Steven W. Vander Wal, age 63, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at his residence in Brookings. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at First Lutheran Church in Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Monday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Steven William Vander Wal was born January 15, 1948, at the Volga Hospital to William and Elizabeth (Mans) Vander Wal. He attended the first three grades of school at Bangor District No. 4, and he then attended Volga Christian School through the eighth grade. He graduated from Sioux Valley High School in 1966 and attended SDSU for a short time. On January 21, 1972, he married Diane Tanke at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings. After high school Steve worked for A.J. Vander Wal. In 1970 he purchased a farm from his uncle Henry Mans and farmed until 1989 when he became a truck driver and dispatcher for Land O' Lakes. In 2005 he started trucking for Reed Intermill Trucking. He retired in May 2010 due to his health. Steve was a member of First Lutheran Church in Volga and served on the Oslo Township Board as President for a number of years. He was a member of the South Dakota Jaycees and held many local offices. He enjoyed golfing, camping, watching and going to NASCAR races, spending time with his granddaughters, and reading western novels. Survivors include his wife, Diane, of Brookings; three children: Rhett of Volga, Ryan (Jennie) of Bruce, and Stephanie (Craig) Harms of Boyden, Iowa; two sisters: Bernita (Allan) Kooima of Volga and Norma (Gary) Van Den Berg of Rock Valley, Iowa; three granddaughters: Kiersten Vukelich and Leandra Harms of Boyden, Iowa, and Cheyenne Vander Wal of Bruce; mother-in-law, Phyllis Tanke of Brookings; two brothers-in-law: Paul (Joyce) Tanke of Colman and Doug (Donna) Tanke of Phoeniz, AZ; and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bill and Betty Vander Wal; father-in-law, Lee Tanke; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Bev and Dennis Thue; and a nephew, Kip Hillestad.