Matilda Stone Lundberg, age 98, of Cambridge died March 31, 2012 at GracePointe Crossing Gables East. A funeral service will be held at 2 P.M. on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Strike Funeral Home – Isanti Chapel. A visitation will be held 1 hour before the service on Thursday at the funeral home.
Matilda Evelyn Stone Lundberg was born January 13, 1914 in Isanti to Hulda and Joseph Lillion. She attended grade school in Holyoke, Minnesota and High School in Cambridge. Matilda was confirmed at Athens Lutheran Church in May of 1929. She married Wilbert Stone on February 23, 1932 by Pastor Russell at the parsonage in Isanti. Wilbert passed away in November 1966. Matilda later married Wallace Lundberg at First Free Church in Rockford, Illinois in February 1977. Wallace died in April of 1983.
Matilda lived in Rockford, IL for 52 years. She was a member of First Evangelical Free Church, active in Sunday school, Circles, and the Mexican mission. When the children were all in school at Bible School, she changed homemaking to office work. She worked for Supreme for ten years and DeWall Trucking also for ten years as the office manager and did all the office duties until she was 64. She loved flowers, and she was known for her Swedish meatballs, rice pudding and desserts.
Matilda died March 31, 2012 at her home at the age of 98 years, 2 months and 18 days. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by two husbands, Wilbert Stone in 1966 and Wallace Lundberg in 1983; daughters, Jean Schesvold and Sharon Schesvold; granddaughter, Rhonda Jean Stone; grandson, Neil Patrick Dillon; brothers, Earl Lillion and Robert Lillion; sisters, Eleanore Noeckers and Edith Johnson.
Matilda is survived by sons, Ronald (Barb) Stone in Stanley, WI, Paul (Shelly) Stone in Huntington Beach, CA; daughters, Carol (Steve) Griswold in Illinois and Susan Carroll in Pease; sisters, Grace Hayes in Lafayette, CA, June Anderson in Mora; brother, Dean Lillion of Isanti; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mary Lillion of Cambridge; son-in-law, Joe Schesvold of Missouri and by many other relatives and friends.
Dear Shelly & Paul,
Your dedication to your Mother was truly remarkable. We know how hard it is to care, long-distance, for someone so dear to you, and you should be proud of the outstanding, caring way in which you did this for her.
We send our sincere condolences to you and your family. We already know how much she will be missed by you two.
We will be praying with you Thursday….
In his name, Amen…Rhonda & Jim Sack
Our sympathy in the loss of your Tillie. What a hole in your hearts she leaves.
My heart so wanted to be at 2nd cousin “Tillies” memorial service. It didn’t work out!
To my Dad, Cliff Degerstrom (born 1908), his “Lillion” cousins were so important. He always spoke with such fondness of them. He lived with his widowed mother, Selma,& 11 siblings, in Askov. “Isanti” was quite a hike in those days. As Cliff & Della’s eldest (born 1939)- I was privileged to meet these cousins for myself.
I got to know Tillie when she moved to the Cambridge area (1980’s?). We were part owners of a cabin on Spectacle Lake for a few years. She lived on that lake for a time. What a treat that was.
And now in the last many months – I’ve been genealogy communicating (via email) with you, Carol. We could have actually met!!
I’ve been so blessed with such an amazing extended family.
Lois