Herdis Berquist

Herdis Berquist, 108, a long-time resident of the Marshalltown area, died Tuesday the 18th of September at Brookdale Assisted Living in Loveland, CO. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 25, 2018, at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens, Marshalltown. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonfhs.com. Born in 1910 in Kimballton, IA, Herdis was the 3rd of 5 children to Johanna and Peter Thuesen, her Danish parents. She met her future husband, John A. Berquist, at church in Belle Plaine, and they married in 1937. They had two children and John was drafted into the military where they spent a brief time in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and then returned to live in State Center, Iowa. They eventually moved to Marshalltown, where she lived until she was 100 years old. She spent the next 8 years near family in Colorado. Herdis was very artistic and loved to paint, draw, and play the piano. She did cross word puzzles every day from the age of 50 and you would always want her on your billiards team because she was usually the winner. She loved to play cards and drink coffee with friends and neighbors and sta...[more]

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active on walks and in the pool daily. Over her 108 years of life on earth, she had seen more change in the world than most, and her family and friends will miss quizzing her about all that she had experienced. She remained intrepid until the end, with grace and resilience, and will be missed every single day. Herdis is survived by her son, Peter Berquist (wife Rosie) and her four grandchildren, Kelly (husband Gary), Mitzi (husband Tylor), Sarah, and Luke (wife Lacey), and many great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends too numerous to list but not forgotten. She has now been reunited with her husband, John, and her daughter, Karen (Berquist) Toland.