Nov. 1, 1926-July 17, 2006
Bersadis Leoda Van Orsdel, 79, died July 17, 2006.
She was born Nov. 1, 1926 to Carl and Evelyn Rolfson, in Tripp, S.D., and grew up on her family’s farm in Toronto, S.D.
After her father’s death, her mom Evelyn, sisters Dorothy and Marlys, and the hired hand set for Oregon in 1944 where Mrs. Van Orsdel worked as a “Sadie the ship fitter” in Portland, a telephone operator, and…