Sweet, Maesel (1908-2004)
SWEET, ANDERSON, CRADIT, JOHNSON, PEDERSON
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/30/2010 at 16:57:43
Maesel Sweet
November 8, 1908 - February 13, 2004Maesel Sweet, age 95, of Storm Lake, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2004, at the Boswell Memorial Hospital in Sun City, Arizona.
Maesel Anderson Sweet, daughter of Ed and Laura Anderson, was born on November 8, 1908, in Pierre, South Dakota. She attended grade school and graduated from the High View School in 1926. In high school, she enjoyed playing basketball. After graduation, she drove a school bus with a team of horses for High View for a short time.
Maesel married Karl E. Sweet on September 16, 1931. They were blessed with a daughter, Darlene. Maesel and Karl lived on the home farm for most of their seventy-two year marriage. She enjoyed baking rolls, cooking, canning fruits and vegetables and mowing their beautiful yard. She loved all her pets, especially her St. Bernard, Prince.
Maesel was a member of the Methodist Church in Truesdale, and following the closing of the church, she joined the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. She taught Sunday School and Bible School. She joined the United Methodist Women (UMW) and served on the funeral committee of the Storm Lake United Methodist Church. In addition, she joined the the Birthday Club and the Truesdale Farmers Club.
She is survived by her husband, Karl; a daughter, Darlene, and her husband, Ron Cradit, of Mound, Minnesota; a sister, Ruth Johnson; seven nieces and three nephews; and many extended family members, friends and a special friend, Lupe Hernandez, her personal nurse.
Preceding Maesel in death were her parents, Ed and Laura Anderson; her twin sister, Mavis Pederson; and a brother, Nathan Anderson.
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