OBITUARY: Olga Groe Liljedahl 1906-2002, Worth Co., Iowa


                          Olga Groe Liljedahl

        [ The Northwood Anchor online  --  December 26, 2002]
                          
Olga Liljedahl, 96, of Northwood, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, at the
Lutheran Retirement Home in Northwood.

Funeral services were Monday at the First Lutheran Church, Northwood,
with Rev. Paul Holmer and Rev. Allan Stoa officiating.  Burial was in
the South Shell Rock Cemetery in Northwood.  

Olga Liljedahl was born on Dec. 15, 1906, near Lake Mills, the daughter
of Amund and Johanna (Jordre) Groe.  She was baptized and reaffirmed the
faith of her baptism through confirmation on May 28, 1922, in the Silver
Lake Lutheran Church, rural Northwood.  She attended and received her
education in the Lake Mills Community School, graduating from Lake Mills
High School.  After completing her schooling, Olga taught school in the
Brookfield #2 school in Worth County.

She married John Liljedahl on February 26, 1928, at the Silver Lake
Lutheran Church parsonage.  He preceded her in death on April 30, 1988.
After their marriage they farmed west of Northwood until moving to
Northwood in 1966.  

She enjoyed crocheting, sewing, gardening and cooking.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church in Northwood where she taught
Sunday school, and was a member of the Lutheran Church Women. Left
to cherish her memory are her two daughters, Ila Hebel of Manly and
Eileen Snider and her husband Gary of Forrest City, Arkansas, two
sons, Marlin Liljedahl and his wife Carol of Northwood, and Orin Liljedahl
and his wife Sandra of Northwood; 17 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren,
and five great-great grandchildren; a sister, Edith Wright of Northwood;
two sisters-in-law, Wilma Groe of Burlington, IA, and Elizabeth Groe of
Northwood; as well as many nieces and nephews, and other relatives and
friends.

Besides her husband John, she was also preceded in death by her parents,
a daughter Cynthia who died in infancy, a son Arden Liljedahl, a
granddaughter, Amy Liljedahl; four sisters, Clara, Lily, Elvina,
and Cora, and three brothers, Norris, Alfred and Kenneth.  




Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.)

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