Maria Christina Verhaaf Vanderputten

1935 - 2016  (80 years)

• Name	Maria Christina Verhaaf Vanderputten
  Born	3 Dec 1935	Arnhem, Holland
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Jul 2016	Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri
  Buried	3 Aug 2016	Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I24837	Rossville
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Gerardus Verhaaf
  Mother	Maria Verhaaf
  Family ID	F7105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Vanderputten, Sr.,   d. 1997
  Married	1957
  Children	1. Maria Vanderputten Matties   2. John Vanderputten, Jr.   3. Gino Vanderputten   4. Joseph Vanderputten   5. Vincent Vanderputten   6. Benedict Vanderputten   7. Dominic Vanderputten   8. Fran Vanderputten   9. Chris Vanderputten   10. Angelo Vanderputten   11. Anna Vanderputten Seeley   12. Damien Vanderputten   13. Shalome (Mary Hosanna) Vanderputten
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2018 15:05:44
  Family ID	F7106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 29 Jul 2016 - Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Vanderputten, Maria Maria Christina Van der Putten Maria Christina Van der Putten, 80, of Bolivar died Friday, July 29,2016 at Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar, due to complications resulting from a fall. She was born Dec. 3,1935, in Arnhem, Holland, the daughter of Gerardus and Maria Verhaaf and one of eight children. She immigrated to Canada when she was about 18. She and John Van der Putten were married in 1957, and to this union were born 13 children, 10 boys and three girls. In 1961 they moved to the United States, settling in southern California, where they lived for many years. They moved to Ohio in 1971, where they operated an apple orchard and cider mill for several years. In 1978, deciding to move on, they settled briefly in the Houston, Texas, area. Then they moved to Missouri after a year. Eventually they bought a farm in Polk County, where they raised blueberries and other farm produce for many years. They also operated a greenhouse and fruit stand in the town of Bolivar. After her husband’s death in 1997, Maria continued to live on the family farm until the time of her death, being cared for by several of her children. She is survived by all of her children, Maria Matties and husband David of Dickinson, Texas, John of the home, Gino and wife Anne of Loveland, Ohio, Joseph and wife Lysanne of St Marys, Vincent and wife Leane of Rossville, Benedict and wife Precious of Shawnee, Okla., Dominic and wife Cathy of St. Marys, Fran and wife Lori of Fair Play, Chris and wife Renee of Bolivar, the Rev. Father Angelo Van der Putten of Nigeria, Africa, Anna Seeley and husband Mike of Paxico, Damien and wife Danielle of Irving, Texas, and Sister Mary Hosanna (Shalome) of Post Falls, Idaho; as well as more than 100 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Requiem mass was Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Newbury (Paxico). Interment followed in Our Lady Of Peace Cemetery in St. Marys.