Clarence Van Steenis (1916-2010)
STEENIS, SLOT, VAN RINGELSTEIN, JACKSON, DE VRIES, VAN STEENIS, RINGELSTEIN
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/8/2010 at 19:25:06
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, January 6, 2010.
Funeral services for Clarence Van Steenis, 93, of Pella, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at the Pella Heartland Reformed Church. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Pella Garden Chapel Funeral Home, and from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Heartland Reformed Church with family present. Burial will be 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 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 11 at the Flagler Country School. He then began his lifetime occupation as a farmer.
On Oct. 20, 1938, Clarence married Engelyn (Angie) Van Ringelstein at the Third Reformed Church in Pella. 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 would become 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 W. Fourth St., in Pella.
Clarence was a lifelong member of the Third Reformed Church until about 18 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 Nov. 13, 2008, he became a resident of the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care. He passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, at the age of 93.
Clarence is survived by his wife; four children and their spouses, Marsha (Harold) Jackson, of Nevada, Judy (Rodney) De Vries, of Pella, Carleton (Mary) Van Steenis, of Pella, and Terry (Nancy) Van Steenis, of Monroe; 13 grandchildren; 10 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 arrangements.
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