Linda VAN LEEUWEN

Family/Spouse: Fred Marion GILREATH, Jr.. Fred was born on 6 Jan 1938 in Hendersonville, Henderson Co., North Carolina; died on 15 Nov 2001 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Enlisted - 25 Nov 1940 to 2 Feb 1945
• Occupation: 1956, Bus Driver
• Residence: 1956, Paterson, New Jersey

Gerrit married Grace R. VANORDEN. Grace (daughter of Raymond Page VANORDEN and Marjorie Riggs DREW) was born on 6 Apr 1922 in Hamburg, New Jersey; died on 11 Sep 2011 in Springfield, Illinois; was buried in Mount Harmony Memorial Gardens, Mableton, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, living with parents in Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1940, Living with parents in Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Residence: 1956, Living with husband in Paterson, New Jersey

Notes:

Name:
Grace was a "Rosie the Riveter", helping the war effort by building airplanes during WWII. Her name is listed on a plaque at the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C., honoring her service to her country.

Survived by:
1 daughter, Bette and (Darrell) Newlin of Effingham, Illinois;
1 son, Fred (Christine) VanLeeuwen of Orange Park, Florida;
daughter in law, Barbara VanLeeuwen May of Mableton, Georgia;
11 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and 4 great great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by:
Parents, Raymond and Marjorie VanOrden;
sister, Skip VanOrden;
brother, Charlie VanOrden;
son, Gerritt VanLeeuwen;
daughter, Linda Gilreath;
grandson, Edward Drake.

Gene Davis White Columns, Mableton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1930 - Foreman - Road Building
• Census: 1900, Living with parents in Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1910, Living with parents in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1920, Living with parents in Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
• Census: 1930, living with parents in Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1940, Living in Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Occupation: 1940, Tavern Owner

Notes:

Find A Grave: Raymond was a Wire Inspector at the Plastoid Corp. in Hamburg. He was a member of the Hamburg Fire Department where he was once the chief.

E-Mail from Marcia Harbijanae -

From New Jersey Herald Dec 30, 1979

Raymond P. Van Orden, 81, of S. Green St., Franklin, died Saturday at the Riverside Hospital in Boonton.
Born in Sussex, he lived most of his life in Hamburg before moving to Franklin 18 years ago. He retired in 1962 as a wire inspector at the Plastold Corp., in Hamburg.
Mr. Van Orden was a member of the Hamburg Fire Department where he was once the chief; he was a life Member of the Sussex County Peace Officer's Association; the Samaritan Lodge No. 98 F & AM of Hardyston; and the Wallkill Valley Senior Citizens.
he is survived by his wife, Meryl; a son, Charles of Wantage, two daughters, Grace Wolfenbarger of Mabelton, Ga., and Avis Van Orden of Stone Mountain, GA; a brother, Lester of Clifton; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. at the F. John Ramsey Funeral Home, Franklin with the Rev. Peter Kinyon of the Hamburg Baptist Church officiating. Internment will follow in the North Hardyston Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
The Hamburg Fire Department will hold services at the funeral home today at 7:30 pm.

Raymond married Marjorie Riggs DREW. Marjorie was born about 1901 in New Jersey, USA; died in 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1930, Living with husband in Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey
• Census: 1940, Living with husband in Hamburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey