SIMPSON BAY--Former Lt. Governor of the Windward Islands (St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius) Reinier Oswald van Delden (82) passed away on Friday, after a long illness.
A well-known Simpson Bay resident, Van Delden was one of the last Lt. Governors when the three islands were administered together. He served from 1969 to 1975 and was succeeded by Max Pandt.
Van Delden was back in the Lt. Governor's office again in the 1980s, but as Acting Lt. Governor. He took up the post when former Lt. Governor Ralph Richardson joined the Netherlands Antilles Cabinet that oversaw the change of the Kingdom Charter that allowed Aruba to become a country within the Dutch Kingdom in 1986.
As Acting Lt. Governor, Van Delden served alone ? without an appointed Lt. Governor above him ? at the time of the transition, similar to the period leading up to St. Maarten becoming a country within the Kingdom, when Attorney-at-Law Reynold Groeneveldt served alone as Acting Lt. Governor of the island.
Van Delden also served as Administrator of Saba for several years. His ties to that island remain strong through family reinforcement, as his daughter Charlyse "Anastacia" van Delden married Antoine Solagnier, a former Saba Lt. Governor.
Van Delden was the father of Simpson Bay Environment Protection (SBEP) co-founder/politician Philip van Delden and father-in-law of Rosite Lacl�. The former Lt. Governor also leaves to mourn his companion Antonia "Mama" Reyes, his children and spouses Diana and Rocky Carmean, David van Delden (Cura�ao), Sebastian and Elizabeth van Delden (USA) and Reinier and Jennifer van Delden (USA), the children of Reyes and the extended Van Delden family.
Van Delden's funeral will be held at Royal Funeral Home on Sucker Garden Road, on Friday. Viewing will be from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. Service commences at 2:00pm. Burial will take place in Simpson Bay Cemetery.
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