DOCKSTADER, Becky Marie (nee Gruhn) 1930-2003

DOCKSTADER, GRUHN, BECKER

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 8/8/2007 at 11:20:12

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ST. ANSGAR, IOWA -- Becky Marie Dockstader, 73, of St. Ansgar, died on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, at her home in St. Ansgar.

She was born in 1930, and married Walter Edson Dockstader on April 18, 1953. He preceded her in death in 1998. They were the parents of eight children: Christine, Julie, Mary, Holly, Kelly, Wendie, Peter and John.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Byron Northwick officiating. Burial was in the Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery south of St. Ansgar.

Visitation was held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at the Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home in St. Ansgar.

Arrangements were by Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (641) 713-4920.

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BECKY MARIE DOCKSTADER (GRUHN)

ST. ANSGAR - Becky Marie Dockstader (Gruhn), 73, died Wednesday (Jan. 15, 2003) at her home in St. Ansgar.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar, with the Rev. Byron Northwick officiating. Burial will be in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar.

Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. today at Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, St. Ansgar, and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church Monday.

Becky (Beck) was born on Jan. 15, 1930, to Fred and Gertrude (Becker) Gruhn in Manning, Iowa. She graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1947 and received her nursing degree from Iowa Lutheran School of Nursing in Des Moines. She went to work in Fort Dodge for a time.

Doc and Becky met on a blind date and it was a year before he could catch up with her. They married on April 18, 1953, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Spirit Lake. Following Doc's graduation in 1955, they moved to New Orleans, then returned to St. Ansgar in August of 1957.

Becky served on the school board and was an AEA member as well. She was many a pets' friend and remembered their names more often than their owners.

She will be greatly missed and held close in the hearts of her family as we celebrate her life as a love that will never die.

Becky is survived by six daughters, Chris and her husband, Larry Wadman, of Annandale, Minn., Julie and her husband, Melvin Schroeder, of St. Ansgar, Mary and her husband, Al Sommerfeld, of Derby, Kan., Holly and her husband, Rick Schwarck, of St. Ansgar, Kelly and her husband, Sean Shanahan, of Hull, Ma., and Wendie Dockstader of Iowa City; two sons, Peter Dockstader of St. Ansgar, and John and his wife, Lisa Dockstader, of St. Ansgar; 15 grandchildren who were blessed with her kindness and gentleness; two sisters, Dorthy and her husband, Darial Detterman, of Milford, Iowa, and Margie Linquist of Lakewood, Colo.

She was preceded in death by her husband, W. Edson (Doc) Dockstader; one brother, Donald Gruhn, and one granddaughter, Molly Schroeder.

Schroeder & Sites Funeral Home, (641) 713-4920.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Jan. 19, 2003