Viola Lundberg

Funeral services for Viola Lundberg, 85, of Dickinson, formerly of Killdeer, will be 10 a. m. , Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Killdeer with Pastor Rachel Simonson officiating. Burial will follow at Oakdale Cemetery. Visitation will begin Monday, July 28, from 12 p. m. noon until 2 p. m. at Stevenson Funeral Home in Dickinson and continue from 4 p. m. to 7 p. m. at Stevenson Funeral Home in Killdeer with a prayer service at 6:30 p. m. “Her hard working days are over; God saw that she was tired and said come with me. ” Viola passed away, Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Dickinson, ND. Viola Emelia was born November 18, 1928, near Fairfield, ND, the second child of Fred and Emelia (Roth) Steffen. She attended rural country school near Fairfield and in later grades attended school in Grassy Butte. While she was attending school there she worked in the historic Grassy Butte Post office. At age 18 she lived on a farm south of Manning, ND taking care of the Tom and Adelia Johnson family. She stayed there for ten years doing various household and farm jobs that they required her. Then in late 1955 she was invited to a dance at the old dance hall near Oakdale, ND; there she met Arthur (Art) Lundberg. They were married on her birthday November 18th, 1956. To this union they had four sons – Arlen, Albert, Loren and Larry. Viola “Vi” belonged to Eastern Star and Homemakers club and went to church at St. John’s Lutheran in Killdeer. She was a true farmer’s wife; she helped with milking, sorting cattle, cutting wood, fixing fence, hauling hay or any other job that was required. Her greatest joy was to plant a garden and to go picking wild fruit, especially June Berries. She loved to can vegetables and to make jellies. Viola always planted a very large garden to make that they would have a good supply of food for the winter and extra was given away to friends and family. Viola always made sure that everyone had plenty to eat. She loved her flowers and could start them from a cut stems or seeds; she did have a green thumb when it came to plants. Viola was a great cook and baker; she won prizes for her apple pies. If she knew company was coming, she would make cookies, bars, cakes, buns or pies, but when it came to branding time, it was a special event to enjoy her homemade caramel rolls. You always had to have coffee with her and sit and visit about the latest events in the neighborhood. She enjoyed embroidery and quilting. She especially enjoyed embroidering dish towels. She spent many hours working on the fine detailed work. Word search and puzzles were another pastime of hers. She also enjoyed watching the many birds that frequented the bird feeder near her kitchen window. Charlie Pride music was her favorite; she also did like old fashioned church music, waltzes and polka music as well. Viola and Art love to go to dances and enjoyed socialization. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fred & Emelia Steffen: her husband, siblings, Irvin, Henry, Hilda, Carl, David, Donald, Robert and William. Survived by her four sons, Arlen (Cindy) Lundberg, Lincoln, ND; Albert, Jamestown; Loren, Killdeer, and Larry (Jodi), Killdeer, ND; grandchildren, Tulsa and Chance, Killdeer; Charity (Craig), Beulah; Ben (Rachel), Washougal, WA; Abri (Adam), Hurdsfield, ND; Aaron (fiancée, Amy), Washougal, WA; 11 great-grandchildren; and siblings: Walter Steffen, Killdeer; Rose (Darl) Thompson, Fairview , MT; Dorothy Johnson, Michigan, ND; John (Betty) Steffen, Selma, IN; Elaine (Harry) Carsen, Beulah, ND; and Connie (Bill) Connolly, Dickinson, ND.


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Burial Date: July 29, 2014
Funeral Home Killdeer, ND

Funeral Service: Tuesday, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Killdeer, ND