Birth date: Sep 13, 1922 Death date: Jan 26, 2014
Allen VanOordt, Jr., age 91, of Grand Haven passed away Sunday, January 26, 2014, at the Leila and Cyrus Poppen Hospice Residence. He was born September 13, 1922, in Grand Haven to Allen Sr. and Mabel (Geldein) VanOordt. He marrie Read Obituary
Uncle Al was always thoughtful and called us routinely to check up on me and my family. He will be missed and we pray that we can visit again in the life to come.
Rest in Peace
Love,
Tom Van Oordt
Sending my deepest sympathy to the family. Treasure all of the good memories you have & he will be in your heart forever. My prayers & thoughts are with your family.
Candy Sullins
It will be hard missing the memorial service, but because our VFW Honor Guard has another funeral assignment at the same day, and time, we will not be able to attend. Please know that the VFW loved and respected Al VanOordt. Our hearts and prayers are with the family. May god bless you at this difficult time.....Gerald Tripp, Chaplain VFW Post 2326.
I will very much miss Mr. VanOordt, I will miss him saying Hi there sweety.......Heaven has another angel, now he can dance and sing with his lovely wife.......Miss you Mr. VanOordt you were such an awesome guy.......My thoughts and prayers are with the VanOordt family..........Sherry Brown GPAL
Al, is a very special friend. He would always see me and say, " Hi Commander" and I would say " I am not Commander any more" and Al would say " You will always be Commander to me". He will be missed dearly by all of us at the American Legion, with that great smile he had. I remember when the Coast Guard ships were coming in he was always there early and would be up on the deck at the Legion with that "GREAT SMILE".
He was very active with our Honor Guard and would make lots of the funerals to "Honor our Veterans". He was one of our members that would show up all the time, so that made us younger members think, "Boy we have a hard act to follow". I am so glad he was there when we Honored all of our WWII veterans from the area. Also he was with our Honor Guard Teams from the VFW and American Legion when we were all Honored by the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival Commetiee. I will miss seeing Al at all of our Wednesday night dinners and at our Veterans Day dinner.
I salute you my friend.
God Bless you and your family,
We will carry on for you "Honoring our Veterans"
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Past "Commander" David MacKellar "Mack"
Char & Dave
Special to have spent time with you dad at the Legion last summer. Greatest Generation always to be remembered.
I always knew that Uncle Al liked me and was always glad to see me. I watched him be that way with everyone. It was just the gracious friend he was. I will miss him.
Dr. Roger Rose
