San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Liebelt, Marcella August 7 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vickie Stone VctrStV4U@aol.com August 12, 2004, 1:55 am Lodi News August 11, 2004 Marcella Liebelt Marcella "Sally" Liebelt, 84, of Bowdon, N.D., and formerly of Lodi, died Aug. 7 at a convalescent hospital. She was born Marcella Bechthold on Nov. 5, 1919, on the family farm south of Harvey, N.D., where she was raised. Mrs. Liebelt attended and graduated from Sheyenne River Academy. She attended Valley City Teachers College, where she received her teaching certificate. She was employed as a teacher in rural schools in the Harvey area. She married Arthur Liebelt in 1942, and they made their home and farmed southeast of Bowdon until settling in Lodi in 1961. In 1975, they returned to Bowdon and farmed until their retirement in 1980. She was a member of the Bowdon Country SDA Church, Dorcas Society and the Bowdon Birthday Club. She is survived by her husband, Art Liebelt; daughters, Sandra Taylor, of Mandan, and Cheryl Rau, of Lodi; sons, LeRoy Liebelt, of Acampo, and Darcy Liebelt, of Bowdon; brothers, Ray Bechthold, of Lincoln, Neb., and LeRoy Bechthold, of Harvey; ten grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by an infant sister. A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Bowdon Country Seventh-day Adventist Church. Burial will be held in the Wayside Cemetery of Bowdon. Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the Nelson Funeral Home in Fessenden, N.D. Nelson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. File at: http://www.usgwarchives.org/obits/catext/sanjoaquin/obits/gob1188liebelt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb