Arlene Pflipsen

Arlene E. Pflipsen, age 88 of Melrose, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at the Cura Care Center in Melrose, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, November 4 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Mitchell Bechtold officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Monday at the church. 

Arlene Elizabeth Moening was born February 7, 1936 in Melrose, Minnesota to Fred and Zita (Herzog) Moening. She was raised in Melrose and throughout her working years she worked at several banks in the Twin Cities area. She was united in marriage to Charles Pflipsen on June 7, 1958 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose. The couple resided in Columbia Heights until 1994 when they moved to Birch Lake. Since 2013, Arlene has resided in Melrose.

She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Christian Mothers. In her younger years, Arlene enjoyed golfing, casino trips, and going on pontoon rides on Little and Big Birch Lake.

Survivors include her children, Susan (John) Paulson of Lino Lakes, Paul (Cynthia) Pflipsen of Fargo, North Dakota, and Jim (Karen) Pflipsen of Big Lake; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; and sisters, LeEtta (Dolan) Benolken, LouAnn Brinkman, Roselyn Matchinsky, Barbara (Robert) Piper, and Debra (Tom) Burg.

Arlene was preceded in death by her husband, Charles “Charlie” Pflipsen on February 28, 2021; parents; brothers, Kenneth and Ernest Moening; sister, Mary Sunderman; brothers-in-law, James “Jim” Matchinsky, Ronald Brinkman, and Harold “Harry” Sunderman; and sisters-in-law, Arlene Moening and Geri Moening.

 In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Alzheimer’s Association.