Don and Eunice had four children:
Dave born April 27, 1956 in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Doug born April 21, 1959 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dan born October 2, 1961 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Rebecca born October 6, 1966 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Dave was born at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1956 (while Dad was attending Western Michigan University). He attended Calvin Christian High School, and then went to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he earned his BS degree in Psychology. Dave met Sue Holsem in high school and they were married in Grandville, Michigan on January 21, 1978, after Sue graduated from the University of Michigan. Dave and Sue both earned Masters Degrees (in Industrial Psychology and Accounting) at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois; and Dave also taught Social Psychology there for 3 years. After college they went on an internship with IBM in Armonk, NY and that led to a job at IBM in Raleigh, North Carolina where they live today. Sue and Dave have three children: Jamie, born November 6, 1980; Julie, born July 2, 1986; and Steven, born June 9, 1990.
Doug was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 21, 1959. He graduated from Jenison High School in 1977 and then went on to earn an associate degree from Grand Rapids Junior College in 1979, a bachelor degree in education from Grand Valley State University in 1982 and masters degrees from Emporia State University in 1992 in curriculum and instruction and in counseling in 1998. Doug worked teaching middle school in El Dorado, Kansas for six years and then in Shawnee Mission, Kansas from 1988 until now becoming a counselor at Shawnee Mission South in 2001 and the counselor coordinator since 2002. Doug met Kathy Macklin in high school and they were married in Goddard, Kansas on July 14, 1979. They have three children: Lisa born March 14, 1982 and Kim born July 28, 1984 and Jennie born September 17, 1986.
Dan was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 2, 1961. He graduated from Jenison High School in 1980 and went on to earn a bachelor degree in economics from Calvin College in 1984. After graduation, Dan worked at Steelcase from 1985 until 2005. He is currently employed at Tennant in Zeeland, Michigan. He earned another bachelor degree in finance from Davenport in 1998. Dan met Beth Anderson in college and they were married in Jenison, Michigan on June 20, 1986. They have three children: Hannah born June 26, 1990 and Kinsey born January 28, 1994 and Leah born August 9, 2001.
Rebecca (Becky) was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on October 6, 1966. She graduated from Jenison High School in 1984. She earned a bachelor degree from Hope College in 1988, with a double major in secondary education and Spanish. She taught Spanish in Allendale from 1988 – 1990 and then was hired to teach in Zeeland in 1990 and is still teaching their now. Becky met Dave Purnell in 1997 and they were married on July 11, 1998. They have 2 children: Anna born June 16, 1994 and Ellyn born April 16, 2000.
