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Willem Renssen

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Birthplace: Groningen, The Netherlands
Death: January 15, 1917 (60)
Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
Immediate Family:

Son of Johan Willem Anton Renssen and Johanna Catharina de Jong
Husband of Johanna Cardinaal
Father of Willem Renssen; Bernhard Dirk Renssen; Johan Willem Anton Renssen; Huibert Frank Hellwich Renssen and Cornelis Willem Renssen

Occupation: Orth. surgeon, arts
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About Willem Renssen

Willem was cremated in Arnhem and buried in Oosterbeek. In a newspaper death announcement placed by Arnhems Diakonnesse Institution, he would be extremely missed after 30 years of work and effort, almost from the building of the institution.

Willem was one of the instigators of the Johanna Stichting in Arnhem, where he praticed as surgeon and orthoped. After his death patients started the Dr.Renssen fund which purpose was to support the Johannes Stichting for children.

He was knight of the order of Oranje Nassau.

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Willem Renssen's Timeline

1856
April 11, 1856
Groningen, The Netherlands
1886
November 20, 1886
Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
1887
December 22, 1887
Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
1889
June 2, 1889
Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
1890
October 29, 1890
Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
1898
August 7, 1898
Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
1917
January 15, 1917
Age 60
Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands