Lillian Sondrol

Lillian M. Sondrol, age 89, of rural Sunburg, died Tuesday morning, Feb. 5th, at the Rice Care Center in Willmar.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M., Sunday, February 10th, at the Hope Lutheran Church in Sunburg with Rev. Timothy A. Wheatley officiating. The interment will be in the West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-8 P.M. Saturday at the Sunburg Funeral Home and at the church one hour prior to the services.
Lillian Marie Sondrol was born on July 28, 1918, on the family farm in Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, Minnesota, the daughter of Bertha (Stenseth) and Ludvig Nyback. She grew up in that area and attended the rural school near her home. On December 24, 1937, at the parsonage in Benson, she married Ervin Olander Sondrol and they made their home on the farm near Sunburg. Lillian lived there until July of 2007 when she moved to Rice Care Center in Willmar. Lillian was a life member of the Hope Lutheran Church, was active in the Ladies Aid and taught Sunday School for a time. She enjoyed growing flowers, sewing, embroidery, crocheting and quilting.
She is survived by one daughter, Beverly (and Dude) Van Heuveln of Murdock and one daughter-in-law, Deloris (and Ardell) Marquardt of Sunburg. Also surviving are eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren, besides other relatives and friends. Lillian was preceded in death by her parents, husband (Ervin in 1992), 1 son (Bruce in 1979), one brother (Sidney Nyback in 1970) and one sister (Borghild Arneson in 1987).