Wilhelmina Cornelia Hamelink

1890 - 1986  (95 years)

• Name	Wilhelmina Cornelia Hamelink  [1]
  Birth	21 May 1890	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 May 1986	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI   [2]
  Burial	12 May 1986	Grand Rapids (Washington Park Memorial Gardens), Kent, MI   [2]
  Person ID	I13837	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	John Hamelink,   b. 23 Aug 1867, Hoek, Zeeland, Terneuzen, Netherlands d. 29 Nov 1925, Walker, Kent, MI (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Diena Twiest,   b. 21 Feb 1869, Netherlands d. 9 Dec 1956, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1890	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
  Family ID	F6023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harold Edward Joyce, <,   b. 18 Nov 1889, MI d. 5 Apr 1920, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1912  [2]
  Children	1. Lorraine C. Joyce, <,   b. 2 Jan 1916, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 31 Jul 1989, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 73 years)   2. Robert Gene Joyce, <,   b. 17 Dec 1917, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 18 Aug 1991, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F6000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Cornelius De Smit,   b. 16 Nov 1898, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI d. 12 Apr 1961, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1922	Grand Rapids, Kent, MI   [3]
  Family ID	F6022	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I3923&tree=Schirado. Wilhelmina Cornelia (Hamelink) (Joyce) DeSmit, known as Minnie. Obituary, Sunday, May 11, 1986 Grand Rapids Press Desmit --- Wilhelmina (Minnie Hamilink) DeSmit, aged 95, passed away Friday, May 9, 1986, at Springbrook Manor. She is survived by her children, Robert and Hope Joyce, and Lorraine Joyce Tubbs, all of Grand Rapids; three grandchildren, Carol Burgess Leys of Kentwood, Roberta Joyce Schirado of Rockford, David E. Joyce of Worchester, MA; five great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren; her sisters-in-law, Isabelle Hamilink, Aileen Joyce Hills, Eleanore Joyce Potchen, and Helen Joyce Zant, all of Grand Rapids. Mrs. DeSmit was preceded in death by her husbands Harold Edward Joyce in 1920 and Cornelius J. DeSmit in 1962. Funeral services will be held Monday morning a 11 a.m. at the Van't Hof Chapel, with Rev. Bruce Bode of Fountain Street Church officiating. Interment in Washington Park Memorial Gardens. Friends may meet the family from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday. Memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice. Van't Hof Chapel  851 Leonard St. NW Heretage Funeral Service [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I3923&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I18637&tree=Schirado.