Betty Stadum

Remembering the Life of Betty Stadum

. Betty Adele Stenberg passed away September 4th, 2019 at Bethany on 42nd in Fargo, ND. She was born in Fargo, to Bennie and Cecelia Stenberg. She grew up on a farm near Kindred, ND and graduated from Kindred High School. Betty then moved to Fargo and worked for her room and board while attending the Interstate School of Business. Upon graduation she went on to work for various business firms in Fargo.

Betty was united in marriage to Clifford Stadum at the First Lutheran Church in Fargo on July 10, 1945. After residing in Fargo for a few years they moved to Moorhead, MN and continued to reside there. Betty was a member of many organizations. Among them were Proseque Study Club, PEO Chapter DC, and was involved in many church activities including serving on the Church Council and teaching Bible School. Together Cliff and Betty also enjoyed volunteering at the Sons of Norway Kringen Lodge for many years. In 2002 Betty was awarded the Pillar Guri Award for outstanding and dedicated service at the Kringen Lodge. Cliff and Betty enjoyed many Sons of Norway district conventions.
Betty was a caring Christian who truly treasured her family and many friends. She kept in touch with her children, grandchildren and many friends with genuine interest and through eloquent handwritten notes. She was thoughtful, kind, spunky, fun, cute, and styling! She was fondly known by her family as GBetty.

Betty loved her Moorhead life, her neighborhood, and was the ultimate homemaker. Her kitchen was her studio and baking was her art form. Her kitchen table with the window facing the street was her gallery and used for gathering family, friends and displaying her pretty dishes and yummy food. The smell of homemade cookies was abundant in her home. She was known for her lefse, flatbread, kringle, pies and cookies. Betty made many Norwegian Wedding cakes for family and friend’s weddings. She was an excellent seamstress, quilter, embroidered beautiful Norwegian Hardanger, knit many sweaters, scarves, and dolls. Betty enjoyed many years with her family at Pelican lake and there she stacked many whimsical rock dolls.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband Cliff, her parents, and four brothers: James, Sam, Richard and Chuck Stenberg. She is survived by her sister: Mary Smith, Hazen, ND; sons, Roger (Cindy) Stadum of Fargo, ND, and Kent Stadum of White Bear Lake, MN; daughters, Carolyn (Chris) Kopca, Portland, OR, and Elizabeth (Luke) Johnson of Minneapolis, MN.
She is also survived by eight grandchildren: Nessa (Jeff) Sander of Chanhassen, MN; Ben Kopca of Portland, OR; Anne Kopca, San Francisco, CA; Carly (Victor) Stadum-Liang, Alameda, CA; Kate (Simon) Heuer, Burbank, CA; Tom (Camila) Stadum, Fargo, ND; Kelly Stadum, Brentwood, CA; and Peter Stadum, Minneapolis, MN. She is also survived by eight great-grandchildren: Charlie and Tommy Sander, Jack, Betty and Os Heuer, Anders and Sebastian Liang, Lucy Stadum, and many nieces and nephews.

The family is grateful to the staff at Bethany Retirement Living, Hospice of the Red River Valley and Touchmark for the special love and care they provided to Betty.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, New Life Center, the Salvation Army or a charity of your choice.