Obituary of Dolly Bahde

A funeral service for Dolly Bahde, age 83 of Lake Park, will be held Monday, June 12, 2017 at 10:30 AM at Concordia Lutheran Church in Lake Park. Burial will be at Silver Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday, June 11th from 3:00-5:00 PM at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Lake Park. Dolly Bahde passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017 in Spirit Lake, Iowa. She was 83. Dolly was born Donamae Lydia Shook on March 31, 1934 in Minot, ND. She was such a small baby that the nurses said she was, "small, like a dolly" and the nickname stuck for her entire life. Dolly grew up in Voltaire, ND, and moved to Southern California in 1957. She was a homemaker while the kids were young and later worked for many years for the Bank of America until she retired. After a few years in Pismo Beach, CA, she and Norb moved to Iowa and bought a house on Silver Lake in Lake Park. She has spent the last five years in Welcov and Hawkeye Care Center. Dolly was preceeded in death by her parents Myron and Lydia Shook, her husband Norb Bahde, her daughter Patty Jo Knutson, and daughter-in-law Laura Knutson. She is survived by her sisters Marian Dolan of Fergus Falls, MN and Bonnie Brekke of Voltaire, ND; brother Ed Shook of Albuquerque, NM; her sons Mark Knutson of Lehi, Utah, and Gary Knutson of Lake Park, IA; step-sons Scott Bahde of Havasu City, AZ and Troy Badhe of Houston, TX; former husband Gordon Knutson of Butte, ND; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.