Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jan Oudhuis

May 11, 1919 - May 25, 1996

South Bend TRibune 5/28/1996

NEW CARLISLE - Jan Oudhuis, 77, of 8733 N. County Road 700 E., died of natural causes about 9 a.m. Saturday in his home. Mr. Oudhuis was employed by Allis-Chalmers for 18 years as a timekeeper. He was born May 11, 1919, in Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands, and lived in New Carlisle for 46 years.

On June 12, 1946, in The Netherlands, he married Eleanor Schlueter. She survives with two daughters, Mariette Rekowski and Denise Oudhuis, both of New Carlisle; five sons, John of Sweden, Arnold of LaPorte, Bernard and Phillip, both of New Carlisle, and George of Rolling Prairie; 12 grandchildren; six sisters, Elizabeth DeLetter of LaPorte, and Annie Boekel, Pauline Oudhuis, Gerie Jaspers, Trion Overtoom and Rie Heijne, all of The Netherlands; and two brothers, Siem and Jack, both of The Netherlands. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, LaPorte, and served as an usher and was a member of the Christian Family Movement.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the church. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Essling Funeral Home, LaPorte, where a wake will be at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to LaPorte County Visiting Nurses Association Hospice.