Heritage
Peter Algra ex’ 48
May 26, 2019, Calif.
Lucille Bos Apol ex’44
Jan. 18, 2020, Sunnyside, Wash.
Paul Assink ’51
Sept. 21, 2019, Homer Glen, Ill.
Anthony Baar ’60
Nov. 28, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Elwood Baker ex’47
Nov. 12, 2020, Deerfield, Ill.
Vivian Vanklompenberg Baker ex’53
Dec. 16, 2020, Wyoming, Mich.
Jack Berends ’61
Nov. 18, 2020, Muskegon, Mich.
John R. Bielema ’60
Jan. 31, 2021, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jan Bolhuis ’56
Sept. 22, 2019, Pinckney, Mich.
Bert Boonstra ’60
May 24, 2020, Wassenaar, Netherlands
Franklin Bouwsma ’48
Oct. 15, 2020, Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Dorothy Dykstra Bratt ex’55
Nov. 5, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Marius Broekhuizen ’55
March 24, 2020, Ossipee, N.H.
Annette Star Broene ex’44
Aug. 23, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Harvard Brouwer ex’53
Dec. 29, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Harriet Verlare Bruinooge ex’47
Dec. 21, 2019, Sheboygan, Wis.
Mary Verboom Bruinsma ’46
July 31, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
John Buiter ’65
Nov. 16, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Conrad Bult, 1934–2020
Conrad Bult, who worked in Calvin’s library from 1965–1999, is remembered as someone who showed up day in and day out, ready to help people find what they were looking for, and oftentimes way more than they expected.
“All of the good librarians I know possess a love for books and knowledge,” said Joel Carpenter, provost emeritus and senior research fellow at the Nagel Institute. “The few great librarians I know add to these a passion for helping others. Conrad was a great librarian.”
Conrad graduated from Calvin in 1957 as a history major. After two years in the Army, earning two master’s degrees, and working a few years in Chicago-area high schools, he returned to Calvin—first as a librarian for the Franklin campus, then the Knollcrest campus, where he oversaw the periodicals, rare books, and reference departments at the Hekman Library.
He had an unmatched knowledge of every square inch of Calvin’s collections, and for Conrad, every library-goer was on a quest, and he was the expert guide.
“He was always so eager to help, and I have to think that part of that eagerness was his own high-voltage curiosity. Whatever your topic was, Conrad got interested in it, too,” Carpenter said.
In his 1999 retirement piece in Spark magazine, Conrad stated: “I’ve always had a delight in books and sharing what they have to say. Have I written 50 brilliant articles during my career? No. I hope I’ve made my best contribution by helping people.”
Conrad, 86, died Nov. 24 at his home in Arizona and is survived by his wife, Delores.
Henrietta Ehlers Buurma ex’47
May 25, 2020, Willard, Ohio
Joyce Van Dusseldorp De Armond ex’67
Sept. 9, 2020, Des Moines, Iowa
Arietta De Graaf ’49
Oct. 7, 2020, Pella, Iowa
Norman De Graaf Sr. ’51
Aug. 23, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Stanley De Haan ex’49
June 5, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jacqueline Bouma De Jong ’62
Jan. 1, 2021, Hospers, Iowa
John De Vries ’58
Oct. 25, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sylvia Kempenaar De Vries ex’43
Jan. 31, 2019, Randolph, Wis.
Vera Ensing De Vries ex’46
April 3, 2020, Grand Haven, Mich.
Harvey De Went ex’49
Nov. 3, 2020, Byron Center, Mich.
Cornelius Doezema ’60
Dec. 18, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Frederick Doornbos ’54
Jan. 11, 2021, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Marjorie Vanderweele Dorman ’50
Feb. 23, 2020, Skowhegan, Maine
Jerald Douma ex’48
Feb. 22, 2020, Warren, Mich.
Catherine Velzen Drukker ex’53
Dec. 25, 2019, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mildred Botting Dykehouse ’52
Oct. 30, 2020, Hudsonville, Mich.
Thomas Dykema ’69
Jan. 9, 2021, Byron Center, Mich.
