SIOUX CENTER, Iowa | Joanne Altena, 79, of Ireton and Sioux Center, Iowa, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull, Iowa.
Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center, with the Rev. Carl Klompien officiating. Burial will be prior to the service Saturday in Memory Gardens Cemetery. There will be a prayer service at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, with the family present 5 to 7 p.m., at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center. View the complete obituary and send online condolences at www.MFHonline.com.
Survivors include six children, Randy (Karen) Altena of Grandview, Wash., Doug (Deb) Altena of Jenison, Mich., Pam (Wayne) Klein of Sioux Center, Ken (Joyce) Altena of Grand Rapids, Mich., Shelly (Matt) Vande Voort of Orange City, Iowa, and Lynn (Javan) James of Lynden, Wash.; 24 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and five siblings, Bernard (Adeline) Nobel of Milaca, Minn., Harriet (Garret) Van Voorst of Inwood, Iowa, John (Marilyn) Nobel of Le Mars, Iowa, Herkie (Bill) Davelaar of Sioux Center, and Henrietta Schiebout of Milaca, Minn.
In lieu of flowers or gift items, the Altena family prefers memorials to Pleasant Acres Care Center, c/o the Altena family.