Corrie and John

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 Word format, by clicking on the links below.

Philip van Leeuwen, editor of the "vanleeuwenjournaal", also coordinated translation so that Corrie's work could be available in her mother tongue:

English Version

 

 

 

     Dutch Version - PDF

 

           

1. Title Page

 PDF

 RTF 

 

 1. Titelblad.pdf

  Word

2. Contents 

 PDF  

 RTF 

 

 2. Inhoud.pdf

  Word

           

3. Childhood

 PDF 

 RTF  

 

 3. kindertijd.pdf

  Word

           

4. Life at Home (During the War Years) 

 PDF 

 RTF  

 

 4. Het leven thuis gedurende de vijf oorlogsjaren.pdf

  Word

           

5. The War Years (I) 

 PDF 

 RTF  

 

 5. Oorlogsjaren(1).pdf

  Word

           

6. Jan Moerman

 PDF 

 RTF 

 

 6. Vroege_verhouding_met__Jan_Moerman.pdf

  Word

           

7. The War Years (II)

 PDF 

 RTF

 

 7. Herinneringen aan de vijf jaar na het uitbreken van de Tweede Wereldoorlog.pdf

  Word

           

8. Freedom at Last

 PDF 

 RTF  

 

 8. Eindelijk vrede.pdf

  Word

           

9. Marriage

 PDF 

 RTF

 

 9. Huwelijk.pdf

  Word

           

10. Emigration and Immigration 

 PDF  

 RTF 

 

 10 Emigratie en Immigratie.pdf

  Word

           

11. College and Seminary

 PDF

 RTF 

 

 11. College en het Seminarie.pdf

  Word

           

12. First Pastorate - Galt, Ontario

 PDF

 RTF

 

 12. Eerste gemeente - Galt, Ontario.pdf

  Word

           

13. The Alberta Years

 PDF 

 RTF 

 

 13. de jaren in Alberta - Edmonton, Monarch, Mayerthorpe.pdf

  Word

           

14. The British Columbia Years

 PDF

 RTF 

 

 14. De jaren in Brits Columbia.pdf

  Word

           

15. Visit to Holland (1981) 

 PDF 

 RTF  

 

 15. Reis naar Holland - 1981.pdf

  Word

           

16. March 28, 1998 

 PDF 

 RTF 

 

 16. 28 maart 1998.pdf

  Word

           

Final Reflections:

55 Years with Dad (recap)        PDF  RTF

My Spiritual Journey                 PDF  RTF

Epilogue                                    PDF  RTF

Appendix A - Important Dates   PDF  RTF

Appendix B - Comfort               PDF RTF