1947
Rodney
2009
Rodney Ray Van Meeteren
July 23, 1947 — September 18, 2009
IN MEMORY OF
RODNEY R. VAN MEETEREN
BORN: July 23, 1947 ~ Sheldon, Iowa
PASSED AWAY: September 18, 2009 ~ Sheldon, Iowa
FUNERAL SERVICE
1:30 P.M. Wednesday, September 23, 2009
United Methodist Church; Sheldon, Iowa
CLERGYMEN
Rev. Marvin Lindley and Rev. Scott Peterson
MUSIC
“The Rose”
Sung by: Dyan Sterk
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Thy Word Is A Lamp”
“It Is Well With My Soul”
Organist: Barb Burns
HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Henry Schmidt Dean Schmidt
Eugene Krier
CASKET BEARERS
Sam Peterson Gerald Kroon
John Merrell Ervin Verrips
Larry Christians Norman Wolf
Matthew Hanenburg Loren Sterk
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Military graveside service by the:
McGlothlen-Cowie Post #145
of the American Legion of Sheldon
East Lawn Cemetery ~ Sheldon, Iowa
After the graveside service, relatives and friends are invited to join
the family for lunch in the fellowship hall of the church.
Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa
RODNEY R. VAN MEETEREN
Rodney Ray Van Meeteren, the son of Ralph and Mary (Drenth) Van Meeteren was born July 23, 1947 in Sheldon, Iowa. He received his education in Sheldon and graduated from Sheldon High School in 1965. A year after graduating from Sheldon High School, he was drafted into the United States Army and served during the Vietnam War. He was united in marriage to Betty Williams on July 24, 1967 in Archer, Iowa. After their marriage the couple lived in Copperas Cove, Texas while Rod served on the Killeen Nuclear Base. After his discharge from the service they returned to Sheldon area where Rod started raising livestock and eventually turned into grain farming. Rod passed away on Friday, September 18, 2009 at the Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon as a result of a farming accident, reaching the age of 62 years, 1 month and 26 days.
He was a member of the Sheldon United Methodist Church and the McGlothlen-Cowie Post #145 of the American Legion of Sheldon. He enjoyed woodcarving and traveling doing mission work to locations as: Texas, Mexico, Spain and Belgium. But most of all he enjoyed spending time with his family.
Rod leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Betty of Sheldon; two daughters and their spouses, Raeanne and Klinton Tatsumi of Sheldon and Laurel and Thomas Foster of Waterloo, Iowa; three grandchildren, Nathan and Victoria Tatsumi and Emma Kyes; two brothers and a sister and their spouses, Dennis and Ladonna Van Meeteren of Sheldon; Donna and Edgar Schaeffer of Yankton, South Dakota; and Larry and Connie Van Meeteren of Sheldon; and nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother-in-law, Wayne Krahling.
Rod was a friend and neighbor to everyone he met or talked to and impacted people’s lives with a Christ like Love.
RODNEY R. VAN MEETEREN
BORN: July 23, 1947 ~ Sheldon, Iowa
PASSED AWAY: September 18, 2009 ~ Sheldon, Iowa
FUNERAL SERVICE
1:30 P.M. Wednesday, September 23, 2009
United Methodist Church; Sheldon, Iowa
CLERGYMEN
Rev. Marvin Lindley and Rev. Scott Peterson
MUSIC
“The Rose”
Sung by: Dyan Sterk
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Thy Word Is A Lamp”
“It Is Well With My Soul”
Organist: Barb Burns
HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Henry Schmidt Dean Schmidt
Eugene Krier
CASKET BEARERS
Sam Peterson Gerald Kroon
John Merrell Ervin Verrips
Larry Christians Norman Wolf
Matthew Hanenburg Loren Sterk
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Military graveside service by the:
McGlothlen-Cowie Post #145
of the American Legion of Sheldon
East Lawn Cemetery ~ Sheldon, Iowa
After the graveside service, relatives and friends are invited to join
the family for lunch in the fellowship hall of the church.
Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa
RODNEY R. VAN MEETEREN
Rodney Ray Van Meeteren, the son of Ralph and Mary (Drenth) Van Meeteren was born July 23, 1947 in Sheldon, Iowa. He received his education in Sheldon and graduated from Sheldon High School in 1965. A year after graduating from Sheldon High School, he was drafted into the United States Army and served during the Vietnam War. He was united in marriage to Betty Williams on July 24, 1967 in Archer, Iowa. After their marriage the couple lived in Copperas Cove, Texas while Rod served on the Killeen Nuclear Base. After his discharge from the service they returned to Sheldon area where Rod started raising livestock and eventually turned into grain farming. Rod passed away on Friday, September 18, 2009 at the Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon as a result of a farming accident, reaching the age of 62 years, 1 month and 26 days.
He was a member of the Sheldon United Methodist Church and the McGlothlen-Cowie Post #145 of the American Legion of Sheldon. He enjoyed woodcarving and traveling doing mission work to locations as: Texas, Mexico, Spain and Belgium. But most of all he enjoyed spending time with his family.
Rod leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Betty of Sheldon; two daughters and their spouses, Raeanne and Klinton Tatsumi of Sheldon and Laurel and Thomas Foster of Waterloo, Iowa; three grandchildren, Nathan and Victoria Tatsumi and Emma Kyes; two brothers and a sister and their spouses, Dennis and Ladonna Van Meeteren of Sheldon; Donna and Edgar Schaeffer of Yankton, South Dakota; and Larry and Connie Van Meeteren of Sheldon; and nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother-in-law, Wayne Krahling.
Rod was a friend and neighbor to everyone he met or talked to and impacted people’s lives with a Christ like Love.
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