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Ferrari

After seeing all the ralley cars, Dad and I took a red Ferrari and did some rallying ourselves ;-)

Posted on August 31, 2003 at 11:47 PM in Cars | Permalink| Comments (0)

Classic Ralley

We went to see the classic ralley Scheveningen-Luxembourg-Scheveningen. Many very nice classic cars, including a number of 356's.

Posted on August 31, 2003 at 11:40 PM in Cars | Permalink| Comments (0)

'In Memoriam' by the PIGL

When Oma migrated from Indonesia to Holland, she became a member of the PIGL and of the PJC, two protestant organisations who supported Dutch-Indonesian migrants, helping them to buildup a new life. Opa also was a member, that's how the two of them met and how they got married. Later on Oma and Opa became active members, currently Opa is the vice-chairman of the PIGL. After all these years they still meet every week! Today the PIGL organised an 'In Memoriam' to remember Oma and they invited all Oma's children as well. Most of the people have known Oma for over 45 years, many knew her already before Oma met Opa and certainly before any of their children were born. We were moved by the stories they told us and by the old pictures of Oma that they showed us. Of course there was Indonesian food and live piano music and singing.

Afterwards, we went to the Dutch-Indies monument. Finally we went to Oma's grave to tell her how we had remembered her ...

Posted on August 29, 2003 at 04:15 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (1)

mr. M.R. Paats

Today uncle Menno graduated from lawschool. Finally he finished his studies at Leiden University and received his degree. Here he is in 'Het Zweetkamertje', were in the early days, students had to sit and wait while the professors were deciding whether they would pass or fail the student. Of course the student would sweat a lot, as Menno did during his studies. Nowadays it is a tradition to straight after graduation go to 'Het Zweetkamertje' to put your signature on the wall.

Posted on August 28, 2003 at 09:54 AM in Monique & Menno, Joas, Marise, Ruben | Permalink| Comments (0)

Showing my new car to Oma

Mama is away for the weekend, she went to a hotel in Winterswijk together with Oma Nell, so daddy and I are having men's weekend. Yesterday Opa Maurits came over to have dinner with us. Today we went to Oma's grave and spend some time there. It's bit strange, but now that we come here regularly we get to know other people that come here often as well. Unfortunately the big tractor was not there today. But I brought my new car and showed it to Oma....

Posted on August 27, 2003 at 12:28 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Having a drink at tante Annie's

We went biking around lake Noord Aa. We do so normally multiple times a week, especially on Saturdays and Sundays. On our route we pass by a number of places where we can just jump in to have a drink: Roy and Lia's, Raimond and Michel's, Edu and Petra's. And also Tante Annie's place of course, where we stopped by today so I could have a drink.

Posted on August 27, 2003 at 12:23 AM in Tante Annie | Permalink| Comments (0)

Picture

We found this nice picture of Oma in her agenda, it must have been taken a while ago.

Posted on August 26, 2003 at 11:43 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Watering plants at oma's grave

Oma likes flowers and plants, that's why I take extra care of watering them on her grave ...

Posted on August 19, 2003 at 10:33 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Eating a sandwich with Opa

Today Opa Maurits came over. We had lunch together, he had his coffee while I was eating my sandwich on his lap.

Posted on August 16, 2003 at 11:05 PM in Opa Maurits | Permalink| Comments (1)

Surrounding Oma

Oma surrounded by Opa and all her children...

Posted on August 8, 2003 at 12:39 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (1)

Tante Annie & Tante Edith

Tante Annie took care of Oma after the Japanes murdered both her parents, she was only 7 years old. Tante Annie also made it possible for Oma to come to the Netherlands and build up a new life. Tante Edith, oma's sister, is also there, together they went through a lot in life.

Posted on August 8, 2003 at 12:38 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (1)

Opa is very sad

Opa and Oma were married for over 42 years, they shared the larger part of their lifes. Opa is mourning at Oma's grave, of course he is very, very sad.

Posted on August 8, 2003 at 12:36 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Tell

Then at the end of the day we went back to the cemetary to tell Oma about the Indies Monument, Bergschenhoek en how we had remembered her that day. The flowers are still beautifull.