John Dykstra ’58
Jan. 27, 2021, Osage, Iowa
William Eerdmans Jr. ex’47
Nov. 13, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Adrianna Geels Espino ’62
Aug. 1, 2020, Bradenton, Fla.
Gerrit Eylander ’50
Nov. 3, 2019, South Holland, Ill.
Roger Faber ’53
Nov. 5, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Roy Feringa ’52
Nov. 3, 2020, Asheville, N.C.
Frances Hiddema Frigoli ’52
July 14, 2019, Grandville, Mich.
Ruth Vandervelde Frisbie ex’59
Nov. 14, 2020, Stockton, Ill.
Maurice Gabrielse ex’59
Dec. 18, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Edwin Geels ’61
March 30, 2019, Sioux Center, Iowa
Dick Gootjes Jr. ex’58
Nov. 17, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Baukje Gray-Sluis ex’44
Jan. 6, 2021, Chico, Calif.
Robert Haan ’53
Nov. 24, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Elaine Holtrop Harper ’48
Oct. 16, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Louis Helder ’48
Oct. 10, 2019, Dorr, Mich.
Robert Helmholdt ex’49
Jan. 25, 2020, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Alvin Hinders ’52
Nov. 13, 2019, Fleming Island, Fla.
Marianne Dirkse Hinz ex’51
Oct. 13, 2019, Vero Beach, Fla.
Ruth Ten Have Hoekstra ’49
Nov. 17, 2019, Northport, Mich.
Jack Holwerda ’50
April 29, 2019, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Wilma Holwerda Horwood ex’45
April 23, 2020, Ionia, Mich.
Berwyn Huizenga ex’52
March 27, 2019, Randolph, Wis.
Henry Hunderman ex’67
April 7, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Helen Buikema Hutt ex’51
Dec. 13, 2019, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Richard Iwema ’55
Nov. 21, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Vivian Bieri Johnson ’48
June 29, 2019, Lowell, Mich.
Herman Kanis ’60
Nov. 30, 2020, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Stewart Kanis ’56
Dec. 12, 2020, Pella, Iowa
Robert Kempski ex’44
May 3, 2019, Rockford, Mich.
Ralph Kickert ’65
June 14, 2019, Holland, Mich.
Carolyn Van Dam Kiekover ’49
Jan. 15, 2019, Zeeland, Mich.
Audrey Riddering Klaversma ex’48
March 29, 2019, Aurora, Colo.
Thomas Knol ex’55
Oct. 25, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Geraldine Pastoor Knott DuMez ex’48
June 2, 2020, Holland, Mich.
Roger Kok ’66
May 12, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Katherine Smilde Kooy ’50
Jan. 6, 2021, Orland Park, Ill.
Harold Kooyers ex’48
Oct. 19, 2020, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Jason Kortering ’57
Dec. 20, 2020, Grandville, Mich.
Bernard Kreuzer ’50
Oct. 18, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Carol Overbeck La Botz ex’49
Sept. 21, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Donald Lautenbach ’50
Oct. 28, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Shirley Van Wyk Lautenbach ex’52
Oct. 20, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Arie Leegwater ’58
Sept. 13, 2020, Midland Park, N.J.
Gertrude Sopjes Lewis ex’49
May 30, 2020, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Lorelie Louters ’60
Oct. 15, 2020, Minneapolis, Minn.
Lillian Frieswyk Ludema ’53
Dec. 5, 2020, Caledonia, Mich.
Delores Yonkers Maliepaard ex’49
Jan. 28, 2019, Venice, Fla.
Phillip Mange ex’47
June 18, 2020, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Kathleen Zandstra Mannion ex’50
Nov. 29, 2019, Redding, Calif.
Joan Vreeman Mouw ’51
Jan. 26, 2021, Sioux Center, Iowa
Harold Mulder ’61
Oct. 24, 2020, Waupun, Wis.
Mildred Mulder ex’44
March 2, 2020, Orangevale, Calif.
Twylla Vander Molen Nieboer ’62
Dec. 12, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Twylla received a special edition of the Outstanding Service Award in 2000.
