Sophie Amensen (1910-2007)

AMENSEN, FORD, EGEMO, WESTVOLD, TESDALL, JORGENSEN, OLSON

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 1/8/2007 at 08:00:04

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, January 6, 2007.

Sophie Amensen, 96, of Story City, died Saturday, Jan. 6, at Bethany Manor in Story City. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Story City. Burial will follow in Story City Municipal Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, with family present at the Bethany Manor Chapel in Story City.

Sophie Amensen was born Dec. 18, 1910, in Story City to John and Julia Egemo Ford. Sophie was married to Milford E. Amensen on March 26, 1932, by the Rev. G. U. Paulsrud in Randall. For 21 years she was a farm wife, moving to Roland and, in 1957, to Ames where she was employed by Collegiate Manufacturing and ISU's Larch Hall.

Sophie has resided in Story City since August 1984. She enjoyed making and serving special foods to her family and friends. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and Sons of Norway.

She is survived by one son, David (Susan) Amensen, of Story City; twin daughters Marcia Amensen and Sonjia Amensen, of Story City; grandsons Paul (Kristen) Amensen, of Liberty, Mo., and Robert (Stacey) Amensen, of Newton; six great-grandchildren, Kelsey, Erica and Kyle, of Liberty, Mo., and Avery, Kari and Ethan, of Newton; one sister, Marjorie Westvold Tesdall, of Huxley; one brother Berven Forde, of Phoenix, Ariz.; one sister-in-law, Mary Ford, of Stratford; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Milford, on Jan. 2, 1977; her parents; three brothers, Thelmar Ford, Jeffrey Ford and Joseph Ford; and two sisters Stella Westvold Jorgensen and Violet Olson.

Soderstrum-Larson Funeral Home, of Story City, is in charge of arrangements.

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