Posted on August 8, 2003 at 12:35 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Bergschenhoek

Straight from the Indies Monument, we went back to the restaurant in Bergschenhoek were we went so often. Only a week ago Oma and Opa had celebrated their 42nd wedding aniversary here. This is were we took our last family picture with Oma. This place will never be the same again ...

Posted on August 8, 2003 at 12:32 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Playing in the park

The park is fully covered with grass, it makes a nice playground. So Noa and I decided to do some running around, chasing eachother up and playing in the park.

Posted on August 8, 2003 at 12:20 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Tlaga Biru

The Dutch-Indies Monument is situated near a beautiful lake. Opa told the story how Oma always liked the beautiful blue lakes in Indonesia. The song Tlaga Biru by Wieteke van Dort describes such a lake, which is why we played the song in Oma's remembrance service. From now on every beautiful lake will remind us of Tlaga Biru and of Oma.

Posted on August 8, 2003 at 12:17 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Dutch-Indies Monument

The next day we went to the Dutch-Indies Monument in The Hague. It's a memorial place in remembrance of the liberation of the Dutch Indies from the Japanese occupation. We brought flowers from Oma's grave and put it near all the other flowers surrounding the monument.

Posted on August 8, 2003 at 12:12 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Back

That evening, after everyone had gone home, we went back to Oma's grave to sit there and remember Oma for a long, long while.

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 09:00 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Leaving Oma behind...

Finally we had to go, leaving Oma behind, her grave fully covered with flowers ...

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 01:45 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

PJC choir

Oma's friends from the PJC paid their last respect by forming a choir. Standing in a half circle around Oma all holding hands, they were singing together "Kinderen van een Vader, reikt elkaar de hand... ".

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 01:44 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

The final words...

Jacques spoke the unavoidable final words at Oma's grave ...

Speech

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 01:43 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Continuing the church service

Reverend Romein continued and concluded the church service at Oma's grave.

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 01:42 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Carrying Oma to her final resting place

Oma always took care of us, carrying us through life. Now we are carrying her to her final resting place...

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 01:41 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

On the cemetary

We were walking on the cemetary, carrying Oma with us, followed by family and friends ...

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 01:40 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Followed by flowers

After walking through the sea of flowers, the flowers followed Oma...

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:40 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Walking through a sea flowers

Here we are walking with Oma through a sea of flowers

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:39 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Rows of flowers at the cemetary

At the cemetary, people were standing in two rows. Everyone was holding flowers, the flowers that Oma loved so much.

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:38 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Carrying Oma out of the church

The Church Service is over, we are carrying Oma out of the Church to take her to the cemetary.

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:37 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Raimond's words...

Oma lead an extremely active life, Raimond told us about how busy she always was, how she met and knew people everywhere.

Speech

At the end of the church service, we listened to some music from Chopin that Oma really liked, especially when Jacques played it for her on the piano.

Music: Nocturne Opus 9 Number 2 by Frederic Chopin

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:36 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Reverend Romein's words

Reverend Lucas Romein was a good and close friend of Oma, he knew her really well. Oma and Opa's last vacation to Turkey was together with him. Of course his speach was very personal.

Speech

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:35 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

People

Oma lead a very active live and knew really a lot of people. Many of them came to the church service and funeral to pay their last respect. Some knew Oma from Surabaya, Indonesia, because they used to live in the same street and go to the same schools over 60 years ago. Some knew her from the PJC and PIGL, where she became a member over 50 years ago. Some knew her from the Oude Kerk and the Gezinnengroep in Zoetermeer, which she joined about 35 years ago. Some used to be her collegue. Some knew her from Alliance Francaise. Etc., etc., etc...

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:35 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Opa's words...

Of Opa is very, very sad, but nevertheless he wanted to tell us what Oma meant to him. He told us about how Oma always liked the beautiful and quite tropical Blue Lakes, how they used to sit together on the shores of the Tlaga Biru in West Java, Indonesia. Just 1 week ago we had celebrated Opa and Oma's 42nd wedding anniversary in a little restaurant near a small lake.

Speech

After Opa's words we listened to the song Tlaga Biru by Wieteke van Dort, a Dutch Indonesian singer who like Oma also is from Surabaya, they used to go to the same school.

