Bolstad, Mavis Lorraine (1936-2018)

BOLSTAD, KNUDTSON, BRANSTAD, SHERMAN, KENT, HAGEN, HILL, CHRISTIANSON, PENNY

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/13/2018 at 15:28:44

Mavis Lorraine Bolstad
June 30, 1936 - October 27, 2018

Mavis Lorraine Bolstad, 82, of Lake Mills, Iowa, formerly of Fairbanks, Alaska, died on Saturday, October 27, 2018, at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood, Iowa.

A daughter of Arthur E. and Rosecelia J. (Branstad) Knudtson, Mavis was born on June 30, 1936, in Vinje, Iowa. Confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, she attended Scarville schools, graduating in 1954. On September 21, 1957, she married Roger Bolstad in Scarville. They, then, made their home at Rice Lake for a number of years before moving to Fairbanks, Alaska, for twenty-seven years. Eventually, returning to North Iowa, they have lived in Lake Mills since 1996. For nineteen years, she worked as a salesperson for Sears. A member of the Christian Women’s Club in Forest City, Mavis belonged to Salem Lutheran Church in Lake Mills. A wonderful cook, she will be best remembered for her kindness to everyone she met.

Survivors include her husband, Roger, of Lake Mills; two children, Kathy Lou (Herbert) Sherman, of Prescott, Arizona, and Randy (Patricia) Bolstad, of Dallas, Texas; four grandchildren: Kara and Ryan Kent and Joshua and Tabitha Bolstad; a sister Jean (Gordon) Hagen, of Lake Mills; and a brother-in-law, Mike Hill, of St. Paul, Minnesota; as well as by many nieces, nephews, and extended family members.

Mavis was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Truman Knudtson; two sisters, Arlene Hill and Dorothy Christianson; a niece Barb Penny; and two nephews, Steven Hagen and Thomas Christianson.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM, Friday, November 2, 2018, at Salem Lutheran Church, 401 S Lake Street, Lake Mills, Iowa 50450, with Pastor Joel L. Guttormson officiating. Visitation is scheduled for one hour before the service at the church on Friday. Burial will follow at Salem Memorial Cemetery, rural Lake Mills, Iowa.

Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, Iowa, 2018.

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