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Hylkema, T. O. (1888-1962)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1962 Oct 11 p. 1
Birth date: 1888
text of obituary:
Mennonite Leader Dies in Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands — Ds. T. O. Hylkema, a Dutch Mennonite leader, died Sept. 13 at the age of 74.
Ds. Hylkema was born in 1888 and began his ministry in 1911. He held pastorates in Giethoorn (beginning in 1912), in Amersfoort (1929) and in Amsterdam after 1936. He retired in 1948.
Among his many other activities he was instrumental in the establishment of the Gemeentedagbeweging (a movement for the revival of congregational life). He also helped in the founding of a brotherhood house at Bilthoven and “Fredesheim” near Steenwijk. After the Second World War he was influential in the reorganization of the Dutch Vredesgroep (peace group).
He worked closely with the MCC in relief work on a number of occasions.
The Mennonite obituary: 1962 Oct 23 p. 683