Music: Tlaga Biru

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:34 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Monique's words...

Monique told us what her relationship with Oma was like, how she would tell her women things, things you only tell your mother.

Speech

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:33 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Tante Edith's words...

This is Oma's only sister, tante Edith. Together they have been through a lot in life. Especially their childhood has been very difficult, having lost both parents when the Japanese invaded the Dutch Indies.

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:32 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Jacques' words...

After we gave our paintings to Oma, daddy said some words. The church was really full, there were a lot of people who all knew Oma, each in their own way. Daddy told the people how we knew Oma and what our life with her was like.

Speech

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:31 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Grandchildren saying good-bye

On Sundays we always have dinner at Oma and Opa's place. The first Sunday after Oma passed away, we, her grandchildren Noa, Vincent and Joas, made her a nice painting. We did that while we were sitting in her garding among the flowers that she loves. Afterwards, we took a bath, the three of us all sitting in Oma's big bathtub. During the church service we all waved good-bye to Oma and gave her the paintings that we made for her...

Speech

Posted on August 7, 2003 at 11:30 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

What happened...

Oma and Opa had been on a vacation to Turkey. It was there that she first felt serious pain in her chest. Then she got back to Holland, it was a very sad Easter weekend. It was Noa's birthday, but also the first time that Oma Hedwig was taken into the cardiac care unit of the Westeinde hospital in The Hague, it turned out that she had had a heart infarct. And we were very sad because my Opa Frans passed away the same weekend.

In only 2 months time, Oma Hedwig got 4 heart infarcts and was taken into hospital many times. Medical examinations were carried out, but the end results were not good. In an appointement with all of us, the cardiologist told us that it was not possible to take away the cause of Oma's heart problems. Her arteries were blocked severly, one of her heartvalves was not functioning properly and the heart itself was not strong enough to endure a by-pass operation. They were going to treat her with medicine, and in theory Oma could still have a decent life for a considerable time.

We all hoped for the best, and it looked like Oma was doing reasonably well. She wasn't physically fit, we couldn't take long walks, but when she was sitting on the couch she would talk and laugh and enjoy playing with her grandchilderen just like everything was fine. Everyone was spending as much time with Oma as possible. On 22 July it was Oma and Opa's 42nd weddinganiversary, which we celebrated that day in a little restaurant in Bergschenhoek. We are used to go to this restaurant for special occassions, Oma loves the beautiful lake. We were all there and we took family pictures with all of us. The Sunday after that we had dinner together, as we do every Sunday. Usually we do it at Opa and Oma's place, but this time it was in our house. Oma was there, she was doing really fine that day and stayed until late, sitting in the garden, enjoying the evening sun under the palm trees.

Then it became Thursday, the 31st of July. In the evening my daddy and I went to visit Oma as we did regularly of course. Oma and I were playing with my cars, she was reading me a story, we were singing a song, just like any other visit. Then we went home again, but next morning it turned out that Oma had had a very bad night again. The house doctor had ordered an ambulance to take her to the emergency unit of the Langeland hospital in Zoetermeer, she had had another heart infarct.

We all came to the hospital, Oma was not doing good at all. She had to go to the Intensive Care, but because it was full they were going to transport her to another hospital. But tante Wanda, who is currently an Ambulance nurse, knows everyone in the Langeland ziekenhuis, especially the people from the Intensive Care unit, where she used to work. She managed to make an arrangement with the doctors so Oma could stay in Zoetermeer, tante Wanda would then personally take care of Oma and give her all medical treatmeants herself. Suddenly, the nurses came running outside and urged us to go to Oma, she was doing really, really bad.

Surrounded by Opa and her childeren, Oma Hedwig went into a deep, deep sleep, deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper...

Posted on August 2, 2003 at 03:28 PM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (0)

Hedwig Lorette Roumimper-Pangkei passed away...

Today Hedwig Lorette Roumimper-Pangkei passed away...
Born on 6 December 1933 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Past away on 1 August 2003 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands.

Oma will live forever in our hearts ...

Posted on August 1, 2003 at 12:00 AM in Oma Hedwig | Permalink| Comments (3)