Charles A Van Zoeren

Charles A Van Zoeren spent entire career was with the family company, Alvan Motor Freight, Inc., headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan with local freight terminals through Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and in Chicago, Illinois. The company closed in 2008. Van Zoeren died on June 1, 2024 in Kalamazoo. He was born on November 1, 1931 in Holland, Michigan, the son of Albert and Irene (Van Zanten) Van Zoeren. A graduate of Kalamazoo Central High School class of 1949, he attended Kalamazoo College and then graduated from Ripon College, in Ripon, Wisconsin, where he met his wife, Joan. They were married on June 12, 1954, in Chicago, Illinois. For 30 years he served as a trustee of his and Jo's alma mater, Ripon College. He was preceded in death by his wife in 2018, parents, brother Paul and sister-in-law Joyce Van Zoeren, sister Dorothy and brother-in-law William Beardmore, nephew Alan Beardmore and niece Nancy (Mark) Koch. Charles is survived by sons James (Cynthia) Van Zoeren, Thomas (Rebecca) Van Zoeren and daughter Carol Van Zoeren, four grandchildren Eliza (Nick) Kinni and Caroline, AJ and Jenna Van Zoeren, plus nieces and nephews.