Bates, Edith (1918-2015)
BATES, GRODAHL, HENSEL, HUGHES, ANDERSON, PEETZ, COPP
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 5/23/2015 at 12:03:37
Edith Bates
November 26, 1918 – April 29, 2015Edith Johanna (Grodahl) age 96, of Loma Linda, California, and formerly of the Rembrandt and Storm Lake, Iowa, area, died on April 29, 2015, in Loma Linda.
Edith Johanna Grodahl, a daughter of Gunnar and Minnie Sophie (Hensel) Grodahl, was born in Rembrandt, Iowa, on November 26, 1918. She lived her youth and received her education in Rembrandt, graduating from the Rembrandt High School in 1936. Then, she continued her education at A.I.B. in Des Moines, Iowa, where she earned a degree in business. Edith was an active member of the Little Sioux Valley Lutheran Church in Rembrandt and the Rembrandt 4-H Club.
Edith spent her professional career, which began at the Pierce Optical Office in Storm Lake, Iowa, focusing entirely in the medical field. In 1942, she relocated to San Diego and Los Angeles, California, where she was associated with the College of Medical Evangelists and the Glendale Adventist Medical Center in Glendale, California. On November 10, 1963, she married Carl Edwin Bates in Los Angeles, California.
Edith is survived by her brother, Bernard Grodahl; two sisters, Joyce Hughes and Virginia Anderson; her nephews,: Douglas and Raymond Swanson and Jim and Jeff Hughes; and her niece, Joni Peetz.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carl E. Bates; and a sister, Bernice Copp.
The Bates family would like to thank the Everett Forest Board and Care in Loma Linda, California, and the Gracious Hospice for the kind and loving care they provided for Edith in her later years.
Graveside services were held on Friday, May 8, 2015, at 1:00 PM at Buena Vista Memorial Park Cemetery in Storm Lake, Iowa. The Sliefert Funeral Home of Storm Lake was in charge of arrangements.
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