STROMLEY, DeAlda B. 1922-2005

STROMLEY

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 6/7/2010 at 21:48:26

DeAlda Burdella (nee Anderson) Stromley, 83, of Marble Rock, Iowa, formerly of Manly, Iowa, died Friday, December 23, 2005, at the St. Joseph Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 29, 2005, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 428 West Walnut, Manly, with Reverend Randy Nielsen and Reverend Patricia Shaw officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Hwy 122 West, Mason City. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday at the Bride Colonial Chapel, 110 East Spring Street, Manly. Visitation will also be one hour prior to service time on Thursday at the church.

The family of DeAlda Burdella Stromley has requested that memorial contributions be made the Bethlehem Lutheran Church Alter Guild in Manly in her memory.

DeAlda Burdella Stromley was born on October 2, 1922, in Kensett, the daughter of Manley and Olive (Moretz) Anderson. She was baptized and reaffirmed the faith of her baptism through confirmation in the Manly English Evangelical Lutheran Church (Bethlehem Lutheran) in Manly. She attended and received her education in the Manly Community School, graduating from Manly High School. After completing her schooling, she worked as a cashier at the St. Paul/Minneapolis International Airport. She was united in marriage to Obert Stromley on July 26, 1943, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. After their marriage she was a stay at home mom and loved and cared for her family. In 1946, the family moved from the Twin Cities to Manly and helped her husband, Obert as a bookkeeper for many years, at the Manly Motor Company. DeAlda also was a bookkeeper for the Worth County Co-Op in Northwood.

DeAlda enjoyed gardening, dancing, fishing, camping, traveling south for the winter. She especially enjoyed baking and cooking, always making sure she had cookies in the freezer for her grandchildren. But her great love and enjoyment was her husband, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Manly. DeAlda was very active at the church and was the first women on the church council. She also was very active in the church Alter Guild acting as president for a number of years. DeAlda was also involved in circle, delivered Meals On Wheels and headed up many other committees. After moving to Marble rock, she became active in the St. Paul Lutheran Church.

Left to cherish her memory is her husband Obert Stromley of Marble Rock, her children, Richard Stromley and his wife Pat of Mason City, Deanna Stromley of Eden Prairie, MN, Duane Stromley and his wife Daphne of Manly, John Stromley of Burlington, Iowa, and Janice Marken and her husband Gary of Manly; grandchildren, Randall Stromley and his wife Kris of Des Moines, Robert Stromley and his fiancé Kristi Tabbert of Mason City, Dawn Bentten and her husband Scott of Lisbon, ND, Danita Ostrom and her husband Travis of Grand Forks, ND, Andrew Marken and his wife Amie of Manly, Sara Marken of Manly, and her special friend Travis Dunbar of Mason City; great-grandchildren, Abigail Stromley, Samuel Stromley, Claire Stromley, Hunter Bentten, and Isac Bentten; five sisters, Velma Roberts and her husband Don of Manly, Joy Warner and her husband LaVern of Mason City, Arlene Martie and her husband Leo of Manly, Norma Streich of Manly, and Charlotte Cobeen and her special friend Bob Thoen of Blooming Prairie, MN, one brother, Millard Anderson and his wife Cynthia; a brother-in-law, Reuben Stromley and his wife Helen of Mason City; two sisters-in-law, Esther Nelson and Eleanor Stromley both of Northwood; as well as many nieces and nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Her parents preceded her in death.

Bride Colonial Chapel: (641) 454-2242