Horace Vandeberg
May
22, 1889 - September 18, 1953
Horace
Vandeberg was a son of John and Lillian (nee Lawrence)
Vandeberg.
John Vandeberg was an early settler of York Township. Lillian Vandeberg was a daughter of Horace A.
Lawrence, an
early York Township pioneer and Civil War veteran, and his first wife, the
former Lorinda Windsor (a daughter of Anson
Windsor, another York pioneer).
Horace Lawrence was a son of Jesse and
Almeda (nee Benedict) Lawrence,
who also came to York Township in the 1870s.
Three of Horaces’ siblings: Alvin
Vandeberg, Manley Vandeberg and Ida Voight are interred in the York Center
Cemetery. Horace Vandeberg married the former Fern
Alton, a daughter of
John and Viola Alton who came to York Township in the early 1900s.
Horace and Fern Vandeberg’s children include Gale Vandeberg, author of
“Beyond the Horizon” and Russell Vandeberg.[cemeteries/footer_gif.html]