f 43, after a battle with cancer that began the fall of 2013.
Melissa is survived by her husband, Gavin; her parents, Kenneth Wayne and Barbara Shives of Pella; her brother Christopher Shives and his wife Mary of Pella, and children Logan and Chelsea Shives, Debra Durham and Tony Clay; Gavin's parents, Ivan and Ruth Mulder, and Gavin's two sisters: Shaughn and Jerry Roorda of Pella and their family: Lance and Skyler Roorda and children Quinn and Iris of Pella; Lindley and Mark Visser and children Coen and Case of Iowa City, IA; Lorinda and Aric Bradley of Columbia, MO; Geselle and Brian Steenhoek of Grundy Center, IA and their family: Lydia Steenhoek of Salt Lake City, UT; Brennan Steenhoek and fiance Rachel O'Dell of Grand Rapids, MI; Jori Steenhoek and Cameron Steenhoek.
Melissa was preceded in death by grandparents: Harry and Dorothea Shives, llda and Genevieve and Gerrit Sneller Jr.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.
Grace Fellowship Church, Pella, Iowa
Interment will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella, Iowa
Visitation will begin Tuesday afternoon at Van Dyk- Duven Funeral Home where the family will be present from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Memorial gifts in her memory can be designated for youth ministries of Grace Fellowship.
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