Viola Pauline BELLER

1907 - 2008  (100 years)

• Name	Viola Pauline BELLER
  Birth	29 Nov 1907	Panora, Guthrie County, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Aug 2008	Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	SSDI last residence
  Burial	3 Sep 2008	Vukku Cemetery, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Notes	Her father was born in Ohio and her mother in Illinois. She was a 7 year-old living in Lincoln Twp, Dallas County, at the time of the 1915 Iowa state census. The October 13, 1953, edition of the Fergus Falls Daily Journal included “Mrs. Julian Bye, 602 W. Lincoln” in its list of Hospital Notes for admittances on October 12th to Wright Memorial Hospital. The October 26th edition notes that she was discharged on October 24th. The November 1st edition noted that she was admitted again on November 1st. The November 14th edition noted that she was discharged on November 13th. A five-generation photo of her holding her great-great-grandson, Jaxtin Komestakes, was published in the FFDJ on August 16, 2008, two weeks before she died. Her obit in the September 2, 2008, edition of the Fergus Falls Daily Journal: Viola Pauline Bye, 100, of Fergus Falls, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, at Pioneer Retirement Community. She was born Nov. 29, 1907, in Pandora, Iowa, the daughter of Charles John and Agnes Rachael (Johnston) Beller. She was nine years old when the family moved to a farm near Carlisle, and attended District 111. She then boarded in Fergus Falls to attend high school. She worked for the Dahl family who owned City Bakery and as a waitress in the Kaddatz Hotel and the Christiana Restaurant. On March 3, 1929, she married Julian Hubert Bye in Toledo, Ohio. Viola met him at a dance while he was enrolled in Park Region College. After their honeymoon, they moved to Fergus Falls. During The Depression, they moved to Michigan to work and returned to Fergus Falls in 1935. She also worked as a head cook at Skogmo Cafe in 1958, and at the Normandy Cafe from 1965 to 1970. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Fergus Falls. Her hobbies included spending time at their cottage on Wall Lake where they enjoyed swimming, fishing and the great outdoors, and also gardening. She loved to bake, prepare meals for family and the picnics at the Phelps Mill County Park. She made several trips to Michigan to visit her three brothers. God gave us a mother and grandmother for many years to learn from her. We learned of the love of family, of God, the world and how to keep her passions, memories and treasures alive to pass down to generations to come. Her stories will be told and retold. The legacy of Grandma Bye will continue to live on. Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Julian in 1983; their daughter, Delores Anderson in 2001; her brothers, Orville, Verle and Gerald; sister-in-laws, Ethel, Florence and Alma; a son-in-law, Jerry Anderson; and many extended family and friends. Survivors include three children, Mary (Virgil) Albertson and Alan (Betty) Bye all of Fergus Falls, and Russell (Bonnie) Bye of Underwood; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; 21 great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews and cousins; and a host of friends. Visitation: Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., with a prayer service at 6 p.m., at Pioneer Retirement Community Chapel, and one hour prior to the service at the church. Service: 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Zion Lutheran Church, Fergus Falls. Clergy: Revs. Marv Abramson and Harry Olson. Burial: Vukku Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Doran. Funeral Home: Faith and Hope Funeral Home, Fergus Falls.
  Person ID	I7031	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family	Julian Herbert BYE,   b. 4 Jan 1905, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 8 Oct 1983, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	3 Mar 1929	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
  Divorce	Jan 1963	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	The suit to dissolve their marriage was filed in November of 1962 in district court in Otter Tail County.
  Children	1. Delores Marlene BYE,   b. 10 Sep 1932, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 9 Feb 2001, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 68 years)   2. Alan Elvin BYE,   b. 26 Nov 1938, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 15 Apr 2013, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F5379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2019

  
  

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  Viola Beller Bye