Born: 05/17/1920   Clifton
Died: 05/26/2010
Parents: Henry Van Reken, Louise W. Van Reken
Children: Mary, Judith, Donna, Mark, Margaret
Address(es):
Interred:
Pilgrim Home Cemetery
Holland , MI

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Reinder Edward Werkman : a fictional autobiography	Fiction , Biography	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. Van Reken	2000
	The Railroads of Holland, Michigan Vol. 2	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. van Reken	1998
	The Railroads of Holland, Michigan Vol. 1	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. van Reken	1997
	And Our Band Plays On : 1920-1955 [i.e. 1995], a 75th anniversary of the Holland American Legion Band : Willard G. Leenhouts Post no. 6, Holland, Michigan - Co-authored with Randall Vande Water	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. van Reken	1995
	Holland Furnace Co., 1906-1966 - Co-authored with Randall Vande Water	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, MI : D.L. Van Reken	1993
	Macatawa Park: A Chronicle	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. Van Reken	1991
	32nd Troop Carrier Squadron : an airborne C-47 squadron, 1942-1945 : pilots, paratroops, and gliders in North Africa, Sicily, England, France & Germany - World War II	History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. Van Reken	1989
	A Window to the Past	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. van Reken	1988
	Changing Footprints : a memory book of the Holland Christian schools	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : Published in cooperation with the Holland Christian Schools	1987
	Ottawa Beach & Waukazoo : a history	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. Van Reken	1987
	The Farm That Was a Zoo (Getz Farm)	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. van Reken	1983
	The Holland Fire of October 8, 1871	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. van Reken	1982
	The Interurban Era in Holland, Michigan : to Macatawa, Saugatuck, Zeeland, Vriesland, Jamestown, Jenison, Grandville, Grand Rapids	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : D.L. van Reken	1981
	Macatawa, An Historic View	Michigan History	Adult	Holland, Mich. : Van Reken	1979
	A Brief History of Holland, Michigan - (Publication Years: 1977, 1973)	Michigan History	Adult	self-published	1973 -1977

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "To preserve and enhance the local history of Holland, Michigan."

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