Carolyn Sneller

Memorials may be directed to Cadence International, Sioux Falls Gospel Mission, or Calvary Reformed Church Youth.

Carolyn Sneller, 92 of Parker, passed away on December 1, 2021 at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Funeral Service will be at 11:00 AM Saturday, December 4, 2021 at Calvary Reformed Church, Monroe, with family present to greet the public at 10:00 AM. Visitation with no family present will be from 5:00-7:00 PM Friday, December 3, 2021 at Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home, Parker. The service will be broadcasted at https://www.facebook.com/CalvaryReformedMonroe . Arrangements by Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home.

Carolyn Wilma Sneller was born on December 18, 1928 to William and Carrie (Ver Steeg) Boone in Sanborn, Iowa. She was one of fourteen children. She graduated from Sioux Center High School in Sioux Center, IA and received her Teaching Certificate from Westmar College in LeMars, Iowa.  She retired from teaching in 1953.

On December 30, 1949, Carolyn married Raymond Sneller in Sioux Center, Iowa. To this union three children were born, Wayne, Robert and Lynette Rae. For the first few years of their marriage, she lived on a farm near Sioux Center, Iowa. After her husband served in the Korean War, they moved in 1954 to a farm near Milan, Minnesota where their 2 sons were born. In 1959, they moved to a farm near Monroe, SD and in 1968 moved to their farm near Parker, SD. They retired to Parker in 1991.

Carolyn was a member of the Calvary Reformed Church in Monroe. She served as a Sunday School teacher, choir director, soloist, and guild secretary for many years. She was Calvary’s church librarian for 22 years.

She had many hobbies including music, cooking, crocheting, reading and decorating. She also loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Carolyn fought 3 bouts of cancer.  She went on to live a full life and lived to see the weddings of her sons and her grandchildren, the births of her great grandchildren, and the graduation of her oldest great granddaughter.

On December 1, 2021, under the care of the Dougherty Hospice House,  Carolyn went to be with her Lord. Grateful for sharing her life is her husband of almost 72 years; two sons Wayne (Tamra DeNeui) of Luverne, MN and Robert (Janelle VanDerWeerd) of Parker, SD; six grandchildren Kari Dykstra of Sioux Falls, SD, Jodie (Paul) Wielenga of Sioux Center, IA, Jana (Codie) Zeutenhorst of Luverne, MN, Deric Sneller (Rebecca)of Okinawa, Japan and Jared Sneller of Parker, SD; nine great grandchildren: Kalli, Cooper and Jessa Dykstra; Jenae, Brooke and Sadie Zeutenhorst; Tobin, Evan and Kara Sneller. Six sisters, Joan Den Hartog of Sioux Center, Lillian Hogan of Lakewood, CA, Karen DeBoer (Irv) of Sioux Center, IA, Judy Friese (Ivan) of New Ulm, MN,  Audrey Gesink of Orange City, IA, Ruth Meyer (Gib) of Sioux Center, IA ; one brother, Raymond Boone (Hazel) of Jacksonville, Texas and two sisters-in-law, Ruth Boone and Donna Boone of Sioux Center, IA.

She was preceded in death by her parents; stillborn daughter Lynette Rae; sisters, June VanDenBerg and Ann Cochran; brothers, William D., Vernon Boone, Marvin Boone and Kenneth Boone; brothers-in-law, Paul DenHartog, Norm Hogan, Elmer Gesink, Ted VanDenBerg, and Jim Cochran