Joan Terlouw, 90, passed away July 25, 2026, at Dallas Center. Committal services were at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 29, at Sully Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Berean Baptist Church - Mission Fund, 314 Main Street, Pella, IA 50219.
Joan Arlene Versendaal was born, the youngest of six children, near Sully on Apr. 27, 1936, to Andrew and Johanna (Geenen) Versendaal. She attended Sully Christian School, graduating from Sully High School in 1954.
Oct. 18, 1954, she married Louis H. Terlouw in Sully. To this union five children were born: Cleo, Lila, Pamela, Carlene, and Rhonda.
Joan worked as Louis’ bookkeeper for his auto business, in food service at Monroe Elementary School, and also a dietary aide at Clearview Manor and Hilltop Manor. She later worked for many clients as an at-home health aide.
She accepted Jesus as her personal Saviour in October 1961. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in Monroe where she was baptized as an adult. Later, she was a faithful member of Berean Baptist Church in Pella.
Some of Joan’s favorite pastimes were sewing, cooking, baking, and canning.
Joan is survived by her family: Lila (Gregg) Berger of Oswego, IL, Pamela (Bob) Liptack of Crown Point, IN, Carlene (Barry) Heald of Belfast, ME, and Rhonda (Rick) Ehrhardt of Adel; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Adrian Versendaal of Grinnell and sister-in-law Theda Fopma of Grinnell. In addition, she is survived by many stepgrandchildren, stepgreatgrandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Joan was preceded in death by her husband Louis Terlouw; her infant son Cleo; her parents; Louis’s parents; brother Arie; sisters Mathilda Van Sant, Marie Lender, and Dorothy Latcham; and seven of Louis’s siblings: Arletta Baarda, Jennie Marie Hurst, Henry Charles Terlouw, Martha Willemsen, Isabelle Vander Weerdt, Marion Terlouw, and Lloyd Terlouw.
