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Sonja (Ahlstrom) Lobdell, 72, of Belmond, passed away Monday, February 7, 2022 at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines.
Funeral services for Sonja Lobdell will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, February 11, 2022 at Belmond United Methodist Church, 1031 1st Street South East in Belmond, with Pastor Leila Blackburn officiating. Burial will be in the Belmond Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 7:00 PM on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Ewing Funeral Home, 111 Luick’s Lane South in Belmond, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Friday.
Sonja Christine (Ahlstrom) Lobdell, the daughter of Stanley and Beulah (Trott) Ahlstrom, was born on June 24, 1949 in Belmond, Iowa. She was raised in Goodell and attended school in Meservey and Belmond. She graduated from Belmond High School with the class of 1967.
After graduation, Sonja attended Mason City school of cosmetology. She worked for Gen Suntken Beauty Shop before she opened Sonja’s Beauty Shoppe in 1979. She loved making people feel and look good retiring in 2018 due to health reasons.
Sonja met the love of her life Brett while bowling. The couple was married at the Little Brown Church in Nashua on July 2, 1979. They raised their family in Belmond and have resided here since.
In her free time, Sonja kept a very busy social schedule. She enjoyed going antiquing, auctions, playing cards and bingo. She volunteered countless hours to the VFW Bingo in Belmond and was an active member of the Belmond Methodist Church. She had an eye for quality items at flea markets, contributing to her collections, including Fenton Eggs. She never missed any of her grandchildren’s activities and showed her love with amazing meals. The best being her holiday meals, pork chops and cherry cheesecake.
She will be remembered as a very kind, loving, secretly competitive and caring woman.
Sonja is survived by her husband of 42 years Brett Lobdell of Belmond; children Kristina (Neal) Rabe of Belmond, Ryan (David Quist) Lobdell of Belmond and Reece Lobdell of Belmond; grandson Jordan (Natalie) Cook and their children Patrick, Moxley and Evelynn; granddaughter Keyra (Cole) Kelley and their daughter Brynlee; sisters-in-law Jane Lobdell and Kim Miller; brothers-in-law Tracy (Stacy) Lobdell and Ted Watne along with extended family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents Stanley and Beulah, parents-in-law Jack and Shirley Lobdell, Nick Nicholson, sisters Barb Watne and Betty Lou Flora, son-in-law Jamie Cook, brothers-in-law Blake and Kurt Lobdell along with aunts and uncles.