PHILIPSBURG:--- Gerardus Theodorus Benedictus Maria van Veen died peacefully in his sleep on March 13, 2022, at St. Maarten Medical Center, Cay Hill. He was 88.
Better known as Gerard van Veen or “Mr. van Veen,” and often as “Opa,” “Oom Gerard,” and “Uncle,” Gerard leaves his beloved wife Bernadine (St. Martin); his dearest sister Catherina “Tiny” van Veen and family (The Netherlands); his adopted children, nieces, nephews, and cousins “dear to his heart, too numerous to mention,” and his 16 godchildren.
He is survived by five brothers-in-law and six sisters-in-law and their families, aunt-in-law Carmen Carrington Hodge and family; ...
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