Grand Rapids Meeting Room, Kent, Grand Rapids metro, MI +1878/+1901-current

Correspondents

Families

Henry DeGraaf +1917-1956 (b. 1891 Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands; emig. 1912/1913; d. 1956 G.R., MI), son of Jan DeGraaf (1861-1928 Kropswolde gem, Hoogezand, Neth.) & Berendje Palland DeGraaf (b. 1856 Harderwijk, Neth. - d. 1947 Hoogezand, Neth.).
Bertha Roossinck DeGraaf (b. 1886 Ger.; m. 1917 Fremont, MI; d. 1944 G.R., MI), daughter of John Gerhard Roossinck (b. 1855 Ger. - d. 1945 Reeman, Newaygo, MI) & Wilhelmina "Minnie" Geyer Roossinck (b. 1860 Ger.; emig. 1893; d. 1942 Reeman, MI)
- Edwin DeGraaf +1951-1999+ (b. 1918 Fremont, MI - d. 2009 G.R., MI)
- Ruth DeGraaf Timmins 1920-1942+ (1920-1958). Husband: Ray Harold Timmins (b. 1921 Des Moines, IA - d. 2003 Cottonwood, Pinal, AZ), son of Lowell Andrew Timmins (1895-1983 Des Moines, IA) & Laura Sheehan Timmins (b. 1896 Yell, Boone, D.M. metro, IA - d. 1928 D.M., IA). Ray was an optician.
- Arthur DeGraaf
- Doris DeGraaf Patten 1924-1991 (1924-2008). See Patten family.

H. Kremer +1908-1917+ (b. KS). A story circulates that in the 1910's, he verbally admonished a couple young ladies for horseplay, and one of the girls died the next day.

Sidney "Sid" Patten +1942-1991 (b. 1923 Omaha, NE - d. 2011 G.R., MI), son of Clarence Francis Patten (b. 1890 Omaha, NE - d. 1936 Seattle, King, WA) & Frances Louisa Melcher Patten (b. 1891 Grandville, Platte, NE - d. 1968 Omaha, NE). Sid was raised Lutheran, and led to Christ while in the military by a corporal who took him to an assembly in Pittsburgh, PA. About 1942, he met Doris DeGraaf who he married in 1946, who introduced him to the assembly here. He served as a correspondent from before 1985 until 1991 when he co-founded Grace & Truth Christian Fellowship with open brother John Bjorlie.
Doris DeGraaf Patten 1918-1991 (b. 1924 Fremont, MI - d. 2008 Grand Rapids, Kent, MI), daughter of Henry DeGraaf (1891-1956) & Bertha Roossinck DeGraaf (1886-1944). See the DeGraaf family.