jersey, basketball
Catalog Number
2014.5.10aDescription
Blue basketball jersey with yellow letters and numbers on the front. The name “Lakeview” and the number 11 appear on the front.History
Items from 2014.5 belonged to the donor, Donald J. Van Ark (1920-2017).Don, with wife Lileeth Brouwer Van Ark (1920-2006), lived in Holland at 1056 South Shore Drive for more than 50 years.
Don, born 4-27-1920, worked as a teacher and principal at Lakeview School in Holland, MI.
Don served in the US Army during WWII for 4 years. He was a member of the Signal Corp, attached to the Air Force (the Air Force was a part of the Army until 1947). This was his desk nameplate from his time in the US Army.