Randall Lee Van Zee

IN MEMORY OF
RANDALL L. VAN ZEE

BORN
December 17, 1951
Sioux Center, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
April 4, 2008
Sheldon, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
1:30 P.M. Tuesday, April 8, 2008
United Methodist Church
Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Marvin Lindley Officiating
Eulogist: Calvin Helmus

VISITATION
will be after 3 p.m. Monday, April 7, 2008
with the family present 6 to 8 p.m.,
at the United Methodist Church in Sheldon.
MUSIC
“I Can Only Imagine”
“Go Rest High”
sung by: Holly Van Zee
“Jesus Loves Me”
sung by: the Grandchildren & Holly Van Zee
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Amazing Grace”
“It is Well With My Soul”
Organist: Barb Burns

CASKET BEARERS
Shane Jager Mike Van Meeteren
Jeremy Van Zee Mark Van Zee
Ryan Mouw Randy Mouw

FINAL RESTING PLACE
East Lawn Cemetery ~ Sheldon, Iowa

After the graveside service relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home of Sheldon, Iowa


RANDALL L. VAN ZEE

Randall Lee Van Zee, 56, of Sheldon, IA passed into glory on Friday, April 4, 2008. He was born to Alvin and Agnes (Katje) Van Zee on December 17, 1951 in Sioux Center, IA. He was raised in Rock Valley, IA and graduated from Hull Western Christian in 1970. He continued his education at Dordt College in Sioux Center, IA where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work in 1974. In 1988, Randy received his Masters in Counseling from Boston University. He worked for Hope Haven, Inc. for 29 years before moving to Sheldon in 2002 where he worked as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the State of Iowa.
Some of Randy’s greatest accomplishments were finishing the Race Across AMerica (RAAM) in 2004, climbing Mount Evans in Colorado in 2007 and receiving the Iowa Governor’s Excellence Award in Vocational Rehabilitation.
Randy is survived by his wife, Denise; their children, Sara and Travis Johnson of Sisseton, SD; Steve and Holly Van Zee of Maurice, IA and Rachel and Captain Christopher Carlson of Colorado Springs, CO; six grandchildren, Brodie and Camryn Van Zee; Tate, Tyan and Sidney Johnson; Rylin Carlson; his mother, Agnes (Van Zee) Damkot of Tenstrike, MN; his siblings, Dennis and Diane Van Zee of Rock Valley, IA; Ruth Van Zee of Denver, CO; David and Gaye Van Zee of Holland, MI; step-sister, Susan and Tom Smith; Denise’s parents, Alfred and Aletha Mouw of Sheldon, IA and siblings, Kenneth and Harriet Mouw of Glendale, AZ; Cheryl and Robert Van Meeteren of Sheldon, IA; Roger and Rochelle Mouw of Sheldon, IA; numerous nieces and nephews and a lifetime of those touched by his life.
Randy was preceded in death by his father, Alvin Van Zee and step-father, Warren Damkot.