Sandbothe, Vernon (1933 - 2015)

SANDBOTHE, WALSTROM, FERBUSON, WRIGHT, PAULEY, KLINDT, BLUM

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 11/22/2015 at 17:44:30

Name of deceased: Vernon Sandbothe

Aged: 82 yrs, 4 mo, 26 days

Residence: Atlantic, IA (formerly of Portsmouth, IA)

Born: June 14, 1933; Panama, IA

Died: Nov. 10, 2015; Atlantic, IA

Funeral services: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015; Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Defiance, IA; burial in the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Defiance, IA

Survived by: Wife, Mary, of Atlantic, IA; sons, William (spouse, Judy), Lawrence (spouse, Darla), Randall (spouse, Denise), Douglas (spouse, Lisa), Thomas (spouse, Robyn), and Allen (spouse, Tonia); 17 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; sisters, Clara (spouse, Ralph) Walstrom, Bonita Ferbuson and Mary Wright; many brothers- and sisters-in-law; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Stephen and Barbara (nee Pauley) Sandbothe; son, Stephen; granddaughter, Jennifer; sister, Bernice Klindt; brother, Russell Sandbothe, Sr.

Education: attended school in Panama, IA, graduating in 1951

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Portsmouth, IA; member, Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Defiance, IA and the Knights of Columbus

Military service: U. S. Army, United States Army, Sep. 1953 to Sep. 1955

Marriage: Mary A. Blum; Nov. 12, 1955; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA

Employment: After their marriage in 1955, Vernon and Mary started farming in the Panama/Portsmouth, IA area for 2 years, then near Denison, IA until 1960, when they came to Atlantic to farm and run their own dairy business. In 1986, they moved to another farm south of Atlantic and he began trucking for Sorensen Feed and Grain of Cumberland, IA. He then bought his own truck and worked with Cannonball Express out of Omaha, NE. Vernon retired and moved to Allen Place in Dec. 2011.

Hobbies/Interests: Regularly volunteered his time with the Cass County Fair Grounds during fair time; loved attending his grandchildren’s sporting events and dance recitals.

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