BAHNSEN, Florence (PETERS)

PETERS, SCHARER, BAHNSEN, CAMPBELL

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 10/26/2017 at 10:55:34

Obituary ~ Florence (Peters) Bahnsen
August 30, 1907 ~ December 31, 1997

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
January 01, 1998

ROCKWELL — Florence Bahnsen, 90, of 218 Third St. N., Rockwell, died Wednesday (Dec. 31, 1997) at her home.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 305 Elm St. East, Rockwell, with the Rev. Stephen Meyer, officiating. Interment will follow at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from noon until 2:30 p.m. on Friday at Fullerton Funeral Home, 120 S. Third St. S., Rockwell.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Florence Bahnsen Memorial Fund.

Florence (Peters) Bahnsen was born Aug. 30, 1907, the daughter of Harry and Nettie (Scharer) Peters in Swaledale. She also attended school in Swaledale.

On Dec. 11, 1926, Florence was united in marriage to LeRoy Bahnsen in Mason City. The couple resided in the Rockwell Swaledale area all their lives. Florence was an operator and bookkeeper for the Rockwell Telephone Company for 30 years.

Spending time with her grandchildren was of great importance to her but she was always willing and ready to go shopping and ballroom dancing. She also enjoyed traveling and spending time at the lake in Jefferson, Minn. Florence also liked listening to music, playing cards, and baking bread.

Florence will be greatly missed by her daughter, Donna Campbell, of Ankeny; her son, Darrell and his wife, Elizabeth Bahnsen, of Minneapolis, Minn.; one brother, Lester Peters, of Mesa, Ariz.; 13 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Bahnsen was preceded in death by her parents; husband, LeRoy; one son, LeRoy; three brothers, Edwin, Elmer and Orville Peters; and one son-in-law, David Campbell.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2017