Elizabeth B. Fenstra
Oct. 8, 1930 - Jan. 20, 2006
WILLMAR -- Elizabeth Bertha "Betty" Fenstra, 75, of Willmar died Friday at North Memorial Hospital in Minneapolis.
The service is at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Harvey Anderson Funeral Home in Willmar and for one hour before the service at the church.
ADVERTISEMENT
She was born Oct. 8, 1930, in Desmoine River Township, Murray County, to August and Bertha (Wenzel) Speckmeier. She grew up in the Westbrook area and graduated from Westbrook High School. She graduated from Willmar Vocational Technical School in 1972 with a degree as a medical secretary. She worked at Dr. Lawrence Opsahl's office for 12 years, retiring in 1983.
On March 13, 1948, she married Otis Swenhaugen. She lived in the Westbrook area until 1971, when she moved to Willmar. On June 19, 1982, she married Gene Fenstra in Willmar. They lived in the Willmar area.
She was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, where she had served as a wedding coordinator, kitchen coordinator, deaconess and Sunday School teacher and in the Stephen's Ministries program.
She is survived by her husband; her children: Scott (and Sherry) Swenhaugen of Kenyon, Chuck (and Leanna) Swenhaugen of Booker, Texas, Jane (and Robert) Skaalerud of Willmar and Paul Swenhaugen of Shoreview; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; siblings: Elouise Busswitz and Ruth Anderson, both of Westbrook, Irene Glasshoff of Windom, Lorraine Metcalf of Sarasota, Fla., and Lenhart (and Shirley) Speckmeier of Dundee.
Four brothers preceded her in death.
