Dieuwertje Blok is buried, outside the press of the press – the family did not want to have media present. According to her widower, it was not a sad event. “No black.”
As a presenter of the Sinterklaas journal, she was a well -known and loved sight in many living rooms: Dieuwertje Blok. The people mourned en masse for her death, but just like with Ron Brandsteder, the relatives did not want media to be present at her farewell or funeral. And so the funeral has taken place in silence.
Great farewell
Dieuwertje Blok was buried in Koedijk yesterday in the presence of about thirty family members and a few friends, her widower Peter de Bie says to it ANP. “The farewell was great, it was well organized.”
There was not much attention for her professional life during the farewell. “Seriously good work was made with scripts and everything was very tight and executed. It worked very well, because a completely different story was told than all the reactions in the media. With us it was really about the family. “
Not in black
Two days earlier, on Saturday, there was a big commemoration in Naarden, where, according to Peter, ‘about 350’ was present, including friends, family and colleagues. “It was a very emotional meeting.”
A strict dress code was used. “It was warm and with a lot of flowers and with a lot of color, she wanted that too. People were absolutely not allowed to get into black. Dieuwertje wanted a party and she had a party. “
Raids
Just like the widower of the recently deceased Manuëla Kemp, Peter was very surprised about the mass compassion in the country. He is ‘totally robbed by the greatness’ that brought the news about her death.
“What happened in the Netherlands was really unlikely to us. If you see that, you are very happy about that. You have never realized that she has meant so much for the Netherlands and for the children. ”