Obituary: Nieke de Boer Visser
Nicola de Boer Visser
March 2, 1946 – May 28, 2024
It is with sadness that we have to announce the passing of Nieke de Boer Visser, on her own terms.
She was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on March 2, 1946, to Nicolaas de Boer and Johanna Piels. She had an much older brother, Ger, who predeceased her in 2012.
After her schooling in 1966, a Gymnasium, she went to the University of Amsterdam to do her medical degrees, which she finalized in 1973. At the Gymnasium in Amsterdam she met her future husband Kees. They married on October 10, 1969.
After their doctoral degrees (Kees in geology), they left for Zambia in 1974, where she worked as a medical professional for the Health and Pollution Control Department of the Zambian mining industry.
In 1982 they left Zambia for Calgary in Canada, where Kees was employed by Petro-Canada. Nieke discovered that Canada did not recognize her medical degrees which embittered her until her death.
She found employment with t…
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