Albert Lievense 1927-2021 ….

Albert Lievense 1927-2021

Albert

Lievense, born on Dec. 12,1927, passed away on

June 13, 2021 at the age of 93.

Albert was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He survived his teenage years under German occupation. He was a veteran of the Dutch army, serving two years in Indonesia.

After returning to the Netherlands, he became a firefighter and in 1950, he married Annie and had three children. After serving in the Amsterdam fire department until 1960, an opportunity arose to emigrate to the United States. The family of five with three kids under the age of 9 and not speaking English, settled in Gardena, California.

Both Albert and Annie stayed active in the Dutch community and never regretted moving to the U.S.

Albert served on the board of the Holland Soccer Club for many years. He loved camping and spent most vacations on family camping trips.

They moved to Torrance in 1973, and after Albert retired as a finish carpenter in 1989, they moved to Leisure World. They spent a lot of time traveling the world, seeing friends and family. They loved going back to the Netherlands to visit family. They discovered cruising in 1990 and took many trips cruising the world.

One of Albert’s hobbies was going to garage sales and looking for treasures. In Leisure World, he joined the woodworking club, the stamp club and the Touch of Dutch club.

He lived in Leisure World for 31 years and was very lucky to have such great neighbors.

His greatest passion the past six years, after Annie passed away from Alzheimer’s, was to keep in touch with old friends on Facebook. He still communicated with school friends from 85 years ago.

He is survived by his three children, Pete and Lisa Lievense, Nico and Andrea Lievense, and Carla and Gerardo Rodriguez; his three granddaughters, Nicole ( Ben), Ashley (Alfredo), and Alexis (Ray); his two great grandsons, Kaleb and Luke. He was preceded in death by his grandson Brent.