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Hector VERVAET

[N20911]

14 OCT 1897 - 19 FEB 1935

  • BIRTH: 14 OCT 1897, Wachtebeke, East Flanders, Belgium
  • DEATH: 19 FEB 1935, Mishawaka, St Joseph, IN
Family 1 : Erma DEBAETS
  • MARRIAGE: 15 MAY 1922, Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana
  1.  Dorothy VERVAET
  2.  Cyril August VERVAET

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[N20911] Hector L Vervaet
Birth 14 Oct 1897
Belgium
Death 19 Feb 1935 (aged 37)
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Memorial ID 59850062 · View Source

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Hector L. Vervaet
Oct. 14, 1897 - Feb. 19, 1935
South Bend Tribune 2/20/1935

MISHAWAKA - Hector L. Vervaet, 37, of 1022 West Sixth Street, who suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when he fell from the roof of his garage, while remodeling it Sunday afternoon, died Tuesday evening in St. Joseph Hospital, following an amputation of the leg. He was born Oct. 14, in Wachtebeke, East Flanders, Belgium and came here 25 years ago from Belgium. He married Miss Irma DeBaets on May 15, 1922 in Mishawaka, who survives. He was employed in the foreign shipping department of the Studebaker Corporation. Survicing besides his wife are; his mother, Mrs. Mary Verhaeghe of Mishawaka; and four children, Cyriel, Jennie, Gloria and Dorothy, at home. Surviving also are two brothers, Octaaf Vervaet of Canada; and William Vervaet of Mishawaka; and five sisters, Mrs. Elvira Brackelaere, Mrs. Jenie VanVoorman, Mrs. Madeline Mostaert, Mrs. Simona Stoobandt, and Mrs Emile Varewyck, all of Mishawaka. Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday morning in St. Bavo's Catholic Church and burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the church.

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