The son of Arie and Rena Visser Terpstra, Arnie was born November 25, 1928, on a farm north of Lynnville. He attended Black Oak Country School and was a 1946 graduate of Lynnville High School. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served in post war Japan. On July 15, 1950, he was married to Ruth Harris in Mason City, Iowa and the couple made their home in Lynnville. He was a partner with his brother, Albert, of the Lynnville Seed Company from 1949 until his retirement in 1983. Following his retirement the couple moved to Clear Lake to make their home. Arnie was an active member of the Lynnville Friends Church and sang in the church choir. He was a charter member and past president of the Lynnville Lions Club, and past president and member of several organizations including the Lynnville-Sully School District, Lynnville Telephone Company, Iowa Seed Dealers Association, Western Seed Dealers Association, and Grinnell General Hospital. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, skiing, and golfing. Survivors include his wife, Ruth of Clear Lake, four sons, Douglas of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Mark of Perry, Steven of Cedar Rapids, and Neal of Naperville, Illinois; one brother, Albert Terpstra of Lynnville; one sister, Alice LaRossa of Wichita, Kansas; six grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren. Arnie died April 8, 2005, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, at the age of 76. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, George and John Terpstra; and two sisters, Elizabeth Van Rees and Alma Terpstra. Memorials may be directed to the Lynnville United Way and sent in care of the Smith Funeral Home, PO Box 368, Grinnell, Iowa 50112.