VANSABBEN, Jon T. 1946-2018

VANSABBEN

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 6/10/2020 at 23:09:24

Jon Thomas Van Sabben

September 17, 1946 - January 31, 2018

NORTHWOOD, IOWA - Jon Thomas Van Sabben, 71, of Northwood died Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.

Funeral services will be Monday, February 5, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at Elk Creek Lutheran Church, Kensett with Rev. Tom Martin officiating. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon from 2 – 4:00 p.m. at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood. Burial will be at Elk Creek Cemetery.

Jon was born on September 17, 1946 the son of Peter and Amy (Hove) Van Sabben in Mason City. He married Ellen Jacobson on June 7, 1966 at Elk Creek Lutheran Church in Kensett.

Jon graduated Lake Mills High School the class of 1965. He was a hired hand for several. He was in the United States Air Force and served in Vietnam. He then started farming. While farming he also worked for several companies: David Manufacturing; Bakken Trucking, Northwood; Goplerud Oil, Mason City; Crouse Cartage Company, Mason City; and H&W Trucking, Mason City.

In 2001 he had a stroke that forced him into semi-retirement. Then he was able to spend more time with his grandchildren.

Jon cherished his family, grandkids, their families and the time he was able to spend with them all.

Jon was a member of the First Lutheran Church and Teamster Union. His hobbies were collecting antique tractors, and in his younger years he enjoyed motorcycling, tractor shows and traveling.

Jon is survived by his wife, Ellen; Four children: Michael (Theresa) Van Sabben of Northwood, Sharon (Rich) Bergstrom of Austin, MN, Harold (Tracy) Van Sabben of Carpenter, and Mary Van Sabben of Austin, MN; grandkids: Taylor and Glenn, Matthew (Jeni), Chelsea (Thomas) and Karter, Ashlynn, Jayme and Emmalee, Sebastian and Jackson; great-grandkids, Kennedi, daughter of Matthew, Maverick and Kenley, son and daughter of Chelsea; Brother-in-laws, Rodney Jacobson, LaMoyne Jacobson, Fred Brunsvold, Steve (JoAnne) Brunsvold and Leland Gibbs; sisters-in-law, Arlene Van Sabben and Laurel Erickson; and by many nieces, nephews and special friends.

Jon was preceded in death by his parents; a brother Phillip Van Sabben; and by four sisters: Ruth Ann Van Sabben, Rosemary Brodersen, Bonnie Smith and Adrianne Gibbs.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, Northwood, 641-324-1121, www.schroederandsites.com .

SOURCE: Mason City Globe Gazette, 2/3/2018