Wennes, Florence Genevieve (Kvamme) 1928 - 2017

WENNES, KVAMME, OLSON, BIEBER, CHRISTOPHERSON, BORBA, THOM, MOULTON

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 2/17/2017 at 12:16:34

Florence K. Wennes, age 88, of Decorah, Iowa, died Saturday, February 11, 2017 at her home in Decorah.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 18, 2017 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. David Sorenson and Rev. Charis Combs-Lay officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery in Decorah in the spring.

Visitation will begin Saturday at 10:00 a.m., one hour before the service, at Decorah Lutheran Church.

Florence Genevieve (Kvamme) Wennes was born on May 11, 1928 in Waukon, Iowa, daughter of Henry and Inga (Olson) Kvamme. She was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Decorah. She graduated from Decorah High School with the class of 1946. Florence worked at the Telephone Office in Decorah after graduating from high school.

She was united in marriage to Carl (Bud) Wennes Jr. on October 10, 1946 at First Lutheran Church. This union was blessed with one son, Carleton.

Florence and her family moved to California in the mid-1950's. They resided in Seal Beach, California where she worked at Disneyland as a telephone operator, helped her husband Carl in his used car business, and enjoyed managing her card and gift shop. After her husband passed away, she moved to Santa Rosa, California where she worked at Macy's Department Store. She returned to Decorah in the mid-1990's. Florence was active in the Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary in Decorah and volunteered in the hospital’s Gift Shop. She was a member of Decorah Lutheran Church, the VFW Auxiliary and the American Legion Auxiliary.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Inga; her husband Carl (Bud) on October 21, 1974; her son Carleton on January 28, 1992; her sister Lillian Bieber on March 29, 2013; her bother-in-law Jerome Christopherson; nephew Dan Bieber; and sister-in-law, Caryl Christiansen.

Florence is survived by her daughter-in-law, Laurie Wennes of Santa Rosa, CA; her granddaughter, Cindy (Eric) Borba of Corona, CA; two great-grandchildren, McKenna and Casey; one sister, Margaret (Bill) Christopherson Thom of Jesup, Iowa; one brother-in-law, Peter Bieber of Waukon, Iowa; and one sister-in-law, Joycelyn Moulton of Boise, ID.

Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home database

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