Lilly Sonduck

Lilly Ovidia Sonduck, 88, Bismarck, died January 13, 2005, at a Bismarck care center. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2:30 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Steve Sathre officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Bismarck. Visitation will be Saturday from 9 AM - 12:00 Noon at Eastgate Funeral Service and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Lilly Moen was born on March 11, 1916, in Lake Wilson, Minnesota, the daughter of Inga Hammervold and Joseph Moen. She was raised and attended country school in Golva, ND and graduated from Beach High School in 1943. Following high school, she attended beauty school and later owned a beauty shop in Hibbing, Minnesota. Lilly married Dale RennÚ in Hibbing, Minnesota. Several years later Dale was killed in a tragic accident. She later moved to Bismarck and worked at the Holiday Inn as a hostess and also at Keys and Things in the Kirkwood Mall. While working at Keys and Things, she met Herman Sonduck. They were later married in 1973 in Bismarck. They were married for twenty-seven years before Herman passed away on January 2, 2001. She discovered her love for art in her early years, but pursued it in later life while being active in art classes. She was a member of Sons of Norway and the Elks Club along with BAGA. Lilly enjoyed traveling to foreign countries and traveling with her sister Irene Honey to Norway several times. After Herman retired, they traveled extensively. She also enjoyed attending the Host Fest in Minot. But her greatest joy in life were her nieces and nephews in which she showed them her heart of gold along with her generosity and wisdom to be shared by all too numerous to mention. She is survived by her brother, Marvin Lucille Moen of Golva, ND; her nephews, Jeffrey Finneman of Sturgis, SD, Ronald Faith Finneman of Spring Creek, NV, Kevin Finneman of Golva, ND, and Earl Moen of Golva, ND; her nieces, Sheila Rob Curl of Bismarck, ND and Dr. Elaine Moen of Carmel, IN; her granddaughter, Candice Tom Smitherman of Selma, AL; and numerous great-grandchildren, great-grandnieces, and great-grandnephews. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Dale and Herman.

Lilly Sonduck

March 11, 1916 - January 13, 2005