Individual Details

Arlene Butkowski

(March 18, 1919 - December 28, 2007)

Arlene G. Finken, 88
Freeport, Mar. 18, 1919 - Dec. 28, 2007

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Monday, December 31 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport for Arlene Finken who died peacefully in her sleep Friday at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Sauk Rapids. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in MELROSE and from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport. Goldenaires Senior Citizens will pray at 4 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 8 p.m. Sunday evening at the funeral home.

Survivors include six children, Mildred (Charles) Voigt of St. Cloud, Irene (Michael) Schwinghammer of St. Nicholas, Rita (Henry) Sunder of St. Joseph, Ralph (Maureen) Finken of St. Joseph, Roger Finken of Monticello, and Elizabeth “Betty” (Steve) Kerr of Pierz; 19 grandchildren; two stepgrand-children; 19 great-grandchildren; sisters, Alma Notch of Melrose and Hilda Caspers of Victoria; sisters-in-law, Lorraine and Edith Butkowski, both of Melrose, and Valeria Butkowski of Parker’s Prairie.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ladislaus and Mary (Eiynck) Butkowski; husband, Ambrose Finken on August 23, 2006; grandson, Luke Frieler; brothers, George, Joseph, Arnold, Fr. Alto, Vernon, and Harold Butkowski; infant brother; and sister, Ernestine Finken.

Events

BirthMarch 18, 1919MN
MarriageJune 5, 1939St. Rosa, MN - Ambrose Finken
DeathDecember 28, 200756301 Saint Cloud, Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseAmbrose Finken (1916 - 2006)
FatherLadislaus Butkowski (1882 - 1947)
MotherMary Anna Eyinck (1884 - 1970)
SiblingGeorge Butkowski (1906 - 1982)
SiblingJoseph Butkowski (1909 - 1982)
SiblingAlto Fr. OSB Butkowski (1911 - 2004)
SiblingAlma R. Butkowski (1913 - 2009)
SiblingArnold Butkowski (1915 - 1997)
SiblingErnestine Butkowski (1917 - 1980)
SiblingHarold Butkowski (1923 - 2004)
SiblingHilda Ann Butkowski
SiblingVernon J. Butkowski (1929 - 1999)