FOREST LAKE, MN (August 16, 2007) \u2013 Funeral services for Verna Sandberg, 85, will be held at 11a.m. Saturday at Crossroads Covenant Church. She died Tuesday. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Mattson Funeral Home and one hour prior to the funeral service at the church.
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\nWhile a short-term missionary at Karawa, Congo, in the 1980s, Sandberg coordinated home-schooling for the Ubangi Academy, where the children of missionaries were educated and many of them boarded.<\/p>\n
She developed a plan that allowed missionaries who kept their children at home to keep pace with the curriculum at the school. \u201cAs a result, when children came to the academy, they were well-prepared and able to work alongside their peers at the same level,\u201d says former missionary Eileen Thorpe. \u201cThis was a very valuable service to parents, teachers, and children alike.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sandberg was born July 1, 1922, in Minneapolis. She married Maynerd Sandberg on August 1, 1946. He survives.<\/p>\n
Other survivors include two daughters, Vermae Matheson and Deborah Dahlberg; and son, Daniel Sandberg.<\/p>\n
Memorials may be directed to Advanced Leadership Training Center in New Dehli, India. For more information, contact the funeral home by calling 651-464-3556.<\/p>\n