Funeral services for Becky Marie (Gruhn) Dockstader, 73, of St. Ansgar, who died on Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at her home, were held on Monday, January 20 at Immanuel Lutheran Church here with the Rev. Byron Northwick officiating.

Becky (Beck) was born on January 15, 1930, to Fred and Gertrude (Becker) Gruhn in Manning, Iowa. She graduated from Spirit Lake High School in 1947 and received her nursing degree from Iowa Lutheran School of Nursing in Des Moines. She went to work in Fort Dodge for a time. Doc and Becky met on a blind date and it was a year before he could catch up with her. They married on April 18, 1953 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Spirit Lake.

Following Doc's graduation in 1955 they moved to New Orleans, then returned to St. Ansgar in August of 1957. Becky served on the school board and was an AFA member as well. She will be greatly missed and held close in the hearts of her family as we celebrate her life as a love that will never die.

Becky is survived by six daughters, Chris and husband Larry Wadman of Annandale, Minnesota; Julie and husband Melvin Schroeder of St. Ansgar; Mary and husband Al Sommerfield of Derby, Kansas; Holly and husband Rick Schwarck of St. Ansgar; Kelly and husband Sean Shanahan of Hull, Maine; Wendie Dockstader of Iowa City; two sons, Peter Dockstader, and John Dockstader and wife Lis, both of St. Ansgar; 15 grandchildren; two sisters, Dorthy and husband Darial Detterman of Milford; and Marge Linquist of Lakewood, CO.

She was preceded in death by her husband W. Edson (Doc) Dockstader, a brother Donald Gruhn and a granddaughter, Molly Schroeder.

Burial was in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery.