Edith Gerritsen was born March 4, 1888 in the town of Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. She married (1) John (Pokey) Vis 1910. He was born UNKNOWN, and died 1919. She married (2) John (M) Vande Zande September 1928. He was born August 1, 1879, and died June 6, 1955. Children of Edith Gerritsen and John Vis are: Female Vis, born PRIVATE. She married William Zapotony, PRIVATE. He was born PRIVATE. Bernard Vis, born PRIVATE. Harmon O. Vis, born September 14, 1915, in Rock County, Wisconsin; died July 9, 1984 in St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, Wisconsin. |
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Waupun Leader News-Feb. 17, 1972:
Hold Tuesday Rites for Edith Vande Zande Mrs. Edith Vande Zande, 83, a resident of Waupun Christian Home for the Aged, died Sunday, Feb. 13, in Waupun Memorial hospital. She was born March 4, 1888, in the town of Waupun, the daughter of Harmon and Jane Van Buren Gerretson. She was married to John Vis in 1910 and he preceded her in death in 1919. She was later married to John M. Vande Zande in 1928, and he preceded her in 1955. She was also preceded by two sisters and one brother. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. William Zapotony, Columbus; two sons, Bernard Vis, Milwaukee, and Harmon Vis, Waupun; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Myron Hillyer, Deerwood, Minn. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Kohls company funeral home. The Rev. Donald Boss, First Reformed church, officiated. Burial was in Forest Mound cemetery. Visitation was held in the funeral home Monday from 4-9 p.m. |
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