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Florence Sondrol
FLORENCE SONDROL
Oelwein
Florence Sondrol, 87, of Oelwein, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at Oelwein Health Care Center with her family by her side. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday Feb. 24, at Geilenfeld Funeral Home in Oelwein. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein. Interment
will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein.
A memorial fund has been established.
For condolences, please visit www.geilenfeldfh.com.
Florence Janette (Finstad) Sondrol was born July 31, 1929, in the town of Sumner near Osseo, Wis., to parents Carl and Margaret (Castad) Finstad. She graduated from Whitehall High School, Class of 1947, in Whitehall, Wis.
On Dec. 28, 1958, she was united in marriage with Knute Sondrol at Kings Valley Lutheran Church near Osseo. Knute and Florence owned and operated the A&W Root Beer stand in Oelwein from 1958 to 1976. Then in 1985, they reopened as Sondrol's Family Restaurant until 1991.
Left to celebrate Florence's life are her sons, David Sondrol of Oelwein and John Sondrol of Corpus Christi, Texas; and stepson, Ken (Pam) Sondrol of Longview, Texas.
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