BLAKESTAD, Vera E. 1902-2001

BLAKESTAD

Posted By: Kermit Kittleson
Date: 5/14/2011 at 14:24:24

VERA E. BLAKESTAD

NORTHWOOD - Vera Evangeline Blakestad, 99, of Northwood, died Saturday (Dec. 1, 2001) at the Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church in Northwood, with the Rev. Paul Holmer officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Rest Cemetery in Northwood.

Visitatation will be one hour before the service at the church.

Family suggests memorials to Vera E. Blakestad memorial fund.

Conner Colonial Chapel in Northwood is in charge of the arrangements.

Vera was born Nov. 1, 1902, in Farley, the daughter of Frank and Abbie (Garner) Clark. She attended school in Farley and Epworth Seminary, and received her bachelor's degree from Cornell College in June 1925. Following graduation, she taught in Gibson, Oneida, and Otranto, Iowa.

She was united in marriage to Sophus Blakestad Sept. 27, 1930, in Webster City. The couple resided in Norwalk where Sophus was high school principal. They later moved to the Blakestad farm near Otranto and in the fall of 1939, to Northwood.

She was a long time member of First Lutheran Church and very active in earlier years serving on many church organizations in various capacities. She enjoyed working in her garden, the changing seasons, and visiting with relatives and friends.

Survivors include sons Neil Blakestad and his wife Beth of Two Harbors, Minn., and Wallace Blakestad and his wife Marie of Humboldt; five grandchildren, Dawn Yelle and her husband Mark of Rochester, Minn., Julie Blakestad of Minneapolis, Minn., Brian Blakestad and his wife Carmen of St. Cloud, Minn., Janet Bade and her husband Ken of Humboldt, and Dr. Nancy Blakestad of St. Paul, Minn.; and one great-grand daughter, Jessica Yelle.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Sophus, in 1997, and her brother, Lloyd.

Conner Colonial Chapel, (641) 324-1543.

GLOBE GAZETTE