Courtney Engeltjes

Courtney Engeltjes, age 29, and her newborn daughter, Kasey of Everly, IA died Tuesday, September 27, 2022, due to a motor vehicle accident near Spencer, Iowa.  

 A funeral service will be held at 10:30AM on Saturday, October 1, 2022, at the First Reformed Church of Sanborn, Iowa with Rev. Mark Ellens officiating.     

A visitation with the family present will be held from 4:00 - 7:00 PM on Friday, September 30, 2022, at the Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center. 

Courtney Beth Engeltjes life ended too soon as the result of a car accident along with her unborn daughter, Kasey Renea, on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.

Courtney was born to Mike and Carmen Vande Stroet (Teunissen) on December 8, 1992. Courtney graduated from Boyden Hull High School in 2011, and attended Northwest Community College for an Associate of Arts degree in Business and then later completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

On September 6, 2014, she married her best friend, Trevor Engeltjes, and together had four children. They made their home by Sioux Center for five years, then moved to a farm by Everly, Iowa.

Creative at heart at only 29 years old, Courtney had found her passion in photography, but her true joy in life was her children, farming with her favorite farmer, Trevor, and having great conversations with everyone she knew. Courtney loved camping, country music, and cherished spending time with her family and friends. Courtney's quick wit, and authentic, caring nature made her a joy to be around and well loved.

She is survived by her husband of 8 years and best friend, Trevor Engeltjes, and four children, Collin, Weston, Paisley, and Alayna; parents, Mike and Carmen Vande Stroet; three sisters: Jenna (Zane) Waring, Michaela Vande Stroet, Hannah Vande Stroet and special friend, Levi Metzger; brother, Reid Vande Stroet and special friend Ashlie Saavedra.; father-in-law, Arlin Engeltjes; mother-in-law, Lynn (Lloyd) Webb; two sisters-in-law,  Amanda Wink with fiancé Cartlon Monroe, and Megan Engeltjes with fiancé AJ Hanson; brother-in-law, Alex Engeltjes, and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her maternal grandmother Janet Teunissen.