Name: Dr. Johannes Nicolaas (Claas) van den Houten.
Born: Sunday, October 5,
1913 in
Rotterdam.
Study: Promoted in
Leiden 1945 International Right thesis: "Bondstaat en Souvereiniteit". (Federal State and Sovereignty)
Occupation: Honorary Director and former General Counsel - Director Legal Department,
European Investment Bank Luxemburg.
Honoured Member and former Secretary-Treasurer (July 6, 1946 till June 27, 1963),
Netherlands Olympic Committee.
Decorations:
Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. (Dutch)
Staff Member in the Order of Oranje Nassau. (Dutch)
Knight in the Order of the White Rose of Finland.
Deceased: Monday, October 20, 2008 in
Wassenaar at 95 years of age.
See scans of:
Death Ad,
Condolence Card and
Order of Service.
Parents:
Baltus van den Houten and Nicolasina Sinoo.
After the death of his wife Magda, Claas moved on Monday, March 31,
2003 from
Luxemburg to Wassenaar.
Married on Tuesday, October 10,
1939 in Rotterdam with:
Name: Magdalena (Magda) Schuil.
Born: Monday, March 26,
1917 in
Rotterdam.
Deceased: Friday, February 21,
2003 in
Rollingen, Luxemburg, at nearly 86 years of age.
Parents: Rembertus Sytse Paulus Schuil and Magdalena Burgmans.
They had 4 children:
1.
Name:
Balt Johannes Nicolaas (Hans) van den Houten.
Born: Tuesday, Augustus 6,
1940 in Den Haag.
Married 3 times, see his page.
2.
Name: Rembertus Sytse Paulus (Rem) van den Houten.
Born: Wednesday, October 20,
1943 in Den Haag.
Deceased: Wednesday, January 13,
1960 in Sankt
Johan in Austria at 16¼ years of age.
Rem was an excellent skier.
In 1958 hij finished second by the Dutch Youthchampionships.
In 1959 they expected that he could be the number one.
Unfortunately it went wrong on Saturday, January 3, 1959 at his last training run.
In his run he knocked over a slalomstick, somewhat happens numerous times a day, only
this time the stick, a for that time common wooden one with a rough sharpen point, came
upside down in the snow. He could not evading the stick and the stick pierced through him
at his gastric region. Due to the punch he flew through the air and came a couple of meters
further on down on his back through which his legs became paralysed. He lay down at the
Hahnenkamm mountain in the snow and was fully conscious, and he was able to pull out
the stick by himself but could not transported to the hospital in St. Johann because te two
ambulances already had patients with broken legs to deliver. But he was operated that
same day, later followed by a second operation to get rid off an infection. Unfortunately,
because of this, he was too weakened and died, in the presents of his parents, 10 days
after his accident.
3.
Name: Madeleine Nicole van den Houten.
Born: Wednesday, October 9,
1946 in Den Haag.
4.
Name:
Hermance Marguerite van den Houten.
Born: Tuesday, December 14,
1957 in Den Haag.
Married with:
Name: Michiel Brandjes.
Thanks to Hans and Hermance van den Houten.
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