Verdella Alma Van Meeteren

IN MEMORY OF
VERDELLA “DEL” A.
VAN MEETEREN

BORN
June 14, 1926
Verdi, Minnesota

PASSED AWAY
March 18, 2009
Sheldon, Iowa


FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Saturday, March 21, 2009
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Ronald Nelson ~ officiating

MUSIC
“On Eagle’s Wings”
Soloist: Jill Haverdink
“Here I am Lord”
Soloist: Bruce Van Meeteren
CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
No. 518 LBW “Beautiful Savior”
Organist: Dorothy Breuer

CASKET BEARERS
Jim Verrips Tom Verrips
Dennis Kruger Todd Kruger
Ron Kruger Tom Griebel
Doug Van Meeteren

FINAL RESTING PLACE
St. Paul Lutheran 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, Sheldon, Iowa
VERDELLA “DEL” A. VAN MEETEREN

Verdella “Del” Alma Van Meeteren, the daughter of William F. and Lydia (Harder) Willert, was born June 14, 1926 on a farm near Verdi, Minnesota, where she attended school and graduated from Verdi High School in 1944. Verdella moved to Sheldon with a girl friend and worked at the Penguin, Hollander’s Five & Dime, and the Golden Rule. On November 21, 1948, Del was united in marriage to Howard Donald Van Meeteren in Verdi, Minnesota. After their marriage the couple made their home in Sheldon, Iowa, where she helped her husband, Howard with the business. Howard preceded her in death on May 11, 2005 and Del remained in her home and continued to help out in the shop for her son, Brad. Verdella passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at the Sanford Sheldon Medical Center in Sheldon, Iowa, reaching the age of 82 years, 9 months and 4 days.
Del was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sheldon; she was active with Ladies Aid and other church activities. She was a past member of the Garden and Flower Club. She enjoyed baking and decorating cakes and had taught a class at NCC on Cake Decorating. She also enjoyed braiding rugs, collecting dolls, painting and all art work, going to garage sales, playing cards, decorating her home for the holidays. She loved to dance, spend the summers in Okoboji, attending the Okoboji Summer Theater and most of all she enjoyed entertaining friends and family.
Verdella is survived by her two sons, Brad Van Meeteren of Sheldon, Iowa and Bruce Van Meeteren and his wife, Julie of Glenwood, Iowa; two granddaughters, Brooke and Breanna; two sisters, Angie Otkin of Verdi, Minnesota and Bernie Dombeck of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, three brothers, Donald, Earl and Orville Willert; and a sister, Arlene Stevenson.