Grave of Jan de Lange
Some grave markers tell a sad story. This one, for example, is the grave of Jan de Lange, who died on 18 December 1929 at the age of 29, leaving behind a wife and children. A week after his death, his son Jan was born. Less than three years later, little Jan was buried in this same grave. It must have been a hard time for the De Lange family!
Jan’s wife Margaretha van Cooten lived another 50 years and passed in 1981.
Jan de Lange, son of Cornelis de Lange and Hermina van Ravenhorst, was born on 3 September 1900 in Leersum, and died on 18 December 1929 in Driebergen. He married Margaretha van Cooten, daughter of Anthonie van Cooten and Hendrica Wilhelmina de Kruijf, on 22 December 1921 in Leersum.
Photos by the author. Old Cemetery, Doorn, prov. Utrecht.