Mary Beth Lindke

NORFOLK -- Funeral service for Mary Beth Lindke, 68, Norfolk, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church, Norfolk. Rev. Joel Thomford will officiate. Burial will be in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Norfolk. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10 at Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk, and continue one hour prior to the service on Wednesday, prior to the service at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church. Memorials are suggested to St. Paul's Lutheran School Building Fund and the American Cancer Society. The service will be live-streamed on the St. Paul's Lutheran Church website at https://www.stpls.com/. Mary Beth passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Stonacek Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Mary Beth Lindke, nee Crandall, was born December 30, 1954, in Watertown, Wisconsin, to John and Vivian (Evans) Crandall. She graduated from Watertown High School in 1973 and from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a registered nurse in 1976. She worked as an R.N. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ottawa, Ontario, and Saginaw, Michigan. She married Allen Lindke on June 14, 1975, at St. John Ev. Lutheran Church, Watertown, Wisconsin. They were blessed with four children, Anna, Joel, Sarah, and Andrew. She enjoyed teaching Sunday School, singing in the church choir, traveling, and knitting. She was a dedicated nurse who cared for her patients with understanding and compassion. She was a pastor’s wife who made her husband a better pastor. Most of all she enjoyed being a mother to her children and a “Nana” to her grandchildren. Those who knew her as a relative, friend, co- worker or church member loved her laughter, her loyalty, her sense of humor and her kindness to others. Mary Beth is survived by her husband of forty-seven years, Rev. Allen Lindke; daughter Anna Doherty (Jeremy) of Ottawa, Ontario; son Joel of Corunna, Michigan; daughter Sarah Nelson (David) of Norfolk; and son Andrew (Madeleine) of Normal, Illinois; grandchildren Emma and Tyler Doherty; Lukas Lindke; Thomas, Norah, and Simon Nelson; and Walter and Charles Lindke; sisters Cathy Thorman (Larry) and Nancy Walter (Jim); brother-in-law Dale Kroll; sister-in-law Lois Killinger; aunt Kathy Evans; and several nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Lynn Kroll; her granddaughter, Atia Lindke; her brothers-in-law James Lindke, Thomas Lindke, and Danny Killinger. Casket bearers will be Emma Doherty, Tyler Doherty, Jeremy Doherty, David Nelson, Dawn Walter, Thomas Nelson, and Bob Goddard. Condolences may be expressed to the family on-line at www.stonacekfuneralchapel.com.

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Mary Beth Lindke

December 30, 1954 - January 4, 2023