Lillian Martha Sandersfeld, 12 Jul 1927 - 21 May 2017

SANDERSFELD, WIEBOLD, WARDENBURG, SANDERSFELD-WILSON, HABIB, MAKHECHA, WIEBOLD, KUESEL, WALTER

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 6/2/2017 at 14:13:04

Celebration of life service for Lillian M. Sandersfeld, 89, Williamsburg, was held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 25, at St. John Lutheran Church near Homestead. She died Sunday, May 21, 2017, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.

Burial was in St. John Lutheran Cemetery.

Memorials may be made for St. John’s Ladies Aid or Iburg Poulson VFW Post #8797 Auxiliary.

Powell Funeral Home, Williamsburg, was in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Lillian M. Sandersfeld was born July 12, 1927, in the farmhouse one-half mile east of Immanuel Lutheran Church near Williamsburg, the daughter of Millen and Martha (Wardenburg) Wiebold. She was baptized on Aug. 7, 1927, and confirmed on May 24, 1942, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. She attended Immanuel Parochial School.

She married Raymond Paul Sandersfeld on Feb. 6, 1947, at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Williamsburg. Together they lived and farmed northeast of Conroy for many years. She moved to Williamsburg nearly 20 years ago. She enjoyed crocheting, sewing, gardening, flowers, fishing, bowling and playing sheepshead and rummy with family.

Sandersfeld is survived by three children, James Sandersfeld, Wilton; Janice Sandersfeld-Wilson (Steve), Elizabeth, Colo., and Jerry Sandersfeld (Debra), Columbia, S.C.; four grandchildren, Christopher Sandersfeld (John Habib), San Francisco, Calif.; Nicholas Sandersfeld (Sheena Makhecha), Mountain View, Calif.; Nicole Sandersfeld-Wilson, Elizabeth, Colo., and Haley Sandersfeld, South Carolina; a great-grandson, Ethan; a brother, Dean Wiebold (Janice), Williamburg, and a sister, Carolyn Kuesel (Roger), Victor.

She was preceded in death by her husband, in 1989; her parents and a sister, Darlene Walter (Robert).

Powell Funeral Home
Williamsburg Journal Tribune, 31 May 2017 pg 5