Linda Nadine (Bendickson) DIEKHUIS

DIEKHUIS, BENDICKSON, BRAKKE, MCDONALD, MINCER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/29/2006 at 22:28:46

Linda Nadine Diekhuis, 47, of Belmond, died on Tuesday, January 4, 2005, at the Belmond Medical Center. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 8, at the Trinity Lutheran Church, with Rev. Rod Hopp officiating. Interment was in the Belmond Cemetery. The Andrews Funeral Home of Belmond was in charge of the arrangements. Organist was Eldoris Bunnell and soloist was Marilyn Janssen. Ushers were Glenn Meints, Al Charlson and Al Olson. Casket bearers were Don Goeman, Jr., Tom Schiltz, Angie Covington, Dave Goeman, Roger Asmus and Laurie Gottschalk.

Linda was born on February 28, 1957 in Lake Mills, the daughter of Marvin and Viola Brakke Bendickson. She graduated from the Lake Mills High School. She married Delos Diekhuis on June 21, 1980, at Trinity Lutheran in Belmond. She had been employed at the Belmond Health Care Center for 25 years, much of that time as a certified nursing assistant. Linda looked forward to the various holidays of the year and keeping up with her favorite "soap" General Hospital. She received great joy and pride from her husband, children and family. For most of her life she battled diabetes and in later years rheumatoid arthritis.

She was preceded in death by her father. Survivors include her mother of Lake Mills; her husband, Delos and children, Brandon and Stacy; sisters, Laurie McDonald of Lake Mills and Marsha (Randy) Mincer of Arkansas; and brother, Steve Bendickson of Lake Mills.

January 13, 2005
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