Walburga Arnzen

Walburga Arnzen, age 90 of Sauk Centre died Friday, July 11, 2003 at St. Michael's Nursing Home in Sauk Centre.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 am Monday, July 14 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Grey Eagle. Rev. Arlie Sowada will officiate with interment following in St. Bernard's Cemetery in Ward Springs.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 pm Sunday and from 10 to 11 am on Monday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Grey Eagle. Christian Mothers will pray at 7 pm followed by parish prayers at 7:30 pm Sunday evening.

Walburga Arnzen was born on November 26, 1912 in Kandota Township, Todd County, Minnesota 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 and her husband, Ralph of Coon Rapids, Donna Weidner and her husband, James of Cold Spring, Doretta Sprenger and her husband, Patrick of Brainerd, Gloria Arnzen of Sauk Centre, and James Arnzen and his wife, Sharon of Sauk Centre; 16 grandchildren and 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; brothers and sisters, Sylvester Ahrens, Edwin Ahrens, Marie Berscheid, Dorothy Kemper and Ferdinand Ahrens.

Serving as casket bearers will be Michael Weidner, Thomas Weidner, Kathy Weidner, Thomas Larson, Janice Billman and Nancy Arnzen. Serving as cross bearer will be Diana Arnzen and scripture bearer will be Paul Larson.