IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Betty R.
Bjorge
November 20, 1917 – May 6, 2011
Obituary
BETTY R. BJORGE, 93, of Cherokee, Iowa passed away Friday, May 6, 2011 at her home.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church rural Meriden, Iowa. Pastor Clint Hogrefe and Dr. Thor Swanson will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, rural Meriden. There will be a family prayer service at 10:15 a.m. at the Church on Tuesday. Visitation will be held on Monday, May 9th at Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. with the family present from 6:30 until 8 p.m. Online condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com
Betty was born on November 20, 1917 to George & Cecil (Waddell) Dunn at Cherokee, Iowa. She graduated from Cherokee Wilson High School in 1933 and then attended Iowa State Teacher's College for two years and received a teaching degree. She was united in marriage to Ed Bjorge on February 18, 1939 at Dakota City, Nebraska. She taught school in Liberty Township, rural Cherokee. She and her husband farmed in Cedar Township. She had moved to Cherokee in 2002. She was a member of the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church in rural Meriden. She was involved with Women's Ministries, Daughters of the American Revolution and neighborhood birthday club. She enjoyed church, family, flowers and cooking.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ed on September 7, 1992, son-in-law Neal Anderson, a brother and sister-in-law Bob & Erla Mae Dunn, and a nephew Richard Dunn.
She is survived by four children: Dr. Tom Bjorge and his wife Ina Marie of LeMars, Iowa; Alice Anderson of Cherokee, Iowa; Dian Fredrickson and her husband Dr. Curtis of Eagan, Minnesota; Lynn Ivarson and her husband Craig of Cleghorn, Iowa; nine grandchildren: Karin (Dr. Thor) Swanson; Dr. Brent (Heather) Fredrickson; Dr. Jill (Jeff) Nelson; Jan (Bernadette) Bjorge; Britt (Michael) Krizmanich; Eric Ivarson and his fiancé Annie Stoll; Heidi Anderson; Joel (Wendy) Ivarson; Kristin (Nick) Patterson; 13 great grandchildren: Marin, Ella, Trina, Kari, Johanna, Henrik, Ingrid, Annika, Linnea, Lars, Sophia, Garrett, Kate.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church rural Meriden, Iowa. Pastor Clint Hogrefe and Dr. Thor Swanson will officiate. Burial will be in the Liberty Cemetery, rural Meriden. There will be a family prayer service at 10:15 a.m. at the Church on Tuesday. Visitation will be held on Monday, May 9th at Boothby Funeral Home in Cherokee from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. with the family present from 6:30 until 8 p.m. Online condolences may be left at www.boothbyfuneral.com
Betty was born on November 20, 1917 to George & Cecil (Waddell) Dunn at Cherokee, Iowa. She graduated from Cherokee Wilson High School in 1933 and then attended Iowa State Teacher's College for two years and received a teaching degree. She was united in marriage to Ed Bjorge on February 18, 1939 at Dakota City, Nebraska. She taught school in Liberty Township, rural Cherokee. She and her husband farmed in Cedar Township. She had moved to Cherokee in 2002. She was a member of the Oakdale Evangelical Free Church in rural Meriden. She was involved with Women's Ministries, Daughters of the American Revolution and neighborhood birthday club. She enjoyed church, family, flowers and cooking.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ed on September 7, 1992, son-in-law Neal Anderson, a brother and sister-in-law Bob & Erla Mae Dunn, and a nephew Richard Dunn.
She is survived by four children: Dr. Tom Bjorge and his wife Ina Marie of LeMars, Iowa; Alice Anderson of Cherokee, Iowa; Dian Fredrickson and her husband Dr. Curtis of Eagan, Minnesota; Lynn Ivarson and her husband Craig of Cleghorn, Iowa; nine grandchildren: Karin (Dr. Thor) Swanson; Dr. Brent (Heather) Fredrickson; Dr. Jill (Jeff) Nelson; Jan (Bernadette) Bjorge; Britt (Michael) Krizmanich; Eric Ivarson and his fiancé Annie Stoll; Heidi Anderson; Joel (Wendy) Ivarson; Kristin (Nick) Patterson; 13 great grandchildren: Marin, Ella, Trina, Kari, Johanna, Henrik, Ingrid, Annika, Linnea, Lars, Sophia, Garrett, Kate.
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