Beatrice Odella (Sandvig) STOCKDALE

SANDVIG, STOCKDALE, OLSEN, ERNEST, JOHNSON, KONKE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:01

November 22, 1904 --- January 10, 1999

BEATRICE ODELLA STOCKDALE
Beatrice Odella Sandvig was born on November 22, 1904, to Ole S. and Bertha C. Olsen Sandvig near Thor, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at the Ullensvang Lutheran Church of Thor. She attended country school and graduated from the Eagle Grove High School in Eagle Grove, Iowa, in the Class of 1922, with a Normal Training Certificate. She began teaching January 2, 1923, near Alden, Iowa, and continued teaching for the next 10 years in Humboldt County. She married Leslie Stockdale on July 23, 1932. She transferred her membership to Lake Lutheran Church, where she remained a member. The couple farmed in the Goldfield, Iowa, and Thor area. She went back to teaching full time in 1947, and retired in 1968. The last 16 years of her teaching career she taught kindergarten in the Goldfield schools. Her husband, Leslie, died on Christmas day, 1968. She was active in her church teaching Sunday School and the E. L. C. A. Women, plus other civic organizations.

Beatrice Odella Stockdale died on Sunday, January 10, 1999, at the Rotary Ann Nursing Home in Eagle Grove at the age of 94. Survivors include 50 nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; three brothers, Clifford, Stanley, and Owen Sandvig; and three sisters, Hannah Ernest, Martha Johnson, and Margaret Konke. She was the last living member of her family.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday (today), January 13, 1999, at 1:30 p.m. at the Lake Lutheran Church in Goldfield with Reverend Sandy Krynik officiating. Burial will be at Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Willim Funeral Home in Eagle Grove was in charge of the arrangements.

Eagle Grove Eagle -- Eagle Grove, Iowa
January 13, 1999