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Nick Roghair 1. Nick married Ida van Steenwyk.

Ida van Steenwyk [Parents] 1 was born on 11 Jun 1883 in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. She died on 19 Jan 1939 in Maurice, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. She was buried 2 in West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. Ida married Nick Roghair.

Mrs. Nic Roghair, 55, died at her home three miles east of Maurice on Thursday, January 19, following an illness of eight years.

Mrs. Roghair (Ida Van Steenwyk) was born at Orange City on June 11, 1883. On March 6, 1903 she was united in marriage to Nick Roghair. Ten children were born to this union, three of whom preceded their mother in death. She is survived by her husband and the following children: Johanna, Mrs. Nic Steenhoven; Garrit, William, Nick, Ida, Mrs. Peter Goslinda; Henry and Elsie. Other survivors include seven grandchildren, two sisters and six brothers: Dick, Isaac, and Nol Herwynen of Orange City, Abram Van Steenwyk of Le Mars; Etta, Mrs. Jim Sorgdrager of Le Mars; Arnold Van Steenwyk of Hospers and Wm. Van Steenwyk of Orange City.

Funeral services were held at the First Reformed Church at Maurice on Saturday afternoon with the Rev. John Roggen and John Straks of Sanborn officiating.

Sioux County Capital - 26 January 1939

They had the following children.

  F i Johanna Roghair was born in 1903. She died in 1998.
  M ii Garrit N. Roghair was born on 30 Sep 1909. He died on 13 Dec 1983.
  M iii William Nickolas Roghair was born on 30 Jun 1911. He died on 18 Dec 1990.
  M iv Nick Roghair.
  F v Ida Roghair was born on 1 Apr 1915. She died on 20 Apr 1983.
  M vi Henry N. Roghair was born on 26 Oct 1916. He died on 26 May 1992.
  F vii Elsie Roghair.

Nic Steenhoven.

Johanna Roghair [Parents] 1 was born in 1903. She died in 1998. She was buried 2 in Memorial Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA. Johanna married Nic Steenhoven.

They had the following children.

  M i
Ivan Roy Steenhoven was born on 8 Jun 1934 in Iowa, USA. He died on 23 Apr 1955 in Iowa, USA. He was buried 1 in Memorial Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA.
  F ii Virginia Loa Steenhoven was born on 31 Oct 1938. She died on 13 Apr 1997.

Peter Goslinda.

Ida Roghair [Parents] 1 was born on 1 Apr 1915 in Maurice, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. She died on 20 Apr 1983 in Alton, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. She was buried 2 in West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. Ida married Peter Goslinda.

Mrs. Peter Goslinga, 68, of Orange City died unexpectedly Wednesday at Alton.

Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Calvary Christian REformed Church in Orange City. The Rev. John T. Ebbers officiated. Burial was in the West Lawn Cemetery under the direction of the Van Gelder Funeral Home in Orange City.

Mrs. Goslinga, the former Ida Roghair, was born April 1, 1915, at Maurice.

She married Peter Goslinga, June 16, 1936, at Sioux City. They farmed near Orange City, moving to town 35 years ago.

She was a member of the Calvary Christian Reformed Church.

Survivors include her husband, Peter; two daughters, Mrs. Gil (Shirley) De Goei and Mrs. Dixon (Esther) Granstra, both of Sheldon; four brothers, Gerrit and William, both of Lakewood, Calif., Nick of Fond du Lac, Wis., and Henry of Orange City; two sisters, Mrs. Johanna Steenhoven of Lakewood and Mrs. Cletus (Elsie) Brunsman of Cypress, Calif., and five grandchildren.

Sioux County Capital - 21 April 1983

They had the following children.

  F i Shirley Goslinda.
  F ii Esther Goslinda.

Jerry Dean Thoms.

Virginia Loa Steenhoven [Parents] was born on 31 Oct 1938 in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. She died on 13 Apr 1997 in Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA. She was buried 1 in Memorial Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA. Virginia married Jerry Dean Thoms.

They had the following children.

  M i Roy Thoms.
  M ii Todd Thoms.
  F iii Staci Thoms.

Roy Thoms [Parents].

Cindy.


Todd Thoms [Parents].

Sherry.


Bradley Kraft.

Staci Thoms [Parents].


Garrit N. Roghair [Parents] 1 was born on 30 Sep 1909 in Maurice, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. He died on 13 Dec 1983 in Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was buried 2 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Garrit married Tillie Zigtema.

Tillie Zigtema.

They had the following children.

  M i Dr. Garry Roghair.
  F ii Linda Roghair.

Jim Corelli.

Linda Roghair [Parents].


William Nickolas Roghair [Parents] 1 was born on 30 Jun 1911 in Maurice, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. He died on 18 Dec 1990 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was buried 2 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA. William married Marjorie Kathryn Sipma.

Marjorie Kathryn Sipma died on 31 Aug 2012 in Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA. She was buried 1 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Marjorie married William Nickolas Roghair.

Marjorie K. Roghair
November 2, 1910 - August 31, 2012

Mrs. Marjorie Roghair, age 101, of Orange City, passed away on Friday, August 31, 2012, at the Orange City Area Health System Long Term Care Facility.

There will be a memorial service on Saturday, September 22, 2012, at 11:00am, at the Park Church in Long Beach, California. Interment will be at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cypress, California. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Marjorie Kathryn born on November 2, 1910, in rural Alton, the daughter of Sip and Kathryn (Popma) Sipma. She was raised on the family farm near Newkirk, where she attended the Holland Township country school and the Newkirk High School.

On November 14, 1936, she married William N. Roghair at Luverne, Minnesota. They were blessed with five children, Roger, Paul, Larry, David and Patricia. They made their home in Orange City until 1957, when they moved to Lakewood, California. Later, they moved to Bethel Manor in Bellflower, California.

"Bill" passed away on December 18, 1990, in Long Beach, California, after more than 54 years of marriage.

In December of 2008, she because a resident of the Artesia Christian Home. She moved back to Iowa in January of 2009, to reside in the Long Term Care Facility.

Marjorie was a homemaker, an Avon sales women, a day care provider, and she did housekeeping for others in their homes or yachts.

She was a part of the birth and development of the Eldorado Park Community Church, where she was a member and taught Sunday school classes. Since returning to Orange City, First Reformed Church has been her church home.

She also held Good News Club for her neighborhood for many years and was later active in the Salvation Army Ladies Home League.

Mrs. Roghair had a loving relationship with her church family, neighbors, and those for whom she worked, as well as those who served her.

Those left to cherish her memory include her four sons and their wives, Roger and Margaret Roghair, of Orange City; Paul and Sharon Roghair, of Lakewood, California; Larry and Gail Roghair, of Mission Viejo, California; and David and Peggy Roghair, of Henderson, Nevada; a son-in-law, Rodney Green, of Redmond, Oregon; her sixteen grandchildren, thirty-one great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren, and a sister and her husband, Carol and Harvey Vander Pol, of Orange City.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Patricia (11-27-84), at age 35, a brother, Bill Sipma (3-8-1972), a great-grandson, Blair David Pfaff (3-13-92), and a great-granddaughter, Jaclyn Pfaff (2-24-1993).

Oolman Funeral Home, Orange City, IA., obit.

They had the following children.

  M i Roger Roghair.
  M ii Paul Roghair.
  M iii Larry Roghair.
  M iv David Roghair.
  F v
Patricia Roghair 1 died 1 on 27 Nov 1984.

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