George Deboer

(Huisman) De Boer in Echten, the Netherlands. He was the second of 6

children, 2 girls and 4 boys. He lived on the family farm in the province of

Friesland until he was around 28 years of age before coming to the United

States of America. Prior to departing on his journey on a ship called

Boschuvan, his mother read Psalms 91. He arrived in America during the

summer of 1954. He lived in several places while working various jobs that

first began with his sponsorship in the state of Ohio. After a short period of

time, George moved to the state of New York where he later traveled with a

Danish student to northern California. He decided to take a two-week course

at UC Davis for Artificial Insemination (A.I.) for dairy livestock. He moved

to southern California to work for Excelsior Farms in Corona, California as

an A.I. specialist in providing Holstein genetic services for over 200,000

cows of dairy business clients in the Chino Valley area during his career. It

was here in southern California that he met Susan Audrey Marsh at a square

dance community event in Riverside, California. They were married on

March 29, 1968 by Reverend Arvin Wester at Chino Valley Reformed

church later called Oaks Community Church. Both George and Susan

enjoyed many wonderful years of marriage together at their home in Ontario,

California. They enjoyed traveling with their fifth wheel trailer as well as

touring to various destinations in both Canada and the United States while

making friendships along the way. They were married for 52 years until

Susan passed away on March 21, 2020. For the last years of his life, George

lived and received assisted care at his home in Ontario, California. He really

liked living there and enjoyed participating in various (church) activities

such as singing in the choir while developing friendships with people from

his church community at both Oaks Community Reformed Church and

Crosspoint Christian Reformed Church in Chino, California. George De

Boer has many surviving family members living in the Netherlands as well as

family through marriage to Susan living in the western region of the United States

which he cherished over his lifetime.