OBITUARY: Patricia R. (Patty) Bendickson, 1951-2003, Worth Co., Iowa

[Adapted from Northwood Anchor online, posted Dec. 17, 2003 ]




                    Patricia R. (Patty) Bendickson

Patricia R. (Patty) Bendickson, 52 of Forest City, died Thursday, December
11, 2003 at Muse Norris Hospice Outpatient Unit in Mason City.

Memorial service was Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City
with Rev. Bill Peters and Rev. David Bolstorff officiating.

Patricia (Patty) Rae (Johnson) Bendickson was born on June 24, 1951 in
Mason City, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard and Betty (Shriver) Johnson.
She attended Northwood-Kensett Schools where she graduated in 1969.

She married Barry Bendickson on June 24, 1972 at the Silver Lake Lutheran
Church in rural Northwood. Patty worked for the Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company for nine years. She then began working at Waldorf College in
Forest City, first as a switchboard operator and then later as
Administrative Assistant to the Waldorf Athletic Department, a position
she held for the past 25 years.

In 1993 she received the Holman Community Service Award which is based
on distinguished service to Waldorf College, the community of Forest City,
church, civic organizations and volunteer efforts. Throughout her life,
Patty had a passion for her family and friends.

Patty had battled ALS for the past months, but always had a positive
and cheerful outlook. She loved knowing that God was at her side. She
was a member of Winnebago Lutheran Church in rural Lake Mills.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband Barry Bendickson of Forest City,
daughter Tori Bendickson and boyfriend Ryan Eastvold of Forest City, her
parents, Leonard and Betty Johnson of Albert Lea, Minnesota, two sisters,
Diane and husband Larry of Albert Lea, Minnesota, and Jody Mershon of
Dallas, Texas; her mother-in-law, Eunice Bendickson of Northwood,
brother-in-law, Steven Bendickson and wife Linda of Albert Lea, Minnesota,
sister-in-law Rebecca Gobel and husband Mark of Omaha, Nebraska, nieces
and nephews, Chad Jacobson, Cara Liddle and husband Rob and their daughters
Megan and Brynn, Brooke Jacobson, Jack Mershon, Ryan Bendickson,
Kristen Bendickson, Daniel, David and Hannah Goebel, life-long
friend Janie Odegaard and many other friends and family.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents and father-in-law, Arthur
Bendickson who died three days earlier.



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