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Jacoba VanAmerongen Obituary
VanAmerongen, Jacoba (Joka) nee Vroegop
After 85 years of God’s blessings, Jacoba VanAmerongen passed into glory to be with her Saviour on Monday, August 5, 2024 with her family at her side. Born in Scheveningen, the Netherlands on September 28, 1938, the fourth of six children born to Dirk and Jacoba Vroegop, Joka emigrated to Canada in 1958 to join her fiancé David VanAmerongen. They were married the following year and were blessed with six children. Joka was a dedicated, faithful, loving Christian, wife, mother, and grandmother, using her creative talents to serve her family, friends, and church community even after her diagnosis with Alzhiemers late in her life.
Jacoba was dearly loved and will be missed by her husband David, her children Rick VanAmerongen, Rob and Joyce VanAmerongen, David and Pam VanAmerongen, Connie VanAmerongen, James and Linda VanAmerongen, and Jennifer and Ed VanderVegte, as well as her 22 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. She is survived by her sister Catja Vroegop and Jan Rijdes, her brother Hans and Magteld Vroegop, brothers and sisters in law Maarten Taal, Klaas Visser, John and Margriet VanAmerongen, Anne VanAmerongen, Henk and Jenny VanVeen, Valerie VanAmerongen, Diane Stroop, Charlie and Anna Piper. She was predeceased by her granddaughters Arielle and Amanda VanAmerongen, her sister Adrie Taal, brothers Cor and Dirk Vroegop, her brothers and sisters in law Alie Vroegop, Tiny Vroegop, Joanne Visser, John and Willy Ludwig, Henk VanAmerongen, Bert VanAmerongen, and George Stroop.
“I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.” – Psalm 121: 1-2.
Visitation will be held from 3-5 PM and from 7-9 PM on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at GRASSIE CANADIAN REFORMED CHURCH, 480 Woolverton Road, Grimsby, where the funeral service will also be held on Thursday August 8, 2024 at 11:00. There will be a private family interment before the service.
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September 28 1938
August 5 2024
Death notice for the town of: Waterdown, Province: Ontario
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