Caroline M. Engberg, age 75, of Bruce, died Saturday, September 11, 2010, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M. Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at Grace Lutheran Church in Bruce, with interment at St. Petri Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Tuesday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings.

Caroline Mae (Stewart) Engberg was born May 2, 1935, at Brookings, South Dakota, to Roy and Esther (Holter) Stewart. She attended grade school in District No. 57 and graduated from Bruce High School in 1954. She worked for many years at the Sawnee Hotel in Brookings. She attended General Beadle College in Madison and taught in rural schools.

On June 26, 1966, Caroline married Leo Engberg. She was a farm wife who loved gardening and canning, and she was a very good cook. She also made many beautiful crocked items. She worked for ten years as a custodian at SDSU.

Caroline was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Bruce where she was active in church circles. She loved bragging about and showing pictures of her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, Leo Engberg, of Bruce; a son, Jeffrey (Barbara) Engberg of Grand Island, Nebraska; three grandchildren: Jessica, Grace, and Trey; five sisters: Corrine Fenske of Brookings, Donna (David) Kainz of Bloomer, Wisconsin, Barbara (James) Nelson of Holcombe, Wisconsin, Nancy (Douglas) Thompson of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Susan (Harlan) Feldhus of Bruce, South Dakota; a brother, David (Debra) Stewart of Brookings; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; parents-in-law, Axel and Rose Engberg; and a brother-in-law, Robert Fenske.