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Per Dianne White email 8-14-13: Gary, I can tell you that Rick passed away. His mother was a lovely person Richard H. Hoeksema, son of Neal (1916-1966) and Elizabeth "Betty" L. (Wright) (1912-2004) Hoeksema, was born 1947 in Ingham County, Michigan. He graduated Class of 1965 from Okemos High School. Richard moved , spring of 1968, to Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. He died 5 June 1968 in Mesa Lutheran Hospital, Mesa, Arizona. Richard was interred in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, DeWitt, Clinton County, Michigan. Richard's father, Neal, was employed for many years at the department store, J.W. Knapps , in Lansing. Neal was a World War II veteran. He succumbed to a heart attack in 1966, Richard's sophomore year in high school. Both Neal and Betty Hoeksema were interred Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, DeWitt. Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona) Saturday 8 June 1968 RICHARD H. HOEKSEMA MESA -- Services and burial for Richard H. Hoeksema, 20, who died of an illness Wednesday in Mesa Lutheran Hospital, will be in East Lansing, Michigan Mr. Hoeksema, 426 W. Ninth St., came here three months ago. He was born in East Lansing. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Hoeksema of East Lansing. Meldrum Mortuary made arrangements. Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) Saturday 8 June 1968 RICHARD H. HOEKSEMA Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Estes-Leadley Funeral Home for Richard H. Hoeksema, 20, of 213 Orchard, East Lansing. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hoeksema died Wednesday in Mesa, Ariz., where he had gone in March to become an assistant manager in a department store. He was a graduate of East Lansing High School and attended Lansing Community College for two years. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Betty Hoeksema, and a brother, Robert, both of East Lansing, and a grandmother, Mrs. Anna E. Wright. |
Diane Dean (White) (1965)
I remember Rick in grade school in East Lansing. I didn't have any classes with him at Okemos, but one memory stands out vividly. I was walking back past the Agriculture building to eat my lunch on a beautiful fall day, and suddenly bees started swarming all around, and got into my hair. I had a wide hair band on my head and ran into the Ag Bldg, screaming for help. An underclassman, Roger Ferrick (sp) pushed me toward the water trough and with his comb started taking bees out of my hair. I walked to the Principals office and called Mom, but she wasn't home. Rick, as he was called, came by and said he'd take me to the doctor, and off I went for Dr. Peets to pull seven stingers out of my head. Dr. Peets lived down the street, so geared with antibiotics he drove me home. I was so grateful to Rick Hoeksema who drove me on that dreadful day!!