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Kenneth Arthur Van Gelder

Birth	:	20 Sep 1933 Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	18 May 2019 Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ireton, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9681015, -96.3143997
Description	:	Kenneth Arthur Van Gelder, 85, of Le Mars, Iowa, formerly of Ireton, Iowa, died on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Le Mars. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at the First Reformed Church in Ireton, Iowa with Rev. Gerald Norman officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Porter Funeral Home in Ireton. Kenneth Arthur Van Gelder was born September 20, 1933 at Orange City, Iowa, the... Read More	Kenneth Arthur Van Gelder, 85, of Le Mars, Iowa, formerly of Ireton, Iowa, died on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Le Mars. Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at the First Reformed Church in Ireton, Iowa with Rev. Gerald Norman officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Porter Funeral Home in Ireton. Kenneth Arthur Van Gelder was born September 20, 1933 at Orange City, Iowa, the son of John and Anna (DeVries) Van Gelder. Kenneth was the last of ten children. He was raised in the Orange City area. Kenneth graduated from Newkirk High School in 1950, where he played on the state qualifying basketball team. Kenneth served in the US Army from August 1955 to July 1957 as a medical aidman and was deployed to Rhein-Main Air Base in Frankfurt, Germany. On September 26, 1958 Kenneth married Henrietta Bronkhorst in Orange City, Iowa. Together they lived in Orange City, Hawarden, Iowa and in 1968 they moved to Ireton, Iowa. Kenneth was a mason/concrete man for his whole life. Kenneth started by working for his uncle Dick, partnering with Bud Bolluyt, and finally working as his own boss as Van Gelder Construction. Kenneth was active in the First Reformed Church where he sang in the choir, taught Sunday school, served as an Elder, participated in Men’s brotherhood, and 55 Alive. Kenneth was an avid gardener. He grew the best watermelon and cantaloupe. He was a faithful fan of the Minnesota Twins and Iowa Hawkeyes. In September 2013 Henrietta became a resident at Good Samaritan nursing home in Le Mars, Iowa and Kenneth joined her the following September of 2014. Henrietta passed away May 2015 and Kenneth continued to live at Good Samaritan nursing home until his death. Survivors include one son, Gary Van Gelder (Crystal) of Ireton, Iowa; two daughters, Laura Van Gelder of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Sandra (Kenny) Barnes of Alcester, South Dakota; grandchildren, Rie Barnes of Brookings, South Dakota and Erik Barnes, of Watertown, South Dakota, Sonjia Barnes of Beresford, South Dakota, and Carter Erickson of Hawarden, Iowa; one brother, Randall Van Gelder of Orange City, Iowa and one sister-in-law, Carol Van Gelder, Orange City, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews. Kenneth was preceded in death by his wife, Henrietta; his parents, John and Anna; three brothers, George Van Gelder and his wife Frances, Charles Van Gelder and Gary Van Gelder; five sisters, Margaret and her husband John Reinders, Jennie and her husband Marion Schalekamp, Mary Ann and her husband Marv Vlieger, Agnes Van Gelder, and Johanna Hofland; and niece, Mary Wissink. Also, Kenneth’s in-laws, Gerrit and Tillie Bronkhorst, Geurt and Willie Leeuwis, Dick and Vivian Bronkhorst, and Henry and Toni Van De Stroet; and nephew, Dennis Bronkhorst. [Source: Porter Funeral Home; Ireton, IA]

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Kenneth Arthur Van Gelder's memorial is located at: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Ireton, Sioux County, USA.
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Kenneth Arthur Van Gelder death on 18 May 2019 in Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.9681015
Longitude: -96.3143997

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