July 22, 1941 - October 9, 2018
Jack was born in Drachten, The Netherlands July 22, 1941 and passed away peacefully in the Red Deer Regional Hospital October 9, 2018 with family at his side. He immigrated to Canada in 1959 and worked at many different jobs but mainly in construction.
In 1973 he started at Cosmos and 7 years later he joined his brother Jerry in Mulder Brothers Construction. In 1988 after a year of semi retirement boredom set in and Jack and Lynn bought a campground in BC on Kootenay Lake which kept them busy until health issues forced a move back to Red Deer in 2003.
Jack leaves to mourn him, Lynn, his loving partner of 40 years, his daughter Lisa (Trevor), his son Jason, and granddaughters Hazel and Zuri.
He also leaves siblings Rea deJong, Jerry (Dicky) Mulder, Ali (John) Veuger, and in The Netherlands Joop (Cellie) Mulder, Gretha Sytsma, Fred (Hennie) and Gerda (Willem) along with numerous nieces and nephews both in Canada and The Netherlands.
He was predeceased by his parents and his niece Corrine Warkentin.
A Celebration of life will be announced in the coming weeks.
Service Details
1:00 PM