Funeral services for Betty Marie Eastvold, of Northwood, ND, were held on Friday, June 12 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in Northwood.
Betty passed away at home on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, surrounded by her loving family.
Betty was born on January 11, 1951, in Northwood, ND, to Enoch and Madeline (Wasness) Thorsgard. After high school she attended Golden Valley Lutheran College, where she met Lonney Eastvold. They were married on August 9, 1969. They farmed near Hartland, MN and Spring Grove, MN until the fall of 2010, when they moved to a farm near Northwood, ND.
During the last weeks of her life, Betty wrote many of her thoughts. In these writings she described her feelings about her life as a wife and mother. “I get overwhelmed with JOY and THANKS when I stop to ponder the family God has given Lonney and me. The character in each child God specially made for us is so unique! And when you put them all together in one family - WOW - PRAISE GOD from whom all blessings flow. I Love them all so much.”Words cannot describe the love, appreciation, respect and thankfulness felt by her family for her.
Betty is survived by her husband, Lonney and children; Nissa, Luke, Glori, Andrew, Maria, Anna, Abigail, Leif and Johannes; Parents, Enoch and Madeline Thorsgard; Siblings: Carol (Harold) Luecke, Grady (Marilyn) Thorsgard, John (Dona) Thorsgard and Ruth (Bob) Draxton, all of Northwood, ND; sister-in-law, Bonnie (Dick) Swanson of N. Mankato, brother-in-law, Dick (Janet) Eastvold of Hartland, sister-in-law, Arlys Eastvold of Florida and many nieces and nephews.
Betty was preceded in death by an infant son, Knut, a brother, Luke, brothers-in-law, Kim Eastvold and David Eastvold, Mother and Father-in-law, Helene and Trygve Eastvold.