Dan Vanderheiden, 50 of Carroll, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at his residence in Carroll.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2016 at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Craig Collison. Music will be by Kate Cuddy and the St. Lawrence Choir. Lector will be Mike Foley. Gift Bearers will be Ashley Finken, Bailey Finken, Tanner Finken, Lauren Greving, and Andrew Greving. Eucharistic Ministers will be Sue Greving, Mary Anne Lahr, and Mike Foley. Casket Bearers will be Lee Pawlowski, Chris Greving, Tia Pawlowski, Teanna Pawlowski, Taya Pawlowski, Gabrielle Jimenez, Kyra Jimenez, James Vanderheiden, Devin Vanderheiden, Kimberly Millard, and Ashley Millard. Private family burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll.
Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 5 p.m. on Friday, where there will be a Christian Wake Service held at 7 p.m.
Visitation will resume at St. Lawrence Church starting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, and will continue until the time of the funeral mass.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll, and online condolences may be left for Dan’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Born on September 17, 1965 at Carroll, Iowa, Dan was the son of Joseph and Catherine (Snyder) Vanderheiden. He grew up in Carroll, and graduated from Kuemper Catholic High School in 1984. After graduation Dan lived in Dallas, Texas for four years, before returning to Carroll.
On May 21, 1994 Dan was united in marriage to Monica Greving at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Carroll. The couple later separated. Over the years Dan worked at Farner-Bocken, Culligan, and then became self-employed. Dan enjoyed fishing, hunting, riding his motorcycle, being a jokester, tinkering, especially on fans and lamps, but most of all Dan loved being a dad.
Left to celebrate Dan’s life are his children: Curtis Vanderheiden of Platte, South Dakota, Dezeray Vanderheiden of Carroll, and Caleb Vanderheiden at home; his mother: Cathe Vanderheiden of Carroll, siblings: Jan (Ramiro) Jimenez of Mahopac, New York, James (Mary Ann) Vanderheiden of Omaha, Nebraska, and Tina (Lee) Pawlowski of Gann Valley, South Dakota; as well as many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and other extended relatives.
Dan was preceded in death by his father, Joe Vanderheiden, twin brothers in infancy, and his maternal, and paternal grandparents.
