Van Zee, Terry Duane – 1951-2025

BRAND, HEETHUIS, KREBER, MCCANNON, OUMAROU, SCOTT, VAN ZEE, VANDER HART, VOS, WANDERS

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 1/23/2025 at 10:56:26

Terry Van Zee, 73, of Pella, died Jan. 6, 2025. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 13, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Pella. Interment was in Sully Cemetery.
Terry Duane Van Zee was born May 23, 1951, to John and Wilma (Wanders) Van Zee in Oskaloosa.
Terry attended Pella Christian Grade School and was a 1969 graduate of Pella Christian High School. He graduated from Central College in 1974 with a degree in music education.
Aug. 31, 1973, he was united in marriage to Ladonna Brand in Sully. To this union they were blessed with three children: Kayla, Kelli, and Tyler. Terry enjoyed playing slow-pitch softball and volleyball and coaching volleyball and soccer teams. More recently, he enjoyed playing games with the grandkids. He was an avid fan of Iowa Hawkeyes basketball and football and had a new love for the Kansas City Chiefs. Terry loved family vacations to Florida and Michigan, and a visit to Kelli in Africa and Tyler in Spain. Terry retired from Vermeer Manufacturing after working there for more than 40 years as a systems analyst. He always had an intense passion for music and singing, especially with his daughter Kelli. Terry overcame a brain tumor in 2017 and lived a full life until a Parkinson's diagnosis in 2022.
Terry was a member of Calvary Christian Reformed Church where he served as a deacon and sung with the praise team. In his free time, he enjoyed volunteering at The Well and playing pitch.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife Ladonna and their family: Kayla (Doug Scott) McCannon of Urbandale, Kelli (Ousmane Mussa Oumarou) Van Zee of Gaithersburg, MD, and Tyler (Jen) Van Zee of  Hudsonville, MI; and nine grandchildren.
He is also survived by his sister Joyce (Alvin) Vos of Endwell, NY; sisters-in-law Carolyn (Bill) Heethuis of Caledonia, MI, Connie (Tom) Vander Hart of Pella, and Bonita Kreber of Waukee; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, parents-in-law Clarence and Vera Brand, brother Allen Van Zee, grandson Nicholas McCannon, and brothers-in-law Ron Kreber and Gary Brand.
Source: Hometown Press (Sully, IA); January 15, 2025