Ramona Lavinia (Pell) Sandvold. May 16, 1930 – May 2, 2020 Just 2 weeks short of her 90th birthday. Born in Pence on the farm, Ramona was the eldest daughter of the late Nellie (Ferneyhough) Pell and Arthur Thomas Pell. She grew up in Brownlee Saskatchewan and excelled in school activities, loved playing ball, skating and dancing. She had a passion for music and teaching. She acquired her ATCM, taught music lessons and was the church pianist. Taking music lessons was a challenge & for several years she and her sister took the passenger train to Moose Jaw, stayed overnight at the YWCA and arrived back by train missing the morning classes at school. When her father became very ill and was unable to do the seeding and harvesting 1948-50, driving the tractor, seeder, combine and doing whatever other farming duties needed, Ramona was a knowledgeable farm worker. After attending “Normal School” in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan her first assigned school was just East of MJ where she lived in a teacherage, and each morning in the winter months she stocked the school furnace to warm up the classroom before the students arrived. Another teaching position was at Bethune where she met and later married DeVone Sandvold, her loving husband of 64 years. Over the years she taught at Moose Jaw, Kindersley, Marengo and eventually moved back to Brownlee where she raised her family & continued her teaching career. One year during summer holidays, she so enjoyed taking her mother on a trip to England, visiting relatives in Wales and Lincolnshire. Ramona was someone who could always put a smile on your face with her easy going, pleasant personality and was loved dearly by so many. Ramona was predeceased by her lovely daughter Heather in 2004. She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband DeVone, her son DeVone (Delaine), daughter Nola, sisters Eileen (Don) Jewitt, and Patricia (George) Siemens. Her in-laws Vi (Ernie) Millar, Loretta Morton, Opal (Ron) Hein, Alvin (Marj) Sandvold, Roald (Mary) Draycott, and Karen Smith. She will be deeply missed by her grandchildren Amber (Gaege), Kelci (Dallas), Chantel, Gavin, Trelee (James), Nolan(Paige) and great grandchildren whom she adored, Harper, Rhyder, Drake, Linzy, Ameera, and Foster, as well as many extended family members.
