Velma (Hanson) KALLESTAD

KALLESTAD, HANSON, VESTWEBER, KORTE, WITTENBERG, LODA, PETERSON, LARSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/23/2006 at 22:44:17

Velma Henrietta Kallestad, 91, most recently a resident of the Belmond Health Care Center, died Sunday, February 3, 2002. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 6, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belmond, at 2 p.m., with Rev. Rod Hopp officiating. Visitation will be held from 12:30 p.m until the time of the service at the church on Wednesday. Interment will be at the Belmond Cemetery. Andrews-Tenold Funeral Home is in charge.

Velma was born April 28, 1910, in Britt, the youngest child of Jens J. and Matilda (Larson) Hanson. She was baptized in 1913 at the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fredsville. She received her education at a rural school and graduated from Crystal Lake High School in 1926. She worked at the Outing Club in Clear Lake, and in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Velma and Leonard Kallestad were married on February 23, 1941, at her parent's farm home on their 40th wedding anniversary. Velma and Leonard made their home in the Belmond area and farmed south of Belmond. Leonard also sold seed corn. They moved into town in the mid 1970's and later to the Belmond Community Apartments. Velma continued to live there until moving to the care center in 1999.
She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Belmond. She enjoyed reading and loved to stay knowledgeable and to discuss current events. Velma also enjoyed music and played the organ. Velma and Leonard enjoyed bus trips to visit her brother in California.

Leonard preceded her in death in 1978; also a sister, Julia (Mrs. Walter) Peterson; and brothers, Harvey Hanson and Ervin Hanson; and one nephew, Gilbert Peterson. Survivors are her nieces, Inez Elaine and John Vestweber of Webster City, Marilyn Korte of Mason City, Clare and Michael Wittenberg of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Karen Loda of Newbury Park, California; a nephew, James Peterson of Britt.

February 04, 2002
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