James Frederick Valk

1939 - 1958  (19 years)

• Name	James Frederick Valk  [1, 2]
  Born	25 Feb 1939	Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan, United States
  Gender	Male
  Name	Jim Valk
  Died	20 May 1958	Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan, United States
  Buried	Rosedale Memorial Park, Standale, Kent Co, Michigan, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I33038	default
  Last Modified	17 May 2007

  
  

  Father	William "Bill" Valk,   b. 30 Oct 1912, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan, United States ,   d. 10 Oct 1989, Caledonia Twp, Kent Co, Michigan, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Elfriede Lomker,   b. 29 Mar 1920, Germany ,   d. Sep 1983  (Age 63 years)
  Married	13 May 1937	South Bend, St. Joseph Co, Indiana, United States
  Divorced	7 Mar 1941
  Notes	Married: The divorce record mentions that Bill was employed at Sheldon's Sandwich Shop in Grand Rapids.
  Family ID	F11481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	John Chester "Chet" Valk,   b. 7 Feb 1914, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, Michigan, United States ,   d. 31 Dec 1944, Foy, Belgium  (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	Foster
  Mother	Elfriede Lomker,   b. 29 Mar 1920, Germany ,   d. Sep 1983  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F11484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Grave Marker, James Frederick Valk Headstone of James Frederick Valk at Rosedale Memorial Park in Standale, Michigan. SOURCE: H., Brian, photographer, "Photograph, Grave marker of James Frederick Valk" ().

  
  

• Sources

  [S756] Nichols Online Library, Digital Document Library by Chad G. Nichols & Relatives, Nichols, Chad G. & Others, (Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Catalogue of more than 50,000 relatives and 6,000 historical documents. Online at www.eancestry.org.) (Reliability: 3). Grave Marker - 003861 [S233] Personal Research & Library, Anja van Dijk, van Dijk, Anna Jacqueline, ([email] anja_dijk # versatel.nl (change # to @)) (Reliability: 3). After his parents divorced, his mother married his father's younger brother, Chet, who raised him for a short while until Chet's death during World War II. Jim had a developmental disability, and was institutionalized for a while at Kalamazoo State Hospital. He died at the age of 19 on 20 May 1958, probably in Grand Rapids, and was buried three days later at Rosedale Memorial Park, which lies on the Kent - Ottawa County border. [S19] Findagrave.com, myfamilyinc.com, ([Memorial Database Online]) (Reliability: 3). [online] Burial