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Representative Gerrit Van Roekel View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 9/17/1985
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 62 (1967) - 63 (1969)
Home County: Marion
Gerrit Van Roekel
Marion County
Pella Marion County Republican born June 11, 1899, in Mahaska County, Iowa. Son of Henry Van Roekel and Mina Veenschoten Van Roekel. Graduated from Central Academy, 1920; graduated from Central College, B.A. degree, 1924. Listed in Who's Who in the Midwest. Married Edna J. DeBruin, 1924, and they have two children, Ray A. and Erma H. Member of the Reformed Church in America Consistory. Member of Kiwanis International, Pella Golf and Country Club, Pella Historical Society, American Sunday School Union, Central College "C" Club, Men's Brotherhood and the Pella Hospital Association. Board member and president of Bethesda Hospital, Denver, Colorado. Elected to first term.
House District 26
Committees
62nd GA (1967)
Legislation Sponsored
62nd GA (1967)