Cornelia Willemina Moerman (van Leeuwen) 1925 - 2008

Our dear mother passed “from death to Life” (John 5:24) on June 21, 2008 following a series of strokes. Born in Holland April 20, 1925, she married her beloved husband Johannes (John) Moerman on March 10, 1948. The photo to the right shows them as much in love after 55 years (5 years of engagement during the war years and 50 years of marriage) as when they began. After 50 years of loving and raising their children and of fruitful ministry as a pastor’s wife, she was widowed on March 28, 1998. She left a rich heritage! - 8 children, 28 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. We rejoice in her loving life, godly example and faithful devotion to her family, many friends and Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Our mother’s greatest joy is that you too would trust Christ the Saviour and join her in Heaven. For: Photos of Corrie Moerman and her side of the family, please click here; or of John and Corrie's early years together, please click here Family history of the van Leeuwen family by Dr. Charles van Leeuwen (in the Dutch language), please click here Family history and memoirs of our father, John Moerman, please click here Video of our parents taken one week before our father's passing, please click here

After her first stroke at age 80, she made friends with a word processor and begin to type, with one and sometimes two fingers, with the desire to record her memoirs which you may read or download, in PDF or Rich Text Format, by clicking on the appropriate link below.

Philip van Leeuwen, editor of the “vanleeuwenjournaal”, also coordinated translation so that Corrie's work could be available in both languages:

English Version			Dutch Version
Title Page	PDF	RTF	1. Titelblad.pdf	Word
Contents	PDF	RTF	2. Inhoud.pdf	Word
Childhood	PDF	RTF	3. kindertijd.pdf	Word
Life at Home (During the War Years)	PDF	RTF	4. Het leven thuis gedurende de vijf oorlogsjaren.pdf	Word
The War Years (I)	PDF	RTF	5. Oorlogsjaren(1).pdf	Word
Jan Moerman	PDF	RTF	6. Vroege_verhouding_met__Jan_Moerman.pdf	Word
The War Years (II)	PDF	RTF	7. Herinneringen aan de vijf jaar na het uitbreken van de Tweede Wereldoorlog.pdf	Word
Freedom at Last	PDF	RTF	8. Eindelijk vrede.pdf	Word
Marriage	PDF	RTF	9. Huwelijk.pdf	Word
Emigration and Immigration	PDF	RTF	10 Emigratie en Immigratie.pdf	Word
College and Seminary	PDF	RTF	11. College en het Seminarie.pdf	Word
First Pastorate - Galt, Ontario	PDF	RTF	12. Eerste gemeente - Galt, Ontario.pdf	Word
The Alberta Years	PDF	RTF	13. de jaren in Alberta - Edmonton, Monarch, Mayerthorpe.pdf	Word
The British Columbia Years	PDF	RTF	14. De jaren in Brits Columbia.pdf	Word
Visit to Holland (1981)	PDF	RTF	15. Reis naar Holland - 1981.pdf	Word
March 28, 1998	PDF	RTF	16. 28 maart 1998.pdf	Word

 

55 Years with Dad (recap)                                    PDF        RTF

My Spiritual Journey                                              PDF        RTF                

Epilogue                                                                PDF        RTF                       

Appendix A – Review of Important Dates              PDF        RTF                

Appendix B – Comfort                                          PDF        RTF