Vander Heiden, Arie LeRoy 1929-2001

VANDER HEIDEN, KEIRAN, STARK

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Date: 8/8/2005 at 22:20:39

HARVEY - Arie LeRoy Vander Heiden, 72, of Harvey, died Wednesday, Oct. 24, at his home.

His funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Williams Funeral Home in Knoxville, Pastor Stephen Kowbel officiating. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with family present 3-5 p.m. Sunday. Burial: Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville, with military honors by American Legion Post No. 165, V.F.W. Post No. 3519, and Iowa National Guard Maintenance 364th Company. Memorials: Hospice of Central Iowa or American Cancer Society.

Arie was born Sept. 16, 1929, in Harvey to John Henry and Daney Anna Keiran Vander Heiden. He attended school in Eureka, a mile northwest of Harvey. After returning home in 1951, he and his older brother, Henry, went to work for Maytag Co. in Newton.

He married Edna Fay Stark on Nov. 10, 1951, in Newton. He was a member of many civic organizations. He belonged to the Masonic Lodge in Tracy for 22 years, and was a member of the Za Ga Zig Shrine. He also was a member of the V.F.W., American Legion, and Eagles in Knoxville. He loved gardening, bowling, computers, WWF wrestling, and golf cart rides with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law: Rosetta Vander Heiden of Harvey, Sondra and Rod Showers of Knoxville, and Charlene and Don Barnes of Knoxville; three sons and a daughter-in-law: Gary and Dennis Vander Heiden, both of Harvey, and Mike and Barb Vander Heiden of Albia; two brothers: Raymond Burkhart of Harvey and Manford Burkhart of Knoxville; four sisters: Mabel Holdsworth of Oskaloosa, Marian Gordon of Harvey, Mae Benscooter of Knoxville and Irene Vander Heiden of California; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Edna in 1988; four brothers: Henry, John, Harry and Frank; and two sisters: Ethel and Dica.

The Oskaloosa Herald, October 26, 2001