Myrna Solberg (1937-2007)
SOLBERG, FRIES, RETLAND, WIESE, RENO, RAGER, FRASER, BERG, RAFDAL
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/28/2007 at 07:12:42
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
Myrna Solberg, 69, of Ames, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Israel Family Hospice House. Arrangements are pending with Adams Funeral Home.
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, February 28, 2007.
April 3, 1937-Feb. 27, 2007
Myrna Solberg, 69, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames after a long fight with cancer. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 3 at United Church of Christ-Congregational in Ames.
Myrna Joan Fries was born April 3, 1937, in Emmetsburg, to Francis and Velma (Retland) Fries. She grew up on a farm with her parents, two brothers and two sisters. She graduated from Algona High School in May 1955. She was married to Wayne Wiese of Algona from May 1956 until March 1963. To this union, two children were born, Daryl and Kim Wiese.
On June 18, 1964, she married Earl Solberg of Jewell, who had a daughter, Kim Ann, from a previous marriage. On Sept. 1, 1966, a son, Jeff, was born. The family lived in Jewell until April 1977 when it moved to Ames.
She worked as a salesperson in retail in Algona and Jewell. In 1974, she began working for the Ames Community Schools as an elementary secretary at Crawford Elementary School until retiring in 1992. She particularly liked the association of the small school staff and parents and helping with elementary age children. She continued to enjoy her friendship with many Crawford staff members all her life.
Home was always very important to her; making the home attractive, comfortable and welcoming. She enjoyed having family and friends into the home for meals and visits. Children and grandchildren were very important in her life, and she enjoyed having them all in for holiday and birthday dinner celebrations.
She is survived by her husband, Earl; son, Daryl Wiese, and wife, Lisa, and grandsons Murphy and Alex, of Iowa Falls; daughter, Kim Ann Solberg Reno, and husband, Randy, and granddaughter, Randi-Kay, and her husband, Joe Rager, of Riverview, Fla.; daughter, Kim Wiese Fraser, and husband, David, and grandsons, Adam and Andrew, of Huxley; son, Jeff Solberg, and wife, Cami, and granddaughters, Heather and Christi Berg, of Ames.
She also is survived by two brothers, Robert Fries and Dennis Fries, of Minnesota; one sister, Virginia Rafdal, of Ankeny; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister, Darlene.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 2, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m., at Adams Funeral Home.
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