Arma Belle (Schuld) Stoel was born to John and Lydia (Vos) Schuld on May 30, 1925 on the family farm in Edgerton, Minnesota. She was baptized at the First Reformed Church in Edgerton, the town in which she spent her whole life. She attended country school in District 39 through 8th grade and went on to graduate from Edgerton Public High School. She later married Albert Stoel on her parents’ farm on December 11, 1945. The couple continued their lives together in Edgerton. Arma Belle was a homemaker and a wonderful mother to her five children. She stayed at their home several years after Albert passed away on August 21, 1986, but eventually moved into a condo in town in 2006. It was here that Arma Belle died suddenly on the morning of March 25, 2013 at the age of 87 years and nine months, 26 days.

Arma Belle was a member of the First Reformed Church in Edgerton. Skilled in quilting, knitting and crocheting, she greatly enjoyed being a part of the Ruth Circle of the church and Extension group.  She always kept active in the Edgerton Senior Center. She loved to relax watching the birds, had fun playing cards and going out for coffee with the ladies. Arma Belle loved and truly took pleasure in her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is lovingly remembered by her five children, Lloyd (Sarah) Stoel of Greenwood, IN, Shelley (Mark) Wiese of Pipestone, MN, Pam (Jim) Stanton of Shakopee, MN, Amy (Keith) Van Hulzen of Edgerton, MN and Leon (Tammy) Stoel of Sioux Falls, SD; grandchildren, Mike (Katie) Wiese, Kim (Steve) Hubbling, Andrew (Heather) Stoel, Alice (Greg) Wiesman, Jason (fiancée, Tracie) Wiese, Ross and Reed Van Hulzen, Ethan and Leala Stanton and Samantha and Matt Stoel; great-grandchildren, Kayla and Kyla Hubbling, Madelyn, Carmen and Benett Wiese, Ella Stoel and Evan and Ryan Wiesman; brothers, Virg and Fred Schuld; sisters, Marguerite Smith, Elaine Ressmeyer and Gale (Jim) Achterhoff; sisters-in-law, Kay Schuld and Helen Schuld; and brother-in-law, Willard Zwart. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Albert; son, Delroy; brothers, Nick and Bob; and sisters, Cornelia Menning and Gladys Zwart.