News-Register, McMinnville, Oregon, April 9, 2002
Dirk Hans Boersma, who established a downtown McMinnville business that has remained under the family's ownership since 1962, died April 6, 2002, in McMinnville. He was 93.
His funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville, with the Rev. Alan Ross of Bible Baptist Church, Lafayette, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
The funeral home will be open for visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.
He opened Boersma's Sewing Center, offering vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and supplies on Third Street, McMinnville, in 1962 and operated it until 1975, when he retired and sold the business to his son, Jack.
In the 1970s, Mr. Boersma led opposition to a McMinnville sign ordinance proposal, which was the subject of a series of controversial public hearings. The proposed law would have required removal of the moving windmill sign that helped brand his family business, and Boersma was credited with leading the opposition to the ordinance. It was defeated by the city council, and the windmill sign remains on the corner of the Boersma building today.
He was born Jan. 12, 1909, in Friesland, Netherlands, the son of Hans and Sibbeltje Van Dam Boersma. He was raised and educated in Netherlands. He immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island in 1928, then settled in Chicago.
He and Florence Grieda were married in 1937. She died in 1941.
He and Harriet Tegeler were married Dec. 26, 1942, in Fulton, Ill.
Mr. Boersma had owned vacuum cleaner and sewing centers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., Yakima, Wash., and Bozeman, Mont., before moving to McMinnville.
After retiring, he lived on his McMinnville dairy farm, which received the Dairy of Honor award several times. He belonged to the Oregon Dairyman's Association. He also had worked as a radio disc jockey, a boxer, a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman and an auctioneer.
Mr. Boersma was very active in the establishment of PLAN Adoption in McMinnville. He served on the board of the Maranatha Church in Portland for many years. He belonged to the Bible Baptist Church, Lafayette. He loved travel, especially to significant Christian historical sites in Israel.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Jack Boersma of McMinnville, Daniel Boersma of Dayton and Butch Boersma of Keizer; four daughters, Margie Castro and Laurie Gerhard, both of McMinnville, Ruth Black of Bothell, Wash., and Florence Dorman of Cantonment, Fla.; 24 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Henry Boersma in 1970 and a great-granddaughter, Lindsey Aase.
Memorial contributions may be made to PLAN Adoption or the Bible Baptist Church in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.
Dirk Hans Boersma, who established a downtown McMinnville business that has remained under the family's ownership since 1962, died April 6, 2002, in McMinnville. He was 93.
His funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville, with the Rev. Alan Ross of Bible Baptist Church, Lafayette, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
The funeral home will be open for visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.
He opened Boersma's Sewing Center, offering vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and supplies on Third Street, McMinnville, in 1962 and operated it until 1975, when he retired and sold the business to his son, Jack.
In the 1970s, Mr. Boersma led opposition to a McMinnville sign ordinance proposal, which was the subject of a series of controversial public hearings. The proposed law would have required removal of the moving windmill sign that helped brand his family business, and Boersma was credited with leading the opposition to the ordinance. It was defeated by the city council, and the windmill sign remains on the corner of the Boersma building today.
He was born Jan. 12, 1909, in Friesland, Netherlands, the son of Hans and Sibbeltje Van Dam Boersma. He was raised and educated in Netherlands. He immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island in 1928, then settled in Chicago.
He and Florence Grieda were married in 1937. She died in 1941.
He and Harriet Tegeler were married Dec. 26, 1942, in Fulton, Ill.
Mr. Boersma had owned vacuum cleaner and sewing centers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., Yakima, Wash., and Bozeman, Mont., before moving to McMinnville.
After retiring, he lived on his McMinnville dairy farm, which received the Dairy of Honor award several times. He belonged to the Oregon Dairyman's Association. He also had worked as a radio disc jockey, a boxer, a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman and an auctioneer.
Mr. Boersma was very active in the establishment of PLAN Adoption in McMinnville. He served on the board of the Maranatha Church in Portland for many years. He belonged to the Bible Baptist Church, Lafayette. He loved travel, especially to significant Christian historical sites in Israel.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Jack Boersma of McMinnville, Daniel Boersma of Dayton and Butch Boersma of Keizer; four daughters, Margie Castro and Laurie Gerhard, both of McMinnville, Ruth Black of Bothell, Wash., and Florence Dorman of Cantonment, Fla.; 24 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Henry Boersma in 1970 and a great-granddaughter, Lindsey Aase.
Memorial contributions may be made to PLAN Adoption or the Bible Baptist Church in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.
