Gazlay Family History
Martha E. VandeBunte
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 6 September 2020; Last Edited: 8 September 2020 |
| Person ID | 9613 |
| Name | Martha E. VandeBunte |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 1904 in Michigan1, 2, 3 |
| Married | 9 June 1928 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan to Jasper P. Olendorf1, 4 |
| Divorced | 1952 from Jasper P. Olendorf5 |
| Died | 27 March 20021, 6 |
| Buried | in Forest Grove Cemetery, Jamestown, Ottawa County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Jasper P. Olendorf (son of Peter E. Olendorf and Marion Reisdorph) |
| Born | 16 May 1904 in Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York |
| Married | 9 June 1928 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan to Martha E. VandeBunte |
| Died | 16 May 1990 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan |
| Children | of Martha E. VandeBunte and Jasper P. Olendorf: |
| +1. | Robert Jerome Olendorf, Sr. |
| Born | 30 December 1935 in Hart, Oceana County, Michigan |
| Married | to Judith Ann Newhouse |
| Died | 27 March 1991 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan |
| +2. | William Dean ‘Bill’ Olendorf |
| Born | 31 March 1938 in Hart, Oceana County, Michigan |
| Married | 18 August 1962 to Bonnie Ruth Brissette |
| Died | 27 December 2018 in Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Michigan |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Forest Grove Cemetery, Jamestown, Ottawa County, Michigan, Martha VandeBunte Olendorf, born: 1904; died: 2002 (from record, which includes a note about her marriage [the location named, Kalamazo, is different from the location indicted in their marriage announcement in the newspaper], and the names and links for her parents, spouse, half-siblings, and one child).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Oceana County, Hart Village, E.D. 64-10, Sheet No. 5B, Jasper Olendorf, 25, New York, teacher, public school; wife Martha Olendorf, 26, Michigan, teacher, public school; m-in-l [mother-in-law] Engelina Vande Bunte, 68, Netherlands, widowed.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Oceana County, Hart Village, E.D. 64-11, Sheet No. 13A, Jasper Olendorf, 35, New York, athletic coach, village school; wife Martha Olendorf, 36, Michigan; son Robert Olendorf, 4, Michigan; William Olendorf, 2, Michigan; mother-in-law Engberdine Vande Bunte, 78, Holland, widowed.
- Marriage Announcement, The Otsego Farmer, Otsego, New York; available at fultonhistory.com. 29 June 1958, Jasper Olendorf and Martha E. Bande-Bunte on 9 June 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The article provides brief biographical information and the names of his parents.
- Find a Grave (website). Hart Cemetery, Hart, Oceana County, Michigan, Jasper Olendorf, born: 16 May 1904 in Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York; died: 16 May 1990 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Wisconsin (from record, which includes a note naming his parents and step father, and his marriage/divorce from his wife in 1952; and the names and links for his wife and child).
- Obituary, Oceana’s Herald-Journal, Oceana COunty, Michigan (available at www.shorelinemedia.net/oceanas_herald_journal), 10 April 2002, Martha Olendorf, died: 27 March 2002. The article provides biographical details and the names of her son and his wife, her five grandchildren and their spouses, and indicates that she had eight great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, and that her other son predeceased her.