Nicolaas Rodenburg, 87, passed away peacefully at home on Monday May 7, 2018. He was born in Aarlanderveen, Holland on January 28, 1931. Nicolaas came to the United States in the late ‘50s and settled in the Ripon and Escalon area.He came with a background of farming, he started in the dairy industry which led to raising replacement stock and growing almonds on the NR Ranch in Ripon and Oakdale.