Sandersfeld, Beata M.

Beata M. Sandersfeld, 94, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, at Rose Haven Nursing Home, Marengo, following an extended illness. Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Conroy. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Conroy. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. today at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo.

Beata is survived by a son, Tom Sandersfeld of Williamsburg; a daughter, Kim Knight of Tempe, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Doris Heitshusen of Luzerne and Ramona Huedepohl of Millersburg; and a brother, Eldon Weiss of Ladora.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Everett; and a brother, Leroy Weiss.

Beata Marie Marita Weiss was born Aug. 26, 1916, in Seward, Neb., the daughter of Walter William Weiss and Marie (Neitzel) Weiss. She was raised in Lincoln Township. She married Everett August Sandersfeld on Oct. 16, 1941, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lincoln Township. The couple resided in South Amana. Beata was a wife, mother and homemaker. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Conroy, past treasurer of the ESR, and secretary-treasurer for 17 years of the Aid Association for Lutherans local chapter. She enjoyed playing cards, and gardening.

Memorials may be contributed to Trinity Lutheran Church or the Lutheran Interparish School (LIS).

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