Vande Lune, Wilma June Van Wyngarden - 1931-2024

BANDSTRA, BUITENWERF, HELLER, KOLE, PETERSON, REGER, SNETSELAAR, STEENHOEK, STURSMA, VAN WYNGARDEN, VANDE LUNE, WIDDEL

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 12/21/2024 at 12:54:22

Wilma June Van Wyngarden was born on January 24, 1931, in Pella, Iowa. She was the fourth of five children that were born to Julia (Stursma) and Jacob Van Wyngarden, a native of The Netherlands. Billie, as she became known, graduated from the Pella Christian Grade School and attended Pella Christian High School. On February 8, 1950, she and Doyle Ervin Vande Lune were united in marriage at the Second Christian Reformed Church and were privileged to share 74 years of life together. They attended the Prairie City Christian Reformed Church in Prairie City, Iowa and remained faithful members at Second Christian Reformed Church (Cornerstone) in Pella.
Billie was a dedicated homemaker and mother to her two sons, Michael Lee and Douglas E. She worked for Western Mutual Life Insurance Company in Des Moines, Iowa, prior to starting a family. She and Doyle enjoyed spending many of their winters in Arizona until their respective health necessitated less traveling. Billie enjoyed reading, attending Bible studies, and telephone conversations with her siblings. They enjoyed living in the Pella Manor until becoming residents at Kennybrook Village in Grimes, Iowa in 2021.
Billie passed away there on November 5, 2024, at the age of 93 years. She is survived by her faithful husband, Doyle, a retired United States Navy WWII veteran and rural mail carrier; their two sons and their families:
Michael and JoEllen (Snetselaar) Vande Lune of Urbandale, IA
     Amber and Jeremy Heller of Olathe, KS
          Aedan Heller
         Jackson Heller
     Timothy Vande Lune and Leah Widdel of Nevada, IA
          Griffin Vande Lune
Douglas and Mary (Reger) Vande Lune of Pflugerville, TX
     Stefani Vande Lune and Zackary Peterson of South Bend, IN
          Vivian Lou Vande Lune
     Steven Vande Lune of Spring, TX
Billie leaves her sister Bernice and brother-in-law Gerald Kole of Clermont, Florida and brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Gene and Louaine Vande Lune of Prairie City, Iowa.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob and Julia Van Wyngarden; her brother, Henry Van Wyngarden and his wife, Angie, and two sisters and their husbands: Tresa and Bert Bandstra, Kee and Howard Buitenwerf; and her parents-in-law, Gradus and Henrietta (Steenhoek) Vande Lune.
Private Funeral Service for family and relatives will be held on Saturday, November 9, 2024 - Van Dyk- Duven Funeral Home, Pella, IA. Interment will follow in the Waveland Cemetery, Prairie City, IA.
Memorial contributions are suggested for the Pella Food Shelf in Pella, Iowa
Source: Van Dyk - Duven Funeral Home website (Pella, IA)