Arie Nobel ex’68
Nov. 16, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Evelyn Vande Riet Oosterbaan-Young ex’46
Oct. 31, 2019, Jenison, Mich.
Adriana Post Ophoff ex’49
Jan. 13, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Ann De Groot Paasse ex’51
Jan. 25, 2019, Englewood, Fla.
Robert Palma ’56
Oct. 17, 2020, Holland, Mich.
Mary Greydanus Pang ’51
Sept. 11, 2020, Ripon, Calif.
Virginia Leistra Pastoor ’58
Nov. 29, 2020, South Saint Paul, Minn.
Dwight Penning ’53
Nov. 17, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jeanne Wychers Poel ex’43
April 5, 2020, Middleville, Mich.
Fannie Gunnink Post ’46
Jan. 20, 2020, Ashton, Iowa
Kathryn Post ’49
Nov. 9, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Helen King Posthuma ex’51
Sept. 8, 2019, Frederick, Md.
Marguerite Huizenga Pruim ’54
March 10, 2019, Ocoee, Fla.
Donald Rensenbrink ’60
Oct. 17, 2020, Milaca, Minn.
Frieda Schaap Rispens ex’47
June 20, 2019, Lansing, Ill.
Arnold Rottman ’56
Nov. 22, 2020, Fremont, Mich.
Arthur Ruiter ’60
June 1, 2020, Spring Lake, Mich.
Joyce Deur Schmidt ex’45
May 16, 2020, North Fort Myers, Fla.
Warren Schuitema ex’48
Dec. 8, 2019, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ruth Vander Meulen Schuiteman ex’45
May 14, 2019, Freemont, Mich.
Joyce Buist Seif ex’47
Feb. 25, 2020, Caledonia, Mich.
Kenneth Slager ’50
Nov. 18, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
George Slomp Jr. ’42
Oct. 23, 2020, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Elaine Sikkenga Smeelink ’51
Dec. 2, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Alyce Oosterhouse Smith ex’42
Oct. 21, 2020, Stevens Point, Wis.
James Stevens ex’57
Oct. 22, 2020, Fruitport, Mich.
Garrett Stoutmeyer Jr. ’55
Jan. 5, 2021, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Neale Sweetman ex’51
Sept. 12, 2019, Rochester, N.Y.
George Tamminga ex’49
Sept. 26, 2020, Lombard, Ill.
Sidney Tamminga ’66
Nov. 8, 2020, Mobile, Ala.
Eugene Telman ex’51
Nov. 5, 2020, Laingsburg, Mich.
Henry Teune ’51
Oct. 27, 2020, Zeeland, Mich.
John Timmer ’50
Oct. 22, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Glenn Titus ex’51
Jan. 8, 2019, Ferndale, Wash.
A. Dean Van Bruggen ’66
Nov. 18, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Glenn Vander Ark ’67
Jan. 22, 2021, Lafayette, Ind.
Arlene Goemaat Vander Laan ex’56
Aug. 4, 2020, Pella, Iowa
Richard Vander Laan ’59
Dec. 26, 2020, Pella, Iowa
Milton Vander Molen ex’53
Aug. 4, 2020, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Richard Vanderslik ’62
Nov. 3, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
June De Jonge Vander Wall ex’45
Oct. 22, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Raymond Vander Wiel ’60
Dec. 4, 2020, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Harry Van Dyke ex’49
Nov. 22, 2019, Lynden, Wash.
Joyce Voss Van Oeveren ex’55
Jan. 10, 2019, Comstock Park, Mich.
Arthur Van Tol ex’65
Oct. 23, 2020, Grandville, Mich.
Henrietta Holtrop Van Wingerden ex’43
Nov. 22, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Ida Smedes Van Wingerden ex’49
Aug. 30, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Gordon Van Wylen ’42
Nov. 5, 2020, Holland, Mich.
1967
Gordon received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1967.
Alberta Vander Wall Veltman ’51
Jan. 18, 2021, Holland, Mich.
Eugene Ver Hage ’52
Jan. 11, 2021, Wyoming, Mich.
