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BORN
1930
DIED
2021
Jan HOEDEMAN Obituary
Jan was a man of many opinions and enjoyed challenging conventional thought. Courage was a companion star that illuminated his life choices. While still a boy he took many risks to help his family survive World War II. Newly wed, he and his wife Jane sought a fresh start in Canada where they helped many of their family and friends immigrate after them and were blessed with four children. Later he became a respected university professor while establishing his professional practice as a landscape architect, realizing projects around the world. Jan's life journey was shared with successive spouses Eva and Giselle which took him from Eastern Canada to Australia, Germany, and finally Western Canada.
Jan's legacy is held by the lineage of his family: son Roy (passed), Max (Bev) and grandchildren Jules and Tegan; daughter Carol (Gaetan) and grandchildren Isabelle and Teddy; son Jeff (Mary); as well as his many siblings Ditty, Willy, Kees, Reiny, Jopie, Corry, Lydia, Wim, Frits, Roelof and Wilhelmina (some of whom have passed) and their families.
He ascended into a world with no pain serenaded by the notes of his favourite oboe music. May his Everlasting Self be embraced by love as he travels to the stars. His ashes will be interred in the family burial plot at Oud Kralingen Cemetery in the Netherlands.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to shorelinemedical.ca/society/
Memories and Condolences
for Jan HOEDEMAN
70 Entries
Carol
March 26, 2022
Dear Dad, dear Opa
Carol
March 26, 2022
Jan and Jane's wedding, with parents standing by
Carol
March 26, 2022
Mom and Dad before they left their homeland and ventured across the seas - brave, adventurous Souls!
How you can show support
Madeline
March 26, 2022
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Madeline
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Madeline
March 26, 2022
"Hoedemannen-speak" and "Hoedemannen-laughter" - with vivid recollection, and deepest sympathy, very grateful to have shared these wonderful times together, in loving memory
Carol
March 26, 2022
Good times with Giselle and Reiny and Wim
Carol
March 26, 2022
Always a joker
Carol
March 26, 2022
Road trips
Carol
March 26, 2022
Roadrunner moment
Carol Hoedeman
March 26, 2022
Fish and Chips Memories
Carol Hoedeman
March 21, 2022
Carol Hoedeman
March 21, 2022
Carol Hoedeman
March 21, 2022
Granville Island Market - Vancouver
Isabelle
March 21, 2022
Isabelle
March 21, 2022
Isabelle
March 21, 2022
Isabelle
March 21, 2022
Memories from an era
Alex Nikolajevich
January 3, 2022
Thanks for sharing all these great memories of your Dad. A life well lived!
Gaetan
January 2, 2022
jan pondering the next project
Gaetan
January 2, 2022
A charming man
Isabelle
January 2, 2022
Opa's cuddles
Isabelle
January 2, 2022
Opa loved his grandchildren. This Supergirl flew from the Philippines to Trail BC.
Isabelle
January 2, 2022
Isabelle horse whisperer in training already at an early age
Gaetan
January 2, 2022
Family reunion in September 2006 with Keith and Betty (Oma's brother) visiting
Gaetan
January 2, 2022
I am sincerely grateful he agreed to give his daughter Carol away... in May 1992
Gaetan
December 31, 2021
July 2017 - family gathering in our garden of Jocelyn Place. Jan always had a way to make people smile.
Gaetan
December 31, 2021
Curb side haircut by his grandchild Teddy
Gaetan & Carol
December 31, 2021
90th birthday celebration - Part 4
Jan takes in the music. Serious business. He appreciated every notes. He said afterwards that it was his best birthday celebration ever! Not bad in this first year of Covid.
Gaetan & Carol
December 31, 2021
90th birthday celebration - Part 3
Gaetan & Carol
December 31, 2021
90th birthday celebration - Part 2
Gaetan & Carol
December 31, 2021
Jan was very appreciative of his 90th birthday celebration listening to Romani violin music in our home garden. A flick of birds joined in to listen to the classical melody. - Part 1
Gaetan
December 31, 2021
Jan enjoying his new "ezwheels" last May 2021in the Rose Garden near his house
Gaetan, Jan, Eleanor & Carol
December 31, 2021
2021 Christmas Dinner in his apartment on Resthaven Drive in Sidney BC
Jeff
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Jeff
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Jeff
December 31, 2021
More photos from Jan's life.
Jeff
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Jeff
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Jeff
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Jeff
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Jeff
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Jeff
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Jeff
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Jeff
December 31, 2021
Some photos from over the years.
karin Gouri
December 31, 2021
An inspiring journey we shared with Jan along with Eva and Jeff and Carol while passing by this planet...
He used his return ticket with Dignity ....an art of going back....
We, the living, have tears, missing him as a way of sharing the departure of loved one....even though return journey is also a celebration...
Mary Oko
December 31, 2021
Mary Oko
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Mary Oko
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Mary Oko
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Mary Oko
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Mary Oko
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Mary Oko
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Mary Oko
December 31, 2021
Sharing some happy memories of our times together with Giselle and the adventures Jan & Giselle both had. Jan thanking you for the learnings we shared. My thanks as well for your amazing children and grandchildren who continue to bring joy to us all. Be at peace.
Clay Braziller
December 31, 2021
Jeff. My deepest sympathies to you and your family. When I think about people who had a big influence on me your dad is on top of the list. He was always up for a debate, hard to say no to, wicked smart, incredibly generous, an inspirational builder and a great host. Your dad opened his house to me. So many dinners, so many conversions, and fun-driving to Maine in a snow storm comes to mind. He challenged my notion of coffee, soup (hoi doi), and politics. I watched him build and move anything. Sometimes I hear Jan in my head as I dig out a rock from my garden and attempt to move it. So many warm memories of a man who always had a plate at his table for me no matter when we would show up. I guess in the end he was also brave. It´s not easy to say goodbye to the people you love. He was one of a kind and will be missed.
Jeff
December 31, 2021
Dad always had a renovation project on the go.
Jeff
December 31, 2021
Dad was always on the go.
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