Sundblad, June Marie (1919-2011)
SUNDBLAD, BERGLING, DAHLBERG, SMITH, WITHERS, FARDAHL
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/7/2011 at 12:56:03
June Marie Sundblad
February 13, 1919 - April 29, 2011June Sundblad, age 92, of Spencer, Iowa, and formerly of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, died April 29, 2011, at St. Luke's Lutheran Home in Spencer, Iowa.
June Marie (Bergling) Sundblad was born February 13, 1919, the second of four children to Elmer and Anna (Dahlberg) Bergling on a farm north of Marathon. June started school at Lincoln Lee Country School. The family moved to Marathon, and June graduated in 1936 from Marathon High School. Following high school graduation, June attended Iowa Lutheran in Des Moines for nurses training.
On December 16, 1939, June married George E. Sundblad at her parents’ home in Boone, Iowa. The couple farmed near Sioux Rapids until retiring in 1981 when they moved into Sioux Rapids. In December of 2001, June moved to Riverview Terrace in Spencer, Iowa. She entered St. Luke’s Lutheran Home in April of 2010.
June was an active member of the Evangelical Free Church in Albert City. She enjoyed hosting coffee parties, crocheting doilies, and doing needlepoint for family and friends. Time spent with her children and grandchildren was one of the highlights of June’s life. Her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren value the example she set for them in the way she lived out her daily life.
Those left to cherish her memory include her children: Larry (Mary) Sundblad, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and Margene (Larry) Smith, of Alcester, South Dakota; her grandchildren: Steve (Wanda) Sundblad, of Spencer, Iowa, Greg (Wendy) Sundblad, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, Lynn (Wade) Withers, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa, Jeff (Jolene) Smith, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Paul (Jennie) Smith, of Orange City, Iowa, and Mark Smith, of Apple Valley, Minnesota; her great grandchildren: Andy, Nicholas, and Justin Sundblad; Sydney and Preston Sundblad; Makenna Withers; Ty and Jacob Smith; Mullin, Annika June, and Amira Smith; two sisters: Eila Smith, of Ames, Iowa, and Alice (Clayton) Fardahl, of Ames, Iowa; a sister-in-law, Verdine Bergling, of Mesa, Arizona; a brother-in-law, Oscar Sundblad, of Spencer, Iowa; many nieces and nephews; extended family and many friends.
June was preceded in death by her husband, George, on January 7, 2002; her parents, Elmer and Anna Bergling; her brother, Herschel; and a brother-in-law, Herschel Smith.
Funeral services will take place Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at the Evangelical Free Church in Albert City, Iowa. Visitation will take place Monday, May 2, 2011, from 5-8:00 p.m. at the Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery in Sioux Rapids. The Sliefert Funeral Home in Sioux Rapids is in charge of the arrangements.
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