Veronica (Lentsch) Novstrup was born on July 28, 1927 on a ranch near Red Iron Lake, Lake City, South Dakota to Frank and Susan (Weyer)Lentsch. Veronica was known to friends and family as Verony,pronounced "Froney". When she was about five years old the family moved to a ranch five miles west of Sisseton, South Dakota. She attended a one room school house in Drywood Township as well as the Catholic School in Sisseton. While living on her parent's ranch,Veronica met the love of her life, Howard, the son of Jake and Anna Novstrup, who lived on a ranch immediately to the west. Howard often
claimed to have first met Veronica while she was trapping muskrats.
She was married to Howard on July 1, 1950. Together Howard and
Veronica actively worked a farm and ranch operation in the Sisseton area until the early 1990s when they retired. Veronica lived nearly her entire life within 20 miles of her birthplace. She was a long-time
member of St. Peter's Catholic Church.
Veronica loved cooking, baking bread, and making jelly for her family and friends. She rarely allowed a guest to leave the farm without some sort of baked goods, strawberries, or jelly. She was also a gifted gardener. Many of the iris, peony, phlox and strawberry beds in the Sisseton area were enriched using starts from Veronica's garden.
She freely shared these with anyone willing to take them. Veronica delighted in spending time with family and friends especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Veronica had a gift for caring for others. Her dedication and capacity to love was best evidenced in the twenty years she spent caring for her precious daughter Kathleen
until Kathy's passing in 1979.

Veronica was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Susan
Lentsch; her husband Howard; daughter Kathleen; two sisters, Marie Argo, and Rosiena Stewart; and brother, George Lentsch. Veronica is survived by five children, Dale (Karen) Novstrup of Edmonds, WA; Annette (Richard) Wolfe of Moorhead, MN; Allan (Kathy) Novstrup of Aberdeen, SD; Carol Herron of Fergus Falls, MN; and Vern (Ginger) Novstrup of Ventura, CA; twelve grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren; one sister, Maggie Aadland of Custer, SD and one
brother, Frank (Ellen) Lentsch of Sheridan, WY.

Veronica passed away on June 9, 2012 in Fargo, North Dakota. Funeral Mass for Veronica Novstrup will be held on Thursday, June 14, 2012 at
10:30 AM at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Sisseton, SD with the Rev.
Fr. Norman Volk, OMI celebrant. Organist will be Colette Hull and song leader will be Sandi Jaspers. Pallbearers will be sons Dale, Allan, and Vern; and grandsons Austin, David, Aaron, and Tim; and granddaughter Krista. Interment will be in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Sisseton, SD. Visitation will be on Wednesday, June 13th from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Cahill Funeral Chapel with a 7:00 P.M. Scripture service.