GJERDAHL, Sandra L. (MORSE) BURKE

MORSE, BURKE, GJERDAHL, COOLEY, DAHN, MINER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 6/25/2013 at 04:10:32

Obituary - Sandra L. (Morse) Burke Gjerdahl
1946 ~ 2012

Globe-Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

FERTILE - Sandra L. (MORSE) BURKE GJHERDAHL, 65, of Quartzsite, Ariz., formerly of Fertile, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the Palo Verde Hospital, Blythe, Calif.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at the Church of Christ, Fertile, with Pastor Rob PERRY and Pastor Dennis GANZ officiating. Interment will be in Ventura Cemetery, Ventura.

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, and then one hour before the service on Wednesday at the church.

Family suggests memorials to Sandra L. GJERDAHL memorial fund.

Sandra was born Nov. 26, 1946, in Mason City, the daughter of Harry E. and Ida (COOLEY) MORSE. She grew up in the Fertile area. Sandra graduated from Forest City High School in 1965. She later attended and graduated from Capri Cosmetology School. She worked many jobs in her life; cosmetology instructor at Forester Beauty Salon, delivered Winnebagos, cooked at the Grand Café and managed several convenience stores in Minnesota.

Sandra married David GJERDAHL on Oct. 1, 1994, in Rake. They moved to Arizona in 2006.

She enjoyed doing crafts, cooking, decorating, watching movies, spending time with her family and playing Farmtown on Facebook. She was a wonderful mother and her grandchildren meant the world to her.

Sandra is survived by her husband, David GJERDHAL, Quartzsite, Ariz.; three children, Tracy BURKE, Mason City, Tara DAHN, Forest City, and Travis (Stacy) BURKE, Forest City; thirteen grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four brothers, Steve (Geri) MORSE, St. Paul Park, Minn., Tim (Kathy) MORSE, Scott MORSE and Jon (Debbie) MORSE all of Anchorage, Ala.; and one sister, Elin (Harold) MINER, Fertile; sister-in-law Elida MORSE, Clear Lake; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother Pat MORSE and son Troy BURKE.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2012