Enterprise, Friday, October 5, 2012
Lorene 'Sis' D. Matzen, 92
Lorene "Sis" D. Matzen, 92, of Bennington, died on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Bennington American Legion, 15312 S. 2nd St. Visitation with the family will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Reichmuth Funeral Home in Bennington. Interment will be in the German Cemetery.
Lorene D. Christensen was born July 31, 1920, in Bennington to Charlie and Dora (Steffen) Christensen.
On March 31, 1941, she married Anton "Tony" Matzen in Blair.
Mrs. Matzen was a longtime Bennington resident and member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 266.
She enjoyed gardening and canning, and was a lifelong homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Tony; infant son, Charles Anton; daughter, Patty Ann; and brother Chris "Bud" Christensen. She is survived by a son-in-law and his spouse, Dwight and Carolyn Hageman; granddaughters and their spouses, Karen and Wayne DePriest and Ginger Hageman; great-grandsons, Donavan DePriest and Bentley DePriest; sisters-in-law, Ruth Christensen, Katherine Koenig, Clara May Wehbein, Meta Matzen and Eunice Rasmussen; and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Bennington American Legion Auxiliary Unit 266 or the Over 60 Center.
"Obit provided by, and with permission of, the Wash. Co. Gen. Soc., Blair, NE"
Lorene Matzen (98254485)
Suggested edit: Funeral Leaflet
In Remembrance of Lorene D. “Sis” Matzen
Birth July 31, 1920 Bennington, Nebraska ~Death October 2, 2012 Blair, Nebraska
Funeral Service 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 6, 2012 American Legion Post #266 Hall, Bennington, Nebraska. Minister: Reverend Andreas Stein.
Pallbearers: Allen Christensen, Gary Lambrecht, Jim Musel, Edward Hansen, Larry Matzen, Roger Rybin
Interment: German Cemetery, Bennington, Nebraska
~~~ Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~
Lorene 'Sis' D. Matzen, 92
Lorene "Sis" D. Matzen, 92, of Bennington, died on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Bennington American Legion, 15312 S. 2nd St. Visitation with the family will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Reichmuth Funeral Home in Bennington. Interment will be in the German Cemetery.
Lorene D. Christensen was born July 31, 1920, in Bennington to Charlie and Dora (Steffen) Christensen.
On March 31, 1941, she married Anton "Tony" Matzen in Blair.
Mrs. Matzen was a longtime Bennington resident and member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 266.
She enjoyed gardening and canning, and was a lifelong homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Tony; infant son, Charles Anton; daughter, Patty Ann; and brother Chris "Bud" Christensen. She is survived by a son-in-law and his spouse, Dwight and Carolyn Hageman; granddaughters and their spouses, Karen and Wayne DePriest and Ginger Hageman; great-grandsons, Donavan DePriest and Bentley DePriest; sisters-in-law, Ruth Christensen, Katherine Koenig, Clara May Wehbein, Meta Matzen and Eunice Rasmussen; and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Bennington American Legion Auxiliary Unit 266 or the Over 60 Center.
"Obit provided by, and with permission of, the Wash. Co. Gen. Soc., Blair, NE"
Lorene Matzen (98254485)
Suggested edit: Funeral Leaflet
In Remembrance of Lorene D. “Sis” Matzen
Birth July 31, 1920 Bennington, Nebraska ~Death October 2, 2012 Blair, Nebraska
Funeral Service 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 6, 2012 American Legion Post #266 Hall, Bennington, Nebraska. Minister: Reverend Andreas Stein.
Pallbearers: Allen Christensen, Gary Lambrecht, Jim Musel, Edward Hansen, Larry Matzen, Roger Rybin
Interment: German Cemetery, Bennington, Nebraska
~~~ Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~
Enterprise, Friday, October 5, 2012
Lorene 'Sis' D. Matzen, 92
Lorene "Sis" D. Matzen, 92, of Bennington, died on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Bennington American Legion, 15312 S. 2nd St. Visitation with the family will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Reichmuth Funeral Home in Bennington. Interment will be in the German Cemetery.
Lorene D. Christensen was born July 31, 1920, in Bennington to Charlie and Dora (Steffen) Christensen.
On March 31, 1941, she married Anton "Tony" Matzen in Blair.
Mrs. Matzen was a longtime Bennington resident and member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 266.
She enjoyed gardening and canning, and was a lifelong homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Tony; infant son, Charles Anton; daughter, Patty Ann; and brother Chris "Bud" Christensen. She is survived by a son-in-law and his spouse, Dwight and Carolyn Hageman; granddaughters and their spouses, Karen and Wayne DePriest and Ginger Hageman; great-grandsons, Donavan DePriest and Bentley DePriest; sisters-in-law, Ruth Christensen, Katherine Koenig, Clara May Wehbein, Meta Matzen and Eunice Rasmussen; and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Bennington American Legion Auxiliary Unit 266 or the Over 60 Center.
"Obit provided by, and with permission of, the Wash. Co. Gen. Soc., Blair, NE"
Lorene Matzen (98254485)
Suggested edit: Funeral Leaflet
In Remembrance of Lorene D. “Sis” Matzen
Birth July 31, 1920 Bennington, Nebraska ~Death October 2, 2012 Blair, Nebraska
Funeral Service 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 6, 2012 American Legion Post #266 Hall, Bennington, Nebraska. Minister: Reverend Andreas Stein.
Pallbearers: Allen Christensen, Gary Lambrecht, Jim Musel, Edward Hansen, Larry Matzen, Roger Rybin
Interment: German Cemetery, Bennington, Nebraska
~~~ Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~
Lorene 'Sis' D. Matzen, 92
Lorene "Sis" D. Matzen, 92, of Bennington, died on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Bennington American Legion, 15312 S. 2nd St. Visitation with the family will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Reichmuth Funeral Home in Bennington. Interment will be in the German Cemetery.
Lorene D. Christensen was born July 31, 1920, in Bennington to Charlie and Dora (Steffen) Christensen.
On March 31, 1941, she married Anton "Tony" Matzen in Blair.
Mrs. Matzen was a longtime Bennington resident and member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 266.
She enjoyed gardening and canning, and was a lifelong homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Tony; infant son, Charles Anton; daughter, Patty Ann; and brother Chris "Bud" Christensen. She is survived by a son-in-law and his spouse, Dwight and Carolyn Hageman; granddaughters and their spouses, Karen and Wayne DePriest and Ginger Hageman; great-grandsons, Donavan DePriest and Bentley DePriest; sisters-in-law, Ruth Christensen, Katherine Koenig, Clara May Wehbein, Meta Matzen and Eunice Rasmussen; and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Bennington American Legion Auxiliary Unit 266 or the Over 60 Center.
"Obit provided by, and with permission of, the Wash. Co. Gen. Soc., Blair, NE"
Lorene Matzen (98254485)
Suggested edit: Funeral Leaflet
In Remembrance of Lorene D. “Sis” Matzen
Birth July 31, 1920 Bennington, Nebraska ~Death October 2, 2012 Blair, Nebraska
Funeral Service 10:00 A.M. Saturday, October 6, 2012 American Legion Post #266 Hall, Bennington, Nebraska. Minister: Reverend Andreas Stein.
Pallbearers: Allen Christensen, Gary Lambrecht, Jim Musel, Edward Hansen, Larry Matzen, Roger Rybin
Interment: German Cemetery, Bennington, Nebraska
~~~ Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~
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