A warm memory of Willem Dekker

Today May 30th, we learned that our highly valued board member Willem Dekker passed away last night after a long period of illness.

Willem Dekker (67) was characterized by his great passion for horses and a positive attitude to life. Together with his wife Anja and his daughters Mariëlle and Yvette, Willem focused on breeding jumping and dressage horses from Benningbroek in North Holland. His breeding has produced the approved stallions Hernandez TN (s.Kannan), Fire King WD (s.Toulon) and Kaiden Leva WD (s.Kannan).

From 2008 Willem was part of the board of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag. In addition to being a great horse lover, he also turned out to be a real connector. Willem liked to go along with the selectors and knew many fellow breeders. He was a man who loved to tackle and had great perseverance. Until the very end, Willem remained involved and enthusiastic about the Foal Auction Prinsjesdag.

With his passing, we not only say goodbye to a valuable board member, but also to a dear friend.
The board, selectors and stakeholders of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag cherish the beautiful memories and wish his wife Anja and their two daughters a lot of strength with this great loss.

On behalf of the board of Foal Auction Prinsjesdag,

Arjan van der Waaij
Chair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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