Birth date: Aug 8, 1937 Death date: Aug 20, 2014
Herbert Driezen was born August 8, 1937 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and passed away August 20, 2014 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Herbert was the youngest of four children born to Manus and Maria Driezen. Herbert lived in Amsterdam with his f Read Obituary
I am the granddaughter of his first wife. All my memories of him are treasures. A kind man. Well respected. My Grandmother is gone now, too. Both were loved.
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For many years I know Bert who was a friend of our Family in Amsterdam. Bert studied in Rotterdam at the Pratt Institude in Graphic Design . We left the Netherlands in 1955 and immigrated to California and in those days we where on a two year waiting list before we could come to the U S A. Bert missed us and wanted to come to California ,it took two years and in 1957 he arrived and stayed with our Family in Santa Monica California . Bert worked for a short time in a printing business in Santa Monica and he was drafted in the U.S.A ArmForces. I talked to Bert a couple of weeks ago reminiscing about our time in Amsterdam.Since we had a large Family seven brothers and sisters we only got one egg per week .One day Bert's Mom made a great breakfast and Bert was picky and did not like his egg ,so I eat his egg as well as my own.We had a good laugh about this time. Bert spend a lot of time with us in Amsterdam on the dinner table not because of the food (Hutspot) but the fun we always had with Him and my brothers and sisters. A couple of months ago one of my sisters past away In Utah , I called Bert to let him know, I thought that I was talking to Bert but I had Luke on the line who sounded like Bert. Luke informed me that his Dad was very ill. We are so sorry and sad that Bert passed away .This is the second loss in a few months for us and we have treasured our time with Bert so long ago. Our condolence to Luann and Family.Olga and Frans Welman
Bert was absolutely the best father-in-law anyone could ask for. I had the pleasure of getting to hear stories about what it was like growing up as a child in the Netherlands during WWII, traveling to America across the Atlantic on a ship, being a lifeguard in Santa Monica, joining the military and listening to him share about how vastly different Ft. Campbell and the military is now, from when he was in all those years ago, and many, many other stories. I have been fortunate enough to get to spend every major holiday at some point over the last 11 years, with him and my husband's family. Bert, it was privilege to be your daughter-in-law and I appreciate so much, the fact that you accepted me with open arms into your family. I love you so much and hope that you are now at rest and have found peace. ~Megan~
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Bert it was such a pleasure to have you in our family! We will never forget the great times we had together as a family, the cook outs, going to the creek, and you would just be walking in the water and look down and would see an arrowhead, the family Christmas parties we had, and you were number free, and Luann would say Bert get up and get your gift and you would say I'm number free. We all laughed so hard at you. Then when you picked your gift it was the wrong one,lol,lol, You such an interesting man to listen to. Bert I will never forget you giving me an arrowhead to give to my grandson for Christmas. That was the present of all. He cherish that arrowhead. I'm just wish I would have brought him over to let him see all of them and you tell him about them. He would have loved that. Bert we are going to miss you so much,and we love you and your sweet family. God Bless your sweet heart and your family, Love Larry and Linda
Luann
LeAnn you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.. I will miss him that sweet man had the best smile and made you want to do the same….Love you guys:)))
Herby, I miss you so much! 14 years just was not long enough for me to have known you! I am so blessed to have had you as a brother in law as well as a good friend. I will miss our adventures together. But I know you are having your own adventures with your newly healed body. I love you number tree, Cindy
I have a lot of memories that I could share, but by far the best are the ones of the boy's when they were born and as they grew up to be the fine men that they are today, just like their dad. I will miss you greatly and will see you again someday. May you rest in peace. Love You, Luann
