Flynn, Anna Christine (1920 - 2014)

FLYNN, FRENCH, HOGATE, KARR, PETERS, FLYNN, REID, ARCENEAUX, BENNEDSEN, CLAUSEN, HANSEN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 3/31/2014 at 20:51:27

Name of deceased: Anna Christine Flynn (nee Bennedsen)

Aged: 94 yrs, 1 mo, 12 days

Residence: Elk Horn, IA

Born: Jan. 16, 1920, Shelby County, IA

Died: Feb. 28, 2014, Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, IA

Funeral services: March 22, 2014, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Kimballton, IA.

Survived by: Children, Joyce (spouse, Gary) French of Colo, IA, John (spouse, Kristin) Flynn of Davenport, IA, Teresa (spouse, Charles) Hogate of Hot Springs, AR, Joan Karr (spouse, Michael Arceneaux) of Atlanta, GA, Margaret (spouse, Joseph) Peters of Southside, AL, Patricia Flynn of Iowa City, IA, William (spouse, Natassa) Flynn of Omaha, NE, and Alice Flynn (spouse, Jeff Reid) of Portland, OR; grandchildren, Melissa, Tim, Christina, Ryan, Scott, Damian, Lexi, Brad, Tyler, Laura, Katie, Becky, Tom, Shannon, Chelsea, Katrina, Robert, Josh, and Justin; great-grandchildren,Taylor, Mason, Ethan, Kenneth, Abbie, Gary, Cameron, Dominic, Dakota, Charlotte, Jackson, and Noah; sister, Eva Hansen of Luck, WI; brother, Magnus Bennedsen of Pomona, CA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Niels and Bertha (nee Clausen) Bennedsen; husband, Tom Flynn; brother, Ole; sister, Helga

Education: attended school in Kimballton, IA through Grade 10. To finish her schooling and graduate, she lived with the superintendent and his wife in Audubon, IA. Accepted to Immanuel Lutheran Hospital’s nursing school in Omaha, NE when she turned 18. She received notice she had passed the IA Nursing Boards on Dec. 8, 1941.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: Enlisted in the Army Nurses Corps in Aug. 1942 and was stationed at Camp Carson, CO. She received her discharge from the military just 94 days after her enlistment and began her life being an officer’s wife.

Marriage: Tom Flynn; Sep. 13, 1942 (one month after meeting each other); Camp Carson Chapel, CO.

Employment: nurse; in her later years, she worked at Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, IA, until her retirement.

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: kjan.com; pauleyjones.com