Funeral Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 15, at Freeborn Congregational United Church of Christ Church in Freeborn at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be held on Friday, Oct. 14, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Reverend Cherie Daniel will officiate and burial will be in the Freeborn Cemetery. Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home of Wells is in charge of arrangements.
Arlene Amelia Groskreutz was born Aug. 19, 1929, the youngest child of Jerome and Mabel (Rasmussen) Young in rural Freeborn. She attended country school and graduated from Freeborn High School, the class of 1947. After high school, she worked in Albert Lea at Munsingwear prior to her marriage to Norbert Groskreutz on March 10, 1950, in Wells. The couple lived in Freeborn until moving to the Matz Mink farm, where Arlene cooked delicious meals for the mink farm workers. She was an excellent cook, who provided her family with baked goodies such as donuts on Saturdays, homemade buns, turtle candy and pies. Arlene worked for many years at Banquet Foods, prior to starting Norlene's Country Crafts in Wells. Her hobbies were making rugs and crafts with Norbert along with selling at the local craft shows. Arlene was a member of the Freeborn Congregational U.C.C Church in Freeborn.
She is survived by her husband Norbert of Wells; one daughter: Cathy (Larry) Dostal of Owatonna; two grandchildren: Michael Dostal of Minnetonka and Michelle (Ben) Sunde of Blooming Prairie; two great-grandchildren: Isabelle and Anika Sunde of Blooming Prairie; one sister: Martha Ignaszewski of Wells; one brother: Elmer (Elvira) Young of Freeborn; sister-in-law and brothers-in-law: Arlean (Curtis) Pritchard of Owatonna, Larry Kendrick of Winona and Fritz Kendrick of Richfield, MN; along with numerous nieces and nephews and their families.
Arlene was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Melvin Young; and one sister, Florence Johannsen.
Obituary and photo from Owatonna People's Press News, Oct. 12, 2011.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 15, at Freeborn Congregational United Church of Christ Church in Freeborn at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be held on Friday, Oct. 14, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Reverend Cherie Daniel will officiate and burial will be in the Freeborn Cemetery. Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home of Wells is in charge of arrangements.
Arlene Amelia Groskreutz was born Aug. 19, 1929, the youngest child of Jerome and Mabel (Rasmussen) Young in rural Freeborn. She attended country school and graduated from Freeborn High School, the class of 1947. After high school, she worked in Albert Lea at Munsingwear prior to her marriage to Norbert Groskreutz on March 10, 1950, in Wells. The couple lived in Freeborn until moving to the Matz Mink farm, where Arlene cooked delicious meals for the mink farm workers. She was an excellent cook, who provided her family with baked goodies such as donuts on Saturdays, homemade buns, turtle candy and pies. Arlene worked for many years at Banquet Foods, prior to starting Norlene's Country Crafts in Wells. Her hobbies were making rugs and crafts with Norbert along with selling at the local craft shows. Arlene was a member of the Freeborn Congregational U.C.C Church in Freeborn.
She is survived by her husband Norbert of Wells; one daughter: Cathy (Larry) Dostal of Owatonna; two grandchildren: Michael Dostal of Minnetonka and Michelle (Ben) Sunde of Blooming Prairie; two great-grandchildren: Isabelle and Anika Sunde of Blooming Prairie; one sister: Martha Ignaszewski of Wells; one brother: Elmer (Elvira) Young of Freeborn; sister-in-law and brothers-in-law: Arlean (Curtis) Pritchard of Owatonna, Larry Kendrick of Winona and Fritz Kendrick of Richfield, MN; along with numerous nieces and nephews and their families.
Arlene was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Melvin Young; and one sister, Florence Johannsen.
Obituary and photo from Owatonna People's Press News, Oct. 12, 2011.
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