Ed Vanderheiden, 61 of Carroll, died Thursday, May 2, 2024 at his home in Carroll after a brief illness.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at Holy Spirit Church-St. John Paul II Parish in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Patrick Behm. Music will be by Kathy Halbur and Sherry Loughran. Lectors for the Funeral Mass will be Ed’s nieces, Kaitlin Geake and Jessica Ruse. Gift Bearers will be Ed’s nephews, Aaron Miller, Dawson Miller, and Dillon Walsh. Eucharistic Minister will be Joan Shymanski. Casket Bearers will be Bret Leymasters, Collin Hackett, Cameron Hackett, Mike McGowan, Jason Lohrmann, Mike Badding, and Marty Vanderheiden. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll. Following the committal service, the casket bearers will hit a 21-golf ball salute in memory of their dear friend Ed.
Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday at Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll with a rosary at 7 p.m. There will be no public visitation on Tuesday at the church.
Memorials may be left at the funeral home or the church for a later designation.
Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Ed’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Edward Warren Vanderheiden was born on January 1, 1963, the sixth of eight children. He attended Holy Spirit grade school and graduated from Carroll High School in 1981.
Ed lived in Carroll his entire life. He worked at a number of businesses in the area and became proficient at a variety of skills, including, but not limited to bartending, painting, assembly line work, shipping, and most recently, machine embroidery at Game One, a job he took pride in doing right. He was a devoted son to his mother, Ruth, helping her around her house and yard until her death in 2014.
Ed enjoyed hunting, fishing, walking his faithful canine companion Kobe Cinnamon-Slicker, being around all his buddies, and most of all, Ed loved golf. He played in every tourney he could and golfed on several courses around the country, including in Hawaii. He was proud to claim a hole in one in 2014 at the Carroll Country Club, as well one on the 7th hole on the Municipal Golf Course in 2016, and one on the 16th hole at the Muni in 2017. It was a big bar tab, but worth every dime. His presence on the course will be missed by his golfing buddies.
Ed is survived by his siblings Ann (Patrick) McAlister of Bayard, Beverly (Gordon) Miller of Storm Lake, Cynthia (Darren) Hudson of Wittman, Arizona, Duane (Kathy Spindler) Vanderheiden of Omaha, and Gary (Julie) Vanderheiden of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, brother-in-law Jim Steinkamp of Carroll, fourteen nieces and nephews, twenty-five great nieces and nephews, numerous cousins, aunts Marie Sextro and Dora Sextro, uncles Warren Meier, Richard Vanderheiden, Michael (Marlene) Vanderheiden, and Patrick Vanderheiden, and many friends.
Ed was preceded in death by his mother, Ruth Vanderheiden, brother Tom Vanderheiden, sister, Faith Steinkamp, a niece and nephew in infancy, aunts and uncles Edna Sextro, Helen and Joe Lampe, Leo Sextro, Ed Sextro, Herb and Janet Sextro, Norbert Sextro, Leonard and Laurie Sextro, Dorothy and Leon Masching, Maxine Meier, Don and Claudine Vanderheiden, Beth Vanderheiden, Dorothy Vanderheiden, Karen Vanderheiden, Mary Vanderheiden, and Theresa Buffington.