News-Register, McMinnville, Oregon, April 9, 2002
Dirk Hans Boersma, who established a downtown McMinnville business that has remained under the family's ownership since 1962, died April 6, 2002, in McMinnville. He was 93.
His funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville, with the Rev. Alan Ross of Bible Baptist Church, Lafayette, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
The funeral home will be open for visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.
He opened Boersma's Sewing Center, offering vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and supplies on Third Street, McMinnville, in 1962 and operated it until 1975, when he retired and sold the business to his son, Jack.
In the 1970s, Mr. Boersma led opposition to a McMinnville sign ordinance proposal, which was the subject of a series of controversial public hearings. The proposed law would have required removal of the moving windmill sign that helped brand his family business, and Boersma was credited with leading the opposition to the ordinance. It was defeated by the city council, and the windmill sign remains on the corner of the Boersma building today.
He was born Jan. 12, 1909, in Friesland, Netherlands, the son of Hans and Sibbeltje Van Dam Boersma. He was raised and educated in Netherlands. He immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island in 1928, then settled in Chicago.
He and Florence Grieda were married in 1937. She died in 1941.
He and Harriet Tegeler were married Dec. 26, 1942, in Fulton, Ill.
Mr. Boersma had owned vacuum cleaner and sewing centers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., Yakima, Wash., and Bozeman, Mont., before moving to McMinnville.
After retiring, he lived on his McMinnville dairy farm, which received the Dairy of Honor award several times. He belonged to the Oregon Dairyman's Association. He also had worked as a radio disc jockey, a boxer, a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman and an auctioneer.
Mr. Boersma was very active in the establishment of PLAN Adoption in McMinnville. He served on the board of the Maranatha Church in Portland for many years. He belonged to the Bible Baptist Church, Lafayette. He loved travel, especially to significant Christian historical sites in Israel.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Jack Boersma of McMinnville, Daniel Boersma of Dayton and Butch Boersma of Keizer; four daughters, Margie Castro and Laurie Gerhard, both of McMinnville, Ruth Black of Bothell, Wash., and Florence Dorman of Cantonment, Fla.; 24 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Henry Boersma in 1970 and a great-granddaughter, Lindsey Aase.
Memorial contributions may be made to PLAN Adoption or the Bible Baptist Church in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.
Dirk Hans Boersma, who established a downtown McMinnville business that has remained under the family's ownership since 1962, died April 6, 2002, in McMinnville. He was 93.
His funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the chapel of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, McMinnville, with the Rev. Alan Ross of Bible Baptist Church, Lafayette, officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville.
The funeral home will be open for visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday.
He opened Boersma's Sewing Center, offering vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and supplies on Third Street, McMinnville, in 1962 and operated it until 1975, when he retired and sold the business to his son, Jack.
In the 1970s, Mr. Boersma led opposition to a McMinnville sign ordinance proposal, which was the subject of a series of controversial public hearings. The proposed law would have required removal of the moving windmill sign that helped brand his family business, and Boersma was credited with leading the opposition to the ordinance. It was defeated by the city council, and the windmill sign remains on the corner of the Boersma building today.
He was born Jan. 12, 1909, in Friesland, Netherlands, the son of Hans and Sibbeltje Van Dam Boersma. He was raised and educated in Netherlands. He immigrated to the United States through Ellis Island in 1928, then settled in Chicago.
He and Florence Grieda were married in 1937. She died in 1941.
He and Harriet Tegeler were married Dec. 26, 1942, in Fulton, Ill.
Mr. Boersma had owned vacuum cleaner and sewing centers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., Yakima, Wash., and Bozeman, Mont., before moving to McMinnville.
After retiring, he lived on his McMinnville dairy farm, which received the Dairy of Honor award several times. He belonged to the Oregon Dairyman's Association. He also had worked as a radio disc jockey, a boxer, a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman and an auctioneer.
Mr. Boersma was very active in the establishment of PLAN Adoption in McMinnville. He served on the board of the Maranatha Church in Portland for many years. He belonged to the Bible Baptist Church, Lafayette. He loved travel, especially to significant Christian historical sites in Israel.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Jack Boersma of McMinnville, Daniel Boersma of Dayton and Butch Boersma of Keizer; four daughters, Margie Castro and Laurie Gerhard, both of McMinnville, Ruth Black of Bothell, Wash., and Florence Dorman of Cantonment, Fla.; 24 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Henry Boersma in 1970 and a great-granddaughter, Lindsey Aase.
Memorial contributions may be made to PLAN Adoption or the Bible Baptist Church in care of Macy & Son Funeral Directors, 135 N.E. Evans St., McMinnville, OR 97128.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
