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Charles Lindberg

I spent nineteen years as a Christian Church pastor. In 1970 I became a licensed marriage and Family Therapist. I developed a counseling Center in Modest and a private practice in Modesto from 1070 to 1996. I retired to a mountain home hear Twain Hart and led Shalom Retreats monthly until 2003. My wife, Wilma, of 51 years died in 2004. In 2006 I remarried and moved to Modesto. I still have my mountain home. I missed the last class gathering by having total knee replacement. Life is good. I plan on being at the next gathering in 2013. Hope to see my friends there. I am retired and doing woodworking as a hobby plus doing some counseling at my church and helping some homeless families restructure their lives.

Wilma Jean Lindberg
Aug. 9, 1929 Jan. 30, 2004
Wilma Jean Lindberg of Tuolumne died Friday at a Sonora hospital. She was 74.
She was born in Oklahoma City to John and Florence Wellner. She graduated from Central High School in 1948. She was given a scholarship by her church, Southwest Christian Church, to attend Phillips University in Enid, Okla. She was a religious education major.
In 1952, she met Charles L. Lindberg, and on Aug. 21, 1953, they were married in the Putnam City Christian Church in Oklahoma City.
While her husband was in graduate seminary, they had their twin children, Rhonda and Rene' in 1954, and their third child, Kristine, in 1957. After graduating from seminary, the Lindbergs served Oklahoma Christian Churches in Oklahoma City and Alva, Okla.
In 1966, the Lindbergs moved to Modesto to serve the First Christian Church. Mrs. Lindberg completed her college education at California State University, Stanislaus, in Turlock and began her teaching career of 27 years with the Modesto City Schools in 1969. She taught at Garrison, Burbank, Fairview and Franklin schools. She was the chorus director for many years at Franklin School.
In 1970, her husband created a private marriage-and-family-counseling center that he maintained in Modesto until they both retired in 1996 to their new mountain home near Tuolumne. She served as hostess and chef to the Shalom Retreat events held in their home.
Her family said she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend and neighbor. Her love for cooking and her gift for hospitality were well known, her family added, and she was an avid reader and enjoyed the beauties of nature around her mountain home. Her family said her greatest joy was her grandchildren, and many children adopted her as a grandma. In August 2003, she and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Murphys. She was a member of Omega Nu in Sonora, Modesto Teachers Association, California Teachers Association and National Teachers Association.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Lindberg of Tuolumne; daughters Rene', Rhonda and Kris Lindberg, all of Modesto; grandchildren Natalie, Jennifer and Jonathan Lindberg, all of Modesto; brothers Jack Wellner of California, J.H. and Charlie Wellner, both of Oklahoma, and Jerry Wellner of Texas; sisters, Betty Handke of Oklahoma and Patty Koivisto of Florida; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Wellner; and a sister, Sharon Kaye Larkin.
A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at the First Congregational Church of Murphys. A second memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at the College Avenue Congregational Church in Modesto on the corner of College and Orangeburg avenues.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Sonora Area Foundation, Attn.: Wilma Lindberg Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 577, Sonora, CA 95370.

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