David Martin Zylstra, age 85, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday, February 26, 2018. Although he will be greatly missed, his friends and family are comforted to know he is with his Heavenly Father. Dave was a founding member of Whitneyville Bible Church and when in Florida, he and his wife Ruby, attended Fellowship Church. His interest in cars lead him to eventually own and operate “Dave’s Body Shop” in Caledonia. As a young man, he helped his family on their small dairy farm. Just after marrying his wife of 65 years, Ruberta Stark, he served for 2 years in the Korean War. In his spare time, he enjoyed fishing with his friends. He had a wonderful work ethic and sense of humor. In recent years, he was devoted to caring for his wife, Ruby, before her passing in April of 2017. He would want everyone to know how important and loved his sister-in-law, Mary Zylstra and daughter-in-law, Linda Wells were to him and his family, including 6 grandchildren, many great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Dave is survived by his two sons, Dennis and Jan (Byl) Zylstra, Jeff Zylstra; daughter, Debra and David Streeter. Dave was preceded in death by his wife, Ruberta G. Zylstra; parents, Albert and Margaret (Laman) Zylstra; brothers, Robert and infant, Jack Zylstra. Memorial services will be held 1 pm on Sunday, March 4, 2018 at Matthysse-Kuiper-DeGraaf Funeral Home (Caledonia) 616 E. Main St. with Rev. Karl Bashlor officiating.