Terry E. Van Voorst

Terry Van Voorst, 52, of Sioux Center, IA died Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at his Sioux Center residence. Visitation will be held on Friday from 4-8PM with the family present from 5-7PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 10:00AM at the Netherlands Reformed Church in Sioux Center with Rev. J. B. Zippro officiating. Interment will follow the service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. The Van Voorst family request no flowers or gift items. Memorials are preferred to the Netherlands Reformed Christian School of Rock Valley or Sioux Center Community Home Health & Hospice. Terry Evan Van Voorst was born June 14, 1960 in Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Teunis Van Voorst and Shirley Mulder. He attended Sioux Center Community Schools. On December 23, 1989, Terry married Tonia Wisse in Rock Valley, Iowa. Together the couple lived in Sioux Center where Terry worked at Van Voorst Equipment Company of Sioux Center with his father. After his father retired from the company, Terry and Tonia continued with the business. Terry passed away on December 12, 2012 at his residence in Sioux Center. He was 52 years of age. Terry is survived by his wife, Tonia of Sioux Center; four sons: Jason (Sarah) Van Voorst of Sioux Center, Barry Van Voorst of Sioux Falls, SD, Travis Van Voorst of Sioux Center, Joel Vande Stouwe of Sioux Center; a daughter, Lanie (Mark) Harris of Hull; four grandchildren: Mackinzie, Faith and Luke Van Voorst and Lane Harris; his father, Teunis "Tony" (Jacqui) Van Voorst of Custer, SD, his mother, Shirley Mulder of Hull; two brothers: Yvon Bradley (Kathy) Van Voorst of Hull and their three children, Todd (Paige) Van Voorst of Story City, IA and their three children; a sister-in-law, Patti Van Voorst of Tucson, AZ and her two children, two step-brothers, Kelly Neese of Brooklyn, NY and Mike Neese of Sioux Center and his one child. He was preceded in death by his brother, Scott Allen Van Voorst.