I’m still thinking about Alice’s terrible accident. She died in 1908, 17 years after it happened. I looked through my photos to see if there are any of her after the accident, and this is the best one to see that her hands did recover.
Alice Paak DeKorn with her granddaughter Alice Leeuwenhoek (born 1897)
Until I have a chance to do some work on FindAGrave for my ancestors, I am paying my respects through this blog.
Here are photos of the gravestones of Alice Paak DeKorn and Richard DeKorn. The grave sites are at Riverside Cemetery in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The photos were submitted to Find A Grave by “Barbara from Michigan,” and I’m indebted to her for this service.
The Family Kalamazoo 
I was at Martell’s last week and heard a young woman introduce herself to some as ” ____ De Korn.” I thought, She looks like Luanne and Alice Paak DeKorn…could she possibly be a relative? I was about to get up and ask her but decided not to be such a psycho….
I’m looking at the photo of Alice on this page. Her hands look dark (I was thinking red), but so does her face.
Hahaha, I’m trying to imagine the exchange. You would say, “Do you know Luanne,” and she would say, “Who?” I am hoping to have an answer to the question of exactly how “my” DeKorns are related to the other DeKorns in SW michigan. They both start with a man named Boudewijn DeKorn(e), but they are different men. Unique name, eh?
Huh….very interesting….
Did Richard marry a second time and have a second family?
He did re-marry a widow who had 3 daughters. The youngest was only five when they married, so I am curious if she is in some of our photos.
I was thinking that Alice looks like she’s tanned from being outside a lot?
I am always taking photos of graves in cemeteries around my part of Texas. I’ve never heard of Find a Grave? Should I look up on internet? Do you use the service? Very interesting pictures today.
Sheila, I just discovered this recently: http://www.findagrave.com/. Many cemeteries around the world are online. Volunteers take photos of grave sites. You can add information about the individual buried in a particular plot, and then you can volunteer and also create a memorial to your ancestors, etc. I haven’t had the time to do much over there, but I expect to in the future. EmilyAnn at http://childoutoftime.wordpress.com/ knows a lot more about it than I do!
It’s good to know that she recovered after the terrible accident. I like the expression on her face. She looks like a proud grandmother.
Doesn’t she, though?! She looks like someone you would want to leave your child with, too, I think. Thanks, Sheryl.
Fantastic picture of Alice! She looks so healthy here! I can kind of see a little spot on her left hand that could be a burn but you can;t really tell.
I’m just so amazed that you’re able to do this! SUCH a good idea to honor your family this way. I wish you were in MY family so the work on my family tree could be done. lol You’re just a wealth of information 🙂
She does look healthy! Her hands look pretty good, I think.
Ah, thank you so much, that’s such a sweet compliment. I’m so glad you’re reading!
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I can see a little of Alice in you! A Virtual Cemetery is an excellent way to visit all your relative’s memorials at FindAGrave. I agree about feeling indebted. The collaboration there is amazing. I’m so glad you found this photo. How are you feeling about things now? You were so upset with the discovery of Alice’s accident.
I’m going through something like this as a result of my research into the paternal line. A distant relative, whom I still can’t place in the tree because I/m only just starting this branch of the family, also suffered because of an accident. It’s so hard for me to post about it.
How did you find out about him, EmilyAnn? Was it through a newspaper account or a family story? It’s shocking when you find out because it’s like it just happened–even if the person died long before you did, such as Alice. I am happy for the family that Alice lived another 17 years and that she was such a hero. But I wonder how many other stories there are like that that we don’t know about! Good luck with your research!
It happened to a young woman in the paternal line. I was poking around the Library of Congress online newspaper archives and found the news in a 1902 January 2nd issue of a New York newspaper. The circumstances around Antoniana’s death read like something from our modern times. I want to post about it for the relevancy but have to think about a suitable way. I think coming from a historical angle is the best.