Charlotte Bajema Verhoeven ’51
Dec. 26, 2020, Ontario, Calif.
James Vermeulen, Sr. ex’52
April 12, 2020, Plymouth, Mich.
Gladys De Haan Versluis ’60
Dec. 19, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
George Vroom ex’49
Nov. 24, 2020, Portage, Ind.
Gwendolyn Dykstra Vruwink ’54
Jan. 21, 2019, Hudsonville, Mich.
Ruth Keegstra Walton ex’41
Aug. 2, 2020, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Dorothy Goossen Watson ’50
Sept. 2, 2019, Aldersgrove, B.C., Canada
Shirley Grasman Weener ex’53
May 13, 2020, Zeeland, Mich.
Robert Weersing ex’49
April 15, 2019, Hesperia, Mich.
William Weidenaar ’59
Oct. 27, 2020, Evergreen Park, Ill.
Clarice Baas Westendorp ex’52
Jan. 8, 2021, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Robert Wiebenga ’55
Dec. 30, 2020, McBain, Mich.
Faith De Haan Wiers ex’52
May 5, 2019, Bradenton, Fla.
Norlyn Wolterink ’58
Oct. 11, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Bernard Woudenberg ex’53
Nov. 17, 2020, Jenison, Mich.
Verna Mae Nootenboom Zonnefeld ex’52
Aug. 10, 2019, Los Alamitos, Calif.
David Zylstra ex’47
Dec. 30, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
1970s
Sally Visser Bender ex’75
Feb. 19, 2019, Lone Tree, Colo.
Marjorie Love Coe ’77
Dec. 20, 2020, Salinas, Calif.
Mary Groothuis Dean ex’71
Aug. 22, 2019, Lansing, Mich.
Diane Meyer Exoo ’73
March 20, 2020, Canton, N.Y.
Lillian Martin Fuller ex’73
Jan. 9, 2021, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Leanne Rosema Herrema ’76
Dec. 14, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Donna Kamper Meyer ’71
Dec. 17, 2020, Pickford, Mich.
Bonnie Natte ’76
Dec. 30, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Karen Geisel Nisja ex’78
Nov. 4, 2020, Grand Haven, Mich.
Linda Pastoor Phillips ’73
Jan. 19, 2021, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kenneth Scholten ex’73
Dec. 26, 2020, Allendale, Mich.
Kathleen Slotsema Spoelman ’70
Dec. 30, 2020, Holland, Mich.
Brenda Hovenkamp Stroven ex’78
Nov. 22, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Randall Van Drie ’75
April 14, 2020, Hudsonville, Mich.
Linda Scholten Weemhoff ’71
Oct. 22, 2020, Grandville, Mich.
1980s
Kurtis Le Febre ex’84
Jan. 26, 2021, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Joseph Murphy, III ex’82
June 22, 2020, Los Alamitos, Calif.
Rhonda Wishnew Van Dyk ’80
Nov. 18, 2020, Ada, Mich.
Susan Van Stedum ’89
Dec. 24, 2020, Kentwood, Mich.
Mary Vanspronsen Van Valkenburg ’86
Dec. 20, 2020, Byron Center, Mich.
Gloria Anne Grady Washington ex’81
Dec. 8, 2020, Westland, Mich.
1990s
Marc Hovingh ’92
Nov. 19, 2020, Manitowaning, Ont., Canada
Nancy Huizenga Kapteyn ’92
Nov. 12, 2020, Spring Lake, Mich.
Kirsten Bolles Terborg ’94
Oct. 24, 2020, Grand Haven, Mich.
Sheri Roberts Vander Lugt ’96
Oct. 23, 2020, Ada, Mich.
2000s
Rachel Sluis ’05
Nov. 27, 2020, Gallup, N.M.
Betty Scholten Vande Griend ’04
Dec. 28, 2020, Hastings, Mich.
2010s
Amber De Graaf Guichelaar ’10
Nov. 16, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ariel Hettinga ex’15
Dec. 22, 2020, Grand Rapids, Mich.
