Date of Birth:
Friday, September 25, 1931
Date of Death:
Friday, March 2, 2012
Age:
80 years old

Beverly J. “Bev” Fjelsted

The funeral for Beverly Fjelsted will be at 11:00am Monday, March 5, 2012 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home with the Rev. Lester Horntvedt officiating. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester.

Beverly died on March 2, 2012 at the age of 80 at Rochester Methodist Hospital.

Beverly was born September 25, 1931 to Linnea and Verner Nystrom in Duluth, MN. On August 8, 1953 she married Robert P. Fjelsted and he survives.  Bev met Bob while she was working at Snyder’s Drug in Duluth in 1947. They started dating while both attending University of Minnesota-Duluth. Bob left to attend the main University in Minneapolis and Bev followed in 1952 to work at Northrop King in Minneapolis, MN. In 1953 Bob left for the service and when he returned on leave they were married. Bob returned to the service and Bev stayed and worked at Northrop King until 1954, when she and Bob moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where Bev got a job at Sandia Laboratories. During that time she gave birth to her first son Kevin and continued working for Sandia Laboratories until 1960 when they moved back to Minnesota, where Bob began working for IBM in Rochester. Together, they built a house where she became a homemaker and gave birth to two more sons, Matt and Jon.  Also during that time she volunteered doing work to support handicapped children where she started a swim course at the YMCA. She also drove school bus. She attended RCTC College of Nursing and worked at Dr. Nelson’s Dental Office in the lab. Because of Bev and Bob’s love of the water, they purchased a cabin in Wabasha, MN on the Mississippi River. In 1977 after Bob’s retirement, they moved to the Wabasha Cabin.  She worked hard helping Bob do extensive remodeling on the cabin and made it their home.

She enjoyed gardening, bird watching, knitting and reading.  She was an active volunteer at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital where she served on the hospital foundation board for 20 years. In addition to her other interests, activities include PEO membership, Plant and Bloom Garden Club in Rochester, the Philip and Ester Fjelsted endowment for scholarships at St. Olaf’s College.  Bev loved her summertimes at Lake Blanche enjoying family time with her husband, children and grandchildren. Bev will greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Mrs. Fjelsted is not only survived by her husband of 58 years, but also children, Kevin (Marcia) Fjelsted of St.Paul, MN, Matthew (Dello) Fjelsted of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Jonathan (Cindy) Fjelsted of Rochester; four grandsons, Erik, Mark, Joseph and Tommy; five granddaughters, Theresa, Mary, Kayla, Eryn and Abby; one brother Dale (Nora) Nystrom of Duluth MN; sisters, Marlene Coffland of Minneapolis MN, Raynette Bedford of Tampla, FL, Adelle Abernethy of Duluth MN, and Carol (Merlyn) Dammer of Hermantown, MN; sister-in-law Deva Fjelsted of Raymond,WA; and many nieces, nephews and friends.  Beverly is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Bernard (Bud) Nystrom; in-laws Philip and Ester Fjelsted; and brother-in-law Dale Fjelsted.

Visitation will be from 4:00pm to 7:00pm Sunday March 4^th 2012 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home, and also one hour prior to the service on Monday.