Phyllis L. (Hefti) STOAKES

STOAKES, HEFTI, STOCKDALE, WATTERS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/30/2006 at 12:46:36

Phyllis L. Stoakes, 59, of Goldfield, passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2005, at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota after a courageous battle with leukemia. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2005, at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove. Pastor Paul Stone will officiate at the 10:30 a.m. service. Burial will be in the Glenwood Cemetery, Goldfield.

Phyllis L. Hefti was born on January 4, 1946 in Fort Dodge, the daughter of William Edward and Sarah (Stockdale) Hefti. She was baptized and confirmed at the Lake Lutheran Church, rural Goldfield. Phyllis was raised and educated in the Goldfield area, graduating from the Goldfield High School in 1964. She then received her degrees in English and German Education from Luther College in 1967. On June 2, 1967, Phyllis was united in marriage with Ken Stoakes at the Lake Lutheran Church, rural Goldfield. The couple moved to Mason City where she taught school from 1967 to 1968. In 1968 and 1969, they lived in El Paso, Texas where she was a substitute teacher for two years and then they returned to Mason City. In 1975, the couple moved back to her family farm near Goldfield, where she worked in her husband's accounting business, W. Ken Stoakes, LPA. Phyllis was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she had taught Sunday School and participated in the Altar Guild. She served as a 4-H Leader for 20 years, was active with the North Central Regional 4-H Forum, and was named an honorary 4-H member. She was also a Campfire Volunteer and served as past president of the GFWC Alpha Delphian Club. Phyllis enjoyed scrapbooking, reading and collecting Boyd's Bears, but her greatest joy was truly her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband, Ken Stoakes of Goldfield; a son, Tim Stoakes and wife, Lori of Naperville, Illinois; a daughter, Deanna Watters and husband, Sean of Des Moines; three grandchildren; and many relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Wilton Hefti. Memorials may be directed to the Wright County 4-H Foundation, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or may be left to the discretion of the family.

November 24, 2005
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