Pastor Kenneth C Belz

Pastor Kenneth C. Belz, 85 of Adel, passed away January 8, 2020 at Kavanagh House in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held on Saturday January 11, 2020 at 10:30 AM at Faith Lutheran Church in Adel. Burial will take place following the service at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Rural Van Meter. A visitation will be held Friday, January 10, 2020 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home – McCalley Chapel in Adel where the family will greet friends from 5:00-7:00 PM with a prayer service beginning at 6:30pm. Kenneth C Belz was born June 14, 1934 on a farm in Stanton County, Nebraska. Ken grew up attending District 22 country school, then attended St. John’s Lutheran school and graduated from Stanton High School in 1952. Ken enlisted in the Navy, where he proudly served our country. On July 11, 1958 Ken united in marriage with Mary Elizabeth Howland, and with this union was blessed with four children. In 1964 Ken graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary School. Ken truly loved spreading the word of God through numerous churches around the country. After 55 years of being a pastor, he retired from that position. He then continued with numerous hobbies he had, along with one of his favorites, which was talking to people. Ken loved greeting, joking and communicating with people along with one of his greatest gifts of comforting those that are less fortunate and others in need. Ken will be truly missed by his friends and family. Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Mary; sons Martin (Joann) Belz, and Mark (Star) Belz; daughters Kathy (Chris) Sinn, and Christine (Tim) Wirts; 13 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren, plus 2 more on the way. He was preceded in death by his parents Clarence and Alma; and two great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the family to be disbursed at a later date for students going into the world of ministry. Online condolences may be left at www.caldwellparrish.com