Arta Ellen Zevenbergen

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Arta Zevenbergen, age 90, of Sioux Center, IA died Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Royale Meadows Care Center of Sioux Center.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center, IA with Rev. Carl Klompien officiating.   Interment will follow the service in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center, Iowa. Livestream will be available on our website and a link can be found on Arta’s obituary page.

There will be a visitation one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Public is invited but social distancing guidelines will be followed.

In lieu of flowers family prefers memorial be directed to the Sioux Center Christian School.

Arta Ellen (Klein) Zevenbergen was born March 15, 1930, to John C and Wilhemina (Kraayenbrink) Klein in Sioux Center, IA.  She lived on a farm north of Sioux Center and attended Sioux Center Christian and Western Christian High, graduating in 1947.  She married Marion Zevenbergen, her “favorite soldier”, on December 15, 1949 after he returned from military service. 

They lived in Newkirk and Middleburg for a few years before moving to the farm north of Sioux Center where she grew up.  There they started a motel and campground, along with operating the farm and building houses.  She is well known as the “wedding dress lady”, operating Custom Bridal for several decades, making over a thousand custom designed wedding dresses and attendant gowns.  They retired and moved to town in 1998.

She was an active member of First Christian Reformed in Sioux Center most of her life and was passionate about Christian Education through support and involvement at Sioux Center Christian and Western Christian High.  She enjoyed traveling with Marion around the country and even to Europe, and especially enjoyed trips to see her children and grandchildren. She had a fun sense of humor and documented important events in her life in diaries since the age of 12.

Arta is survived by four children, fifteen grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren:

Eloise (Merwin) Rylaarsdam of Colleyville, TX

Amy (Brian) Lowry of Spokane, WA and son, Scott Notar

Aaron (Aley) Rylaarsdam of Leander, TX and their children, Aden and Arie

Austin (Ashley) Rylaarsdam of Rockwall, TX and their children, Addy and Annie

Kenneth (Nancy) Zevenbergen of Phoenix, AZ

Malinda (Andrew) Novack of Peoria, AZ and their children, Makayla, Ethan, Makenzie and Seth

Grant (Ashley) Zevenbergen of Queen Creek, AZ and their children, Isabella, Carson and Jaxson

Sarah (Joe) Stussy of Phoenix, AZ and their children, Levi and Kaelynn

Brian (Michele) Zevenbergen of Avondale, AZ and their children, Brooklyn, Ellie and Micah

Glen (Lou Ann) Zevenbergen of Sioux Falls, SD

Mike (Kayla) Zevenbergen of Urbandale, IA and their children, Brooklyn, Regan, Blaise and Tori

Jacqueline (Dan) Knips of Jackson, MN and their children, Nora and Emma

Dale (Tammy) Zevenbergen of Sioux Center, IA

Jenna (Christopher) Soodsma of Jakarta, Indonesia and their daughter, Lydia

Kylee, Raya and Braden Zevenbergen of Sioux Center, IA

Also surviving her is her sister, Goldene (Sherman) Wissink of Sioux Center, IA; sister-in-law, Betty Zevenbergen of Sibley, IA; brother and sister-in-law, Allen (Tylene) Zevenbergen of Sioux City, IA; and several nieces, nephews and other extended family.

She was preceded in death by parents; husband of fifty-six years, Marion Zevenbergen; and two grandsons, Matthew Zevenbergen, and Evan Zevenbergen.