Linda Kay Snetselaar

Linda Kay Snetselaar, age 76 of Altoona, and formerly of Prairie City, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 11:00 am at the Altoona Methodist Church. Burial will take place at Waveland Cemetery in Prairie City. The family will greet friends on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 from 5:00 - 7:00 pm at Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie City. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family in loving memory of Linda. Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com

The daughter of Marion and Wanda (Sarver) Tysseling, Linda was born on August 16, 1947 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She graduated from Prairie City High School in 1965. On September 2, 1966, she was united in marriage to Alton Gene Snetselaar. Linda and Gene made their home in Prairie City on the farm from 1966 until the early 1990′s then moved into Prairie City until they moved to Altoona in 2015. She worked with her husband at Prairie Ag Supply until her retirement in 2011. Linda enjoyed baking, sewing, and cross-stitching, but most of all she loved to spend time with her beloved family. Linda was a member of the Altoona Methodist Church.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, Mindy Annette (Mark) Deere, Scott Alan (Malin) Snetselaar, and Kevin Michael (Tracy) Snetselaar; grandchildren, Haley Deere and her fiance, Erik Witzig, Jacob Deere, Denise Snetselaar and her fiance, Malin Dahlstrom, Alexandra Snetselaar, Ellie Snetselaar and Brady Snetselaar; three great grandchildren, Jacoby Snetselaar and Noah and Saga Snetselaar and siblings Duane (Char) Tysseling, Shirley (Dan) Grasso and Mary (Jim) Wood. Preceding Linda in death were her parents, husband in 2023 and a brother, Nelson Tysseling.