Individual Details

Walburga K. Ahrens

(November 26, 1912 - July 11, 2003)

Walburga K. Arnzen, 90
Sauk Centre, July 11, 2003

Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Grey Eagle for Walburga Arnzen, who died Friday at St. Michael's Nursing Home in Sauk Centre. Interment will be in St. Bernard's Cemetery in Ward Springs. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Grey Eagle. Christian Mothers will pray at 7 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening.

Walburga Arnzen was born in Kandota Township, Todd County to Ferdinand and Marie (Schmiesing) Ahrens. She married Alois "Boots" Arnzen on March 4, 1935, at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. The couple lived in St. Rosa and moved to a farm near the Ward Springs area where they resided for many years. Walburga was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Grey Eagle and the Christian Mothers.

Survivors include her children, Bernice Larson (Ralph) of Coon Rapids, Donna Weidner (James) of Cold Spring, Doretta Sprenger (Patrick) of Brainerd, Gloria Arnzen of Sauk Centre, and James Arnzen (Sharon) of Sauk Centre; 16 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and sister, Rose Berscheid of Sauk Centre.
Walburga was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alois "Boots" Arnzen on January 11, 1994; four children; and brothers and sisters, Sylvester Ahrens, Edwin Ahrens, Marie Berscheid, Dorothy Kemper and Ferdinand Ahrens.

Events

BirthNovember 26, 1912Kandota Twp., Todd Co., MN
MarriageMarch 4, 1935Sauk Centre, MN - Alois Arnzen
DeathJuly 11, 200356378 Sauk Centre, Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseAlois Arnzen (1915 - 1994)
ChildBernice Arnzen
ChildDonna Arnzen
ChildDoretta Arnzen
ChildGloria Arnzen
ChildJames Arnzen
FatherFerdinand Ahrens (1886 - 1965)
MotherMaria Schmiesing (1887 - 1949)
SiblingDorothy M. Ahrens (1914 - 2003)
SiblingEdwin Ahrens (1916 - 1996)
SiblingSylvester Ahrens (1918 - 1997)
SiblingFerdinand Ahrens Jr. (1920 - 2002)
SiblingMarie Ahrens (1922 - 1996)
SiblingCatherine Ahrens (1924 - 1925)
SiblingRosalie E. Ahrens