Jean Carol Oberfeld, 87, died Sunday, December 21, 2014, at Lake Song Assisted Living in Onamia.
Funeral services were held January 3, 2015, at Wahkon Presbyterian Church, Wahkon.
Arrangements were by Mille Lacs Funeral Home, Isle.
Jean Carol (Bezanson) Oberfeld was born in Minneapolis, October 18, 1927, to James and Mattie Bezanson. She married Gene Oberfeld November 5, 1948. They bought Hank’s Resort in Wahkon in 1964 and moved there from Robbinsdale in March 1965. They sold the resort in 1969 and moved to Isle where they owned and operated the Coast to Coast Hardware Store until 1990. After retirement, they spent winters in Tucson, AZ.
In addition to the resort and hardware store, Jean worked at Miller Nursing Home in Isle during the 1970s and later at the Mille Lacs Nursing Home in Onamia well into her 60s. She also served as a Cub Scout Den Mother and was active in the Isle Civic Association, serving as Isle Days Coordinator and Miss Isle Pageant Director, and worked with Mille Lacs Community Theater and Silver Threads Revue. She founded the Junior Golf League, was a member of Eastern Star, served on the Mille Lacs County Social Service Board, worked with Project Fun in Isle, was a member of the Mille Lacs Health System Auxiliary, and was a volunteer with Mille Lacs Hospice.
In July 2012, Jean moved from her home in Isle to Lake Song Assisted Living in Onamia and then in January 2014 into an apartment within the Memory Care Unit at Lake Song.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene; infant daughters, Carol Jean and Joan Louise; parents, James and Mattie (Larson) Bezanson; and brothers, Robert, James and Thomas Bezanson.
Full obituary in the
Mille Lacs Messenger, Isle, MN
Funeral services were held January 3, 2015, at Wahkon Presbyterian Church, Wahkon.
Arrangements were by Mille Lacs Funeral Home, Isle.
Jean Carol (Bezanson) Oberfeld was born in Minneapolis, October 18, 1927, to James and Mattie Bezanson. She married Gene Oberfeld November 5, 1948. They bought Hank’s Resort in Wahkon in 1964 and moved there from Robbinsdale in March 1965. They sold the resort in 1969 and moved to Isle where they owned and operated the Coast to Coast Hardware Store until 1990. After retirement, they spent winters in Tucson, AZ.
In addition to the resort and hardware store, Jean worked at Miller Nursing Home in Isle during the 1970s and later at the Mille Lacs Nursing Home in Onamia well into her 60s. She also served as a Cub Scout Den Mother and was active in the Isle Civic Association, serving as Isle Days Coordinator and Miss Isle Pageant Director, and worked with Mille Lacs Community Theater and Silver Threads Revue. She founded the Junior Golf League, was a member of Eastern Star, served on the Mille Lacs County Social Service Board, worked with Project Fun in Isle, was a member of the Mille Lacs Health System Auxiliary, and was a volunteer with Mille Lacs Hospice.
In July 2012, Jean moved from her home in Isle to Lake Song Assisted Living in Onamia and then in January 2014 into an apartment within the Memory Care Unit at Lake Song.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene; infant daughters, Carol Jean and Joan Louise; parents, James and Mattie (Larson) Bezanson; and brothers, Robert, James and Thomas Bezanson.
Full obituary in the
Mille Lacs Messenger, Isle, MN
Jean Carol Oberfeld, 87, died Sunday, December 21, 2014, at Lake Song Assisted Living in Onamia.
Funeral services were held January 3, 2015, at Wahkon Presbyterian Church, Wahkