Neva Burnell Stenbak Obituary (1924

Neva Burnell Stenbak was born 27 July 1924, at Mountrail County North Dakota. She was the youngest child of Ole Kristofferson Stenbak and Dena Olena Solseth. Her parents and her siblings, Martha Marie, Oliver, Ralph, Irene, Gerald, and a stillborn brother preceded her into the spirit world. She graduated salutatorian of her high school class and went to work in Minneapolis in 1942. She was the classic "Rosie the Riveter on B-24 and B-25 bombers. She moved to the Pacific Northwest to be near her two sisters and became a telephone operator in Bremerton. She married Glenn E. Magneson in 1947. Neva had two "families." The first consisted of three sons: Roger, born in 1950, Dale, born in 1951, and Wayne, born in 1952; the second consisted of another son and her only daughter: Thor, born in 1965, and Karen born in 1966. Neva was divorced from Glenn in 1971. After spending a few years raising Thor and Karen, Neva went to work for the State of Washington in the Department of Social and Health Services and retired from this job. She lived in her home until she could no longer care for herself. Neva joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1961. Her first calling was ward Sunday Secretary. She was ward Relief Society secretary for many years. She served as a temple worker in the Seattle Washington Temple. She was a missionary in the Naperville, Illinois Family History Center helping people find records of their ancestors and organizing them using FamilySearch. Neva was an artist and painted still lifes and a few portraits very well. She loved to sing but did not think she was a very good singer. She almost invariably beat everyone at Scrabble, Chinese Checkers, and Rummy 500.