By Lori EhdeFuneral services were Wednesday for a Luverne couple killed in a crash Saturday afternoon near Rock Rapids.Walter and Mathlida Van Meeteren, 82 and 79 years old respectively, died when their car collided with a semi trailer three miles north of Rock Rapids.According to information from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department, the accident was reported at 2:40 p.m.The report states that a 1994 Oldsmobile driven by Walter Van Meeteren was traveling west on 130th Street.The Van Meeteren vehicle apparently failed to yield at the Highway 75 intersection where it collided with a 1993 Peterbilt semi trailer rig driven by Daryl Wallace Nelson, 59, of Detroit Lakes.The semi landed in the west ditch and the Oldsmobile ended up in the east ditch following the crash.The Van Meeterens were taken to Merrill Pioneer Hospital in Rock Rapids where they were pronounced dead.Nelson was also transported to the Rock Rapids Hospital, where he was treated and released later that evening.The semi, owned by B.M. Transport, Detroit Lakes, sustained about $15,000 in damages, and the Oldsmobile about $5,000.The Van Meeterens have roots in Iowa. They married and farmed near Boyden until 1953 when they moved to Rock County where they raised six children.She was active in the Luverne Christian Reformed Church and enjoyed quilting, sewing and bird watching.He, too, was active in the Luverne CRC and enjoyed fishing, softball, gardening and helping local farmers.See page 10A for the complete obituaries.