Carolyn Wilma Sneller, 92, formerly of Parker, South Dakota, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A funeral service was Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Calvary Reformed Church in Monroe, South Dakota, with burial following at the Rosehill Cemetery in Parker.
Carolyn Boone was born on Dec. 18, 1928, to William and Carrie (VerSteeg) Boone in Sanborn, Iowa. She was one of 14 children. She graduated from Sioux Center High School in Sioux Center, Iowa, and received her teaching certificate from Westmar College in LeMars, Iowa. She retired from teaching in 1953.
On Dec. 30, 1949, Carolyn married Raymond Sneller in Sioux Center, Iowa. 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. In 1959 they moved to a farm near Monroe and in 1968 moved to their farm near Parker. 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 three 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.
Carolyn is survived by her husband, Raymond; two sons, Rev. Wayne (Tamra DeNeui) Sneller of Luverne and Robert (Janelle VanDerWeerd) Sneller of Parker; six grandchildren, Kari Dykstra of Sioux Falls, Jodie (Paul) Wielenga of Sioux Center, Iowa, Jana (Dr. Codie) Zeutenhorst of Luverne, Deric (Rebecca) Sneller of Okinawa, Japan, and Jared Sneller of Parker; nine great-grandchildren; six sisters, Joan Den Hartog of Sioux Center, Lillian Hogan of Lakewood, California, Karen (Irv) DeBoer of Sioux Center, Judy (Ivan) Friese of New Ulm, Audrey Gesink of Orange City, Iowa, Ruth (Gib) Meyer of Sioux Center; one brother, Raymond (Hazel) Boone of Jacksonville, Texas; and two sisters-in-law, Ruth Boone and Donna Boone of Sioux Center.
She was preceded in death by her parents; stillborn daughter Lynette Rae; sisters June VanDenBerg and Ann Cochran; brothers William D. Boone, Vernon Boone, Marvin Boone and Kenneth Boone; brothers-in-law Paul DenHartog, Norm Hogan, Elmer Gesink, Ted VanDenBerg, and Jim Cochran.
Arrangements were provided by the Hofmeister-Jones Funeral Home of Parker, www.hofmeisterjones.com
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