Notes for Frederick Lubbers

Notes for Frederick Lubbers

!US Census 1910 (18 April) Michigan, Kent Co., Grand Rapids Ward 6, Roll T624_657, SD 5 ED 84, Sheet 5A/5B, Page 65A/65B, House No. 364 W. Leonard, Lines 47-50/1-3: Fred Lubbers (b. 1872 - 38 - in MI - Occ: Clergyman - Fa: Holland and Mo: Holland) married 10 years to Minnie (b. 1875 - 35 - in MI - Fa: Holland and Mo: Holland) having 4 children born and 4 still living. Children listed are: Raymond (son b. 1901 - 9 - in IN); Clarence (son b. 1902 - 8 - in IN); Alfred (son b. 1905 - 5 - in NY); and Robert (son b. Oct 1908 - 1 6/12 - in MI). ALSO LISTED is: Elizabeth Goodblood (b. 1890 - 20 - in MI - Occ: Domestic - Fa: Holland and Mo: Holland)

!NOTE: Died on Sunday, October 12, 1941, in a Fond du Lac hospital, Wisconsin, 69 years old, and was buried on Thursday, October 16, 1941, at the West Lawn Cemetery, Orange City, Sioux Co, IA.
!NOTE: Thursday, October 16, 1941, the Sioux Center News announced his sudden death:
*****Rev. F. Lubbers, Pastor In Sioux Center For Twenty Years, Died Unexpectedly – FUNERAL SERVICES IN SIOUX CENTER THURSDAY.*****
Rev. F. Lubbers died unexpectedly at the age of 69 years in the hospital at Fondulac, Wisconsin, last Sunday. He was taken ill on Wednesday and was taken from Friesland, Wisc., to the hospital where he submitted to a gall bladder operation Friday, and died very unexpectedly Sunday. Ted Lubbers left Monday morning in the company of Rev. Lubbers' three brothers, Bert, John, Henry and a brother-in-law, Otto Mouw, all of Orange City, to attend funeral services which were held at Rev. Lubbers' own church, in Friesland, Wisc. The services were held on Tuesday afternoon and he was brought back to Sioux Center where funeral services will be held today (Thursday) 1 o'clock from the Ted Lubbers home and First Reformed church beginning at 1:30. Rev. Brunsting will be in charge of the services and interment will be at Orange City in the family plot. Rev. F. Lubbers served for twenty years as pastor of the First Reformed Church, from 1910 until 1930. He was the second of the three ministers that have served this church. In 1930, Rev. Lubbers left here for a church in Doon and his last charge was in Friesland, Wisconsin, where he has been for the last six years. Rev. F. Lubbers is survived by his widow and four sons, Rev. Raymond Lubbers, Gibbsville, Wis.; Clarence Lubbers, Constantine, Mich.; Robert Lubbers, Albany, New York; and Alfred Lubbers of Sioux Center. All the sons are home for the Rev. Lubbers' funeral. Several of the church members from Friesland are here and many relatives from a distance.
And the Historical Directory of RCA Ministers, 1628-1992, lists op page 220 about him:
Lubbers, Frederick. b Zeeland, MI, Mar 22, 1872. DD, Hope, 1896; WTS, 1899; DD, Central. Lic Cl Iowa, 1899; Ord Cl Wisconsin, 1899. Pas, Lafayette, IN, 1899-1902; Fifth, Albany, NY, 1903-06; Seventh, Grand Rapids, MI, 1906-10; First, Sioux Center, IA, 1910-29; Doon, IA, 1930-36; Friesland, WI, 1936-41; pres, PSC, 1917. d Friesland, WI, Oct 12, 1941.
And about his funeral a local newspaper wrote:
Mr. and Mrs. John Landhuis attended the funeral services of Rev. Fred Lubbers, 67, at Orange City. He had served in the ministry at Orange City but later moved to Wisconsin. (*Source: The Boyden Reporter, Thursday, Oct. 16, 1941 Boyden, Iowa).