" I am so sorry to hear this I took care of her husband at the nursing home she will be missed sending prayers to the family"
In loving memory of
Leona Vande Lune
March 8, 1920 - October 9, 2017
Leona M. Vande Lune, age 97 of Prairie City, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2017, at Prairie Vista Village in Altoona, where she resided for two years. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 13, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. at the Prairie City Christian Reformed Church. Burial will follow at Waveland Cemetery. Visitation will take place on Thursday, October 12, 2017, from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the church. The family will greet friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the Prairie City Christian Reformed Church and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com
Leona was born March 8, 1920 to Everett and Jennie (DeGraff) Rouwenhorst. She attended Prairie City High School for two years and graduated from Colfax High School with Normal training in 1937. Leona taught Rural school three years before she married Wilbert Vande Lune May 21, 1941 at her parents' home near Prairie City. To this union were born Max, Brian, Dennis, and Kevin (deceased). Leona was an active member of the Prairie City Christian Reformed Church where she had served as Primary Sunday School Superintendent, Sunday School teacher, and Bible Schoolteacher. She was a member of Helping Hands Society, Coffee Break Bible Study, and Des Moines Area Retired School Personnel. Leona graduated from Drake University in 1970. She taught at the Prairie City Christian School for one year, Prairie City Elementary/PCM for 33 years and Sylvan Learning Center for five years. She retired when she was 80 years old. She enjoyed her family, reading, traveling, and gardening.
Those left to honor her memory are three sons and daughters-in-law: Max and Colleen of Prairie City, Brian and Viola of Runnells, and Dennis and Marcia of Prairie City. Her grandchildren are Troy (Becky) VandeLune, Amy (Tim) Fulton, Chad (Dorothy) VandeLune; Greg (Ann) VandeLune, Bret (Katie) VandeLune, Teresa (Jeremy) Steensma; Chris (Lisa) VandeLune, Lisa Anderson, and Brad (Trisha) VandeLune. Her great grandchildren are Megan (Jon), Lindsay, and Tyler, Emily and Drew, Sydney, Juniper, and Celia; Justin, Teddy, and Molly, Cooper, Carson, and Cutler, Caleb; Christian, Joel, Taylor, Emma, Abbigayle, Malorie and Maggie, Noah and Aidan, Collin and Alivia. She is also survived by her sister, Maxine Schuttinga of Altoona, and sister-in-law, Ann Rouwenhorst of Pella. Preceding her in death were her husband, Bill, in 1997, infant son, Kevin, her sisters, Louise Kane, Norma Schuttinga, Laverna Aalbers, her brother, Melvin Rouwenhorst, great grandchildren, Zoe Jean Anderson and Price Wilbert VandeLune and brothers-in-law, Don Aalbers, Gerald Schuttinga, Art Schuttinga, and Beryl Kane
Leona will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved her.
Tributes
"Dear Vande Lune family,please, accept my condolences for Leona. May God hold ALL of you in HIS loving arms and keep you in the palm of HIS hand until that glorious day of re-union in Heaven !"
"I sat in 4th grade class with Mrs. Vande Lune (and her granddaughter Amy) back in the day. She was a loving and strict teacher, that held us to the fire and made sure we learned. I remember being prepared for a field trip to the circus and then getting sick and missing out! She was sure to bring me a souvenir and tell me of all the details. I remember seeing her in church in a return trip home, some time back, and she went out of her way to talk to my kid and tell them she was my teacher. I was proud, and a little relived when she didn't reveal all of my secrets...."
"I will also remember Leona as my cheerleader when I started classes at Iowa State as a nontraditional student. She had walked that road and always had words of encouragement for me. It was good to touch base with her again when I would see her at Prairie Vista during the time my dad was there. "