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Catalog Number
2001.104.44
Date of Origin
July 16, 1918
Materials
paper
Description
Light tan-colored postcard sent to Cora Ter Beek in Holland, MI from Leonard Bareman.  "Hello Cora, how are you, I am quite well and hope the same of you, it is eight 15 already, we ...get to were we ought to be good by, Leonard".
History
Items in 2001.104 belonged to the donor's father, Leonard E. Bareman. Leonard joined the US Army and fought in Russia as a member of the Polar Bears during World War One.

Leonard was born on August 13, 1886 in Holland, MI to Egbert and Elizabeth Bareman.
His wife was Cora Ter Beek. Leonard worked as a farmer.

Leonard died on March 23, 1940 in Holland, MI at the age of 53 from Scarlet Fever. His brother James died of the same disease within 35 hours of Leonard's death. Leonard was buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.

Gift of
Bareman, Esther (1920-2010) and Bareman, Carolyn (1926- )