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Denise van Rossum (41) from Den Bosch lost her husband Eddy last year in a terrible accident. He drowned in the Maas while trying to save their dog Jimmy. It is difficult for Denise to restart her life. Especially since she also lost her husband’s wedding ring during carnival in Oeteldonk on Saturday.

It was the darkest day in Denise’s life. Her husband did not return when he walked their boomer Jimmy on the Maas in Den Bosch on June 19 last year. Jimmy was playing at the edge of the water and suddenly turned out to be swimming quite far into the Maas.

Jimmy was everything to Denise and her husband. Eddy, a sporty man, jumped into the Maas and tried to retrieve it. He got into trouble when he got caught in the suction of a freighter and could not be saved. Dog Jimmy survived the accident.

“As if it was her own fault that she lost him. But that is of course not true.”

“Denise hasn’t been doing well since then,” says her friend Daniëlle, who has been her source of support. Denise herself is unable to talk about the great loss. Daniëlle: “She isn’t working yet and spends a lot of time indoors. On Saturday she finally went into town with a few friends. We went to see the carnival in Oeteldonk. But things quickly went wrong there.”

In the hustle and bustle of Snellestraat, Denise had a panic attack and fled the city center, away from the carnival.

Her Eddy’s ring hung on a chain around her neck. She blacked out, ran away in panic, tripped and lost the necklace somewhere along the way. She lost the most important thing she owned from her husband on Saturday.

Daniëlle: “She is devastated and very sad. She is also ashamed that she wore the necklace in the city during carnival. As if it was her own fault that she lost it. But that is of course not true.”

“Maybe someone saw the necklace and ring on the floor and picked it up?”

Danielle: “I told her to get over her embarrassment to get that ring back. Maybe someone saw the necklace and ring on the floor and picked it up?” Eddy’s ring is engraved Edgar & Denise 14-09-2018. In addition to the ring, there is also a dog tag on the chain.

If you think you have found the necklace and/or wedding ring, please email: [email protected]

Read more about last year’s accident here:

Man (49) wants to save his dog and drowns in the Maas

2024-02-11 08:03:58


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In Waoterrijk they do their very best to put on a beautiful carnival. No expense is spared. Yet young people from Nuland flock to Oeteldonk. Minister of Youth Affairs Harold van Nistelrooij is not concerned about it: “They will all come back.” And that also applies to his own daughter Yanniek.

Harold and Yanniek are together in the De Meent community center, where the public carnival is celebrated in Nuland. Harold has been busy preparing for weeks. This Thursday the community center will be dressed in blue and yellow.

His 18-year-old daughter Yanniek comes to take a look and is wearing her Oeteldonk carnival costume with the recognizable red, white and yellow scarf. She starts her first carnival evening on Thursday evening. Not in Nuland but in the Korte Putstraat in Den Bosch.

“Children need to spread their wings”

Yanniek: “I go to Oeteldonk because there is a lot of youth there. Also from Breda, where I study. I enjoy celebrating Carnival with others. I also want to look further than just Nuland.”

Her father Harold is not at all concerned about his daughter going to Oeteldonk. He also makes no effort to keep his daughter here during carnival. “Even if I wanted to, it wouldn’t work. It is normal that at some point they go their own way during carnival. Children must spread their wings and find their own way. They also don’t go on holiday with mom and dad forever. That’s very normal. And we see most of them come back when they are older. They are always welcome.”

Yanniek sees that too. The Oeteldonk carnival is for the young, she thinks: “I think that once I get older, I will come back to Nuland. Now she celebrates carnival in Den Bosch every day. She only makes an exception for the parade in Nuland.

“I always find the parade fun. I don’t skip it, I’m always there on Sundays.” Then Yanniek also exchanges her Oeteldonk colors for the blue-yellow of Waoterrijk: “You get a bit of strange looks if you wear red-white-yellow during carnival here in Nuland.”

“We do a lot to keep carnival alive in Nuland”

Harold does not think that carnival in Nuland will cease to exist if the young people go to Oeteldonk. “No, we do a lot to keep carnival alive in Nuland and we are not going to copy what they do in Den Bosch. We have our own identity. We have a public carnival that everyone can participate in. For children, the disabled, for the elderly. And we don’t see it declining at all.”

2024-02-08 20:00:44


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