The Funeral Service for Blanche Wogen will be held at 1:30 PM Monday, August 31, 2009,
at
First
Lutheran
Church
, Albert Lea.
Pastor Dan Baker will officiate. Visitation will be from 4-7 PM Sunday at Bonnerup Funeral Service,
Albert Lea
and one hour before service at the church.
Interment will be in the
Hillcrest
Cemetery
.
Blanche died on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at Ebenezer Ridges Nursing Home in
Burnsville
,
MN
.
She was 98 years old.
Blanche was born March 5, 1911 in
Lake Mills
,
Iowa
, the daughter of Sever and Gunhild (Haugen) Stensrud and attended
Lake
Mills
School
. Blanche was married to Mervin
B.Wogen on September 15, 1929 in
Lake Mills
,
IA.
She had a strong faith and was a member of
First
Lutheran
Church
, where she made sure her kids attended Sunday School.
Blanche lived most of her married life in Albert Lea.
She enjoyed gardening and making apple butter and pickles.
She could sew anything having worked at Kennelly Fabric Shop on Broadway.
Blanche was noted for her awesome potato salad, meat loaf and chocolate cake with
carmel
frosting. Her greatest love was time she could spend with her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchild. The grandchildren loved their fun and silly grandmother.
Blanche is survived by her children: Dolores Benbow of
Albert Lea
,
MN
, Richard (Judi) Wogen of St. Louis Park, MN, Kathleen Bratvold of Burnsville, MN, Maureen Bliler of Scottsdale, AZ; daughter-in-law Delores “Chloe” Wogen of
Beaver, PA; grandchildren: Steven Wogen, Elizabeth Hulsizer, David Wogen, Brant Storvick, Kristine Brandt, Jeffrey Wogen, Bethany Brazil, Diane McCalley, Michelle Hale, Kurstin Bratvold, Wesley Bliler, Britttany Bliler; 18 great grandchildren; one great great granddaughter; one sister, Gladys Schoneman of Clear Lake, IA; sisters-in-law: Beatrice Stensrud of Albert Lea, MN, Gladys Biehl of Lake Mills, IA, Elaine Nesvig of Goodyear, AZ; brother-in-law, Manville Klingbeil of Albert Lea, MN.
Blanche was preceded in death by her husband, Mervin Wogen in 1990, sons: Roger and Kendall.
