Clarence Van Steenis (1916-2010)
VAN STEENIS, VAN RINGELSTEIN, JACKSON, DE VRIES
Posted By: Nevada Journal
Date: 1/9/2010 at 10:02:29
THE NEVADA JOURNAL, Nevada, Story County, Iowa, Friday, January 8, 2010.
Funeral services for Clarence Van Steenis, 93, of Pella, Iowa, will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Pella Heartland Reformed Church. Visitation will take place at the Pella Garden Chapel Funeral Home from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday, and 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Heartland Reformed Church with family present. Burial will take place at the Oakwood Cemetery in Pella. Memorials may be given to the Heartland Reformed Church or Hospice of Pella.
Clarence William Van Steenis was born on June 13, 1916, at rural Knoxville near Flagler. He was the only child of Huber and Minnie Slot Van Steenis.
He received his eighth grade education by the age of eleven at the Flagler Country School. He then began his lifetime occupation as a farmer.
On October 20, 1938, Clarence was united in marriage to Engelyn (Angie)Van Ringelstein at the Third Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa.
They lived in the Flagler area until 1946, when they moved to a farm near Fremont for one year and then returned to the Flagler area.
In 1956 they moved to a farm north of Pella. They later sold the farm which later became the site of the Christian Opportunity Center and Park View housing development. Clarence continued to farm ground near Otley, Monroe, and Knoxville until 2008. In 2000 he and Engelyn moved to a duplex at 1000 West 4th Street in Pella.
Clarence was a life-long member of the Third Reformed Church until about eighteen years ago when he became a charter member of the Heartland Reformed Church in Pella.
For many years he was a seed corn dealer, first selling Funk’s G Hybrids and later Moews.
Clarence and Angie took several bus tours visiting many parts of the United States and Canada. He and Angie also spent three weeks in Holland visiting relatives. His favorite spot to go was the farm.
He loved to sing and the hymns were always his favorite. Many times he chose a special one to sing as a witness of his faith at special events.
On November 13, 2008, he became a resident of the Pella Regional Health Center – Long Term Care. He passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2010, at the age of ninety-three.
Clarence is survived by his wife; four children and their spouses: Marsha (Harold) Jackson of Nevada, Iowa, Judy (Rodney) De Vries of Pella, Iowa, Carleton (Mary) Van Steenis of Pella, Iowa, and Terry (Nancy) Van Steenis of Monroe, Iowa; thirteen grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Arie and Carolyn Ringelstein; and many nieces and nephews.
The Pella Garden Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of making the arrangements.
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