What word best describes you?
Peaceful

Title
Owner and Funeral Director
* at time of recognition

Employer
Garden Chapel Funeral Home
* at time of recognition

Lives In
Pella

Education
Pella High School
University of Northern Iowa
DMACC Mortuary Science

Activities
Garden Chapel Funeral Home: 15 years, 10 Awards of Excellence, owned for about 5 years
Garden Chapel Endowment Board President, Former DMACC adjunct professor of Mortuary Science, Third Church: youth leader, deacon, exec board member, Pella Community Foundation: exec board member, Kiwanis board member and Past President, organized Easter Egg Hunt for last 12 years, Board member: Iowa Donor Network Advisory Board, Pella Golf and CC, COC Golf Outing, Hospice of Pella, Pella Athletic Booster Club, Pella Chamber of Commerce, Soccer coach, 100+ Men on a Mission member

Working in Marion County
The people are fantastic.

Living in Marion County
Great people, everything is close

Favorite Place to Relax
Running at Red Rock, Third Church, hosting friends

Career Opportunities
Jobs are everywhere!

Community Favorites
Lake Red Rock!

Career Advice to Teens
Funeral service is the best way to give back to your community.

Mentor
Paul Jones, MidWest One

What is your wish for the Red Rock Area?
Even more restaurants!

What is your biggest passion, and why?
I want to be a place of peace in an unsettled world.

3 Hobbies
Family, running and reading

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Aaron Fuller
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Kelsey Goff
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Caitlin Klingenberg
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Mark Van Roekel
Owner and Funeral Director
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