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John Joseph Tolsma 1924 - 2017

John Joseph Tolsma was born on July 12, 1924 in Arum, Wûnseradiel County, FR Netherlands. He was married to Lillian Shirley Tolsma in 1951 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States, and they were together until John's death on September 9, 2017 in Warminster, Bucks County United States. He had children Richard John Tolsma, Karen Elizabeth Smith, Susan Jane DeMeester, Alan Walter Tolsma, and Linda Jean Tipton. John Tolsma was buried on September 15, 2017 in Hatboro, Montgomery County.

John Joseph Tolsma
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July 12, 1924
Arum, Wûnseradiel County, FR, 8822, Netherlands
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Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 18974, United States
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In 1924, in the year that John Joseph Tolsma was born, Macy's department store in New York held its first "Thanksgiving parade" on November 27th at 9a - during church services but leaving plenty of time to attend the big football game between Syracuse and Columbia universities. The parade was held as a way to promote the opening of the “World’s Largest Store” and its 1 million square feet of retail space in Manhattan’s Herald Square. The parade was 6 miles long and included floats, Macy's employees dressed as clowns, cowboys, and sword-wielding knights, and animals from Central Park Zoo. Santa Claus, of course, brought up the rear - opening the Christmas shopping season for Macy's.
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In 1938, he was only 14 years old when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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John Joseph Tolsma Jul 12, 1924 - Sep 9, 2017
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1951
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John Joseph Tolsma Jul 12, 1924 - Sep 9, 2017
Lillian Shirley Tolsma Mar 2, 1928 - Jan 29, 2021
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Karen Elizabeth Smith born Sep 22, 1956
Susan Jane DeMeester born Aug 23, 1960
Linda Jean Tipton born Mar 29, 1962
Richard John Tolsma born Aug 13, 1953
Alan Walter Tolsma born Aug 23, 1960
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Tolsma, Josephine (Mar 24, 1888 - Apr 1976) Tolsma, Gertrude (Apr 4, 1919 - Dec 8, 1991) Tolsma, George (Feb 5, 1928 - Dec 29, 2004) Tolsma, Shirley (Feb 12, 1927 - Jan 20, 2003) Tolsma, George (Feb 9, 1878 - Jan 1966) Tolsma, Genevieve (Aug 8, 1907 - Apr 1969) Tolsma, Glenn (Sep 2, 1953 - Feb 23, 1997) Tolsma, Gertrude (Feb 10, 1914 - May 6, 2001) Tolsma, Alfred (Aug 22, 1909 - May 1977) Tolsma, Helen (Sep 8, 1919 - Apr 13, 1988)
Tolsma, Albert (Feb 11, 1924 - Sep 3, 1998) Tolsma, Herbert (Sep 21, 1904 - Aug 1976) Tolsma, Edward (May 19, 1898 - Feb 1969) Tolsma, Alice (Jun 14, 1925 - Jan 4, 2008) Tolsma, Gloria (Oct 4, 1928 - Dec 14, 2008) Tolsma, Jeannette (Nov 11, 1909 - Dec 13, 2005) Tolsma, Jimmie (Sep 5, 1971 - Feb 25, 2008) Tolsma, Frank (Nov 19, 1882 - Feb 1965) Tolsma, Forest (Oct 4, 1910 - Nov 6, 1992) Tolsma, Darren (Sep 6, 1963 - Feb 12, 2009)
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