Astrid Linnea (Soderstrom) Bjerke (1913 - 2014)

Born 26 Dec 1913 in Leonard, Minnesota, United States

Died 29 Dec 2014 at age 101 in Minnesota, United States

Biography

Obituary

Astrid L. Bjerke 101 of Clearbrook, MN passed away at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center on Monday, December 29, 2014

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 1:00p.m. in the chapel of the Good Samaritan Center in Clearbrook, MN with Pastor Verlyn Strenge officiating. Interment of cremains will be at the Sinclair Township Cemetery in Leonard, MN at a later date. The Cease Family Funeral Home of Bagley assisted with the arrangements.

Astrid Linnea Bjerke was born December 26, 1913 to John and Marie Soderstrom at Leonard, MN. She attended Birchmont School through 8th grade. She married Edwin Bjerke on November 23, 1936. Three children were born to them, Beverly, Roger and Joyce. She was an avid pastry cook, working at restaurants in Bagley. Edwin passed away in May of 1988 and she resided on the farm at Leonard till the fall of 1997, moving to an apartment in Clearbrook, MN and then to the Good Samaritan Society in July of 2009.

She is survived by her children- Beverly (Karroll) Walberg of Clearbrook, MN; Roger (Sandy) Bjerke of Placentia, CA 10 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband- Edwin Bjerke; daughter- Joyce Lien; brothers- Fred, Hjalmer and Rudy Soderstrom; sisters- Anna Peterson, Henny Johnson and Helga Bourbon. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.ceasefuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2887525&fh_id=11968