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Christian Boerema Obituary

Christian Boerema, 73, beloved husband of Treesa (nee Kort), has passed away. Visitation is scheduled for Wednesday, May 3, 2000, 3-9 p.m., at Colonial Chapel, 15525 South 73rd Avenue (155th Street/Wheeler Drive and Harlem Avenue), Orland Park, Illinois. Lying in state on Thursday, May 4, 10 a.m. until time of services at 11 a.m., at Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, 83rd and Normandy, Burbank, Illinois. Interment will be at Fairmount-Willow Hills. Memorials are preferred to Gideons International, 29w585 Batavia Road, Warrenville, IL 60555. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord" – Rev. 14:13.

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 2, 2000.

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