Gerardus "Gerry" Adrianus Spape

Birth date: Sep 3, 1947 Death date: Aug 27, 2018

Gerardus “Gerry” Adrianus Spape, age 70, passed away August 27, 2018. Beloved husband of Brenda. Proud father of Lisa Schostek (Tom), Thomas Spape (Allison), Eric Spape (Beverly), Craig Spape (Ashley), Brandon Spape and Rachel Nov Read Obituary

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Lucia Posthuma-Beeloo

371w ago

My husband and I wish Gerry's family (known to me as Rard) much strength in this difficult time of loss. Gerry has given me a welcome feeling in those times that I visited my Auntie Lies. I have also been very welcome at his home several times.
After the burial, the time of the loss comes, but there will also be many memories of the man, father and grandfather Gerry. We wish you all the very best in the coming time. Greetings from Lucia and Rob Posthuma-Beeloo. ([email protected]) The Hague, Netherlands.

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371w ago

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Gail Owings

371w ago

Brenda, I wish we had been able to gather more so that I could have known Gerry. I remember he was always smiling and was a happy addition to the family. Please know you are in our prayers.

Gail & John Owings

Chris Frank

371w ago

We are sorry for your loss. Our prayers are with the family.

Riza Roemers-Berenson

371w ago

Goodbye dear Rard,

I will miss you when you past away, it immediately felt empty.
Dear memories appeared, wonderful precious memories from not long ago but surely the ones from when we were 17 years of age when I was living for a year with you and your mom. What great times we had, but I am also very grateful that you where there for me in my very dark days. You also were great in getting every joy out of live, something I wish I had. But thank you for teaching, sitting in the disco you, for hours, you were telling me how things work in life. Rard it has been wonderful to have a cousin like you, I will never forget and one day we will meet again. Save a nice place so I can meet all the ones I lost and loved again.
Love you.

For Brenda:

Dear Brenda, you are and have been a wonderful loving wife and friend for Gerry, I have never ever seen two people having more fun and laughter together than the both of you. I wis you all the strength with the loss of your husband. You did so well, so good, thank you for being you. I love you.

Riza

Jack Vink

371w ago

We remember the times when he visited the Netherlands. I always asked how much he did understand of the dutch language and than he replied ' Brommer'. I am sure he understood 80% of our dutch conversations. His mother told me that she said to him several times that it was so stupid to forget the language and she even got mad ;-).

We remember our trip back in 2005 where we stayed a week at his home having a great barbecue before visiting the Niagra falls. He was truly enjoying life to the full where nothing cannot be done.

Many many thanks, our thoughts are with the family.
Tim, Kevin, Nicolette and Jack
Gouda, the Netherlands.

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371w ago

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371w ago

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L.R. Beeloo

371w ago

However he is my nephew, we did not meet each other a lot of times. We stayed with him in his mobile home in Detroit. He showed us the city and the Ford museum. We brought him "stroopwafels" from Holland, wich he called stroopwaffels, with dubble f. He tryed to pronounce some difficult Dutch words like "Scheveningen" en "handschoenen". It was almost right.
He taught us a game like triomino, but a little bit more difficult. We had a lot of fun playing it. We were never able to buy that game in Holland.
We still remember that when he was driving his company, or customers from that company, phoned him and he was answering them on his mobile phone while driving his car. Forbidden in Holland, but allowed in the States he told us.
We also went to his company and he showed us the tanks he was selling.
With Brenda he stayed for a few days with us in The Hague. They were very proud to travel with a streetcar and a train to Amsterdam. We did not have to drive them, they wanted to do it by themselves. Of course they succeed.
Now and then I did send him a mail. He did not answer my mails. "I always forget to read my mail," was his excuse.
Lat but not least we remember his sense of humor.

Anneke & Rob Beeloo

Loek Berenson

371w ago

Gerry, my cousin, will be rembered nu me as a kind human being who worked very hard in his, too short, life. He was always very tenacious in the things he undertook! He loved tanks which he made his profession. Gerry was always very kindhearted towards other people. He enjoyed life as much as possible. He always was cheerful even in his sickness. Although he lived fat away from is we will always remember him as a kind man.
Berenson familie in The Netherlands

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