his wife on January 4, 1936; by his parents, by one sister, Mrs. Martin Prins, and one grandchild.
Mr. Miersma passed away Saturday, December 12, 1959. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 16, from the Little Chapel in Sioux Center and the First Reformed Church in Hull. Rev. N. Rozeboom officiated. Interment was in Hope cemetery, at Hull. Pallbearers were the five sons and one son-in-law.
-Obituary from The Sioux County Index
(12/24/1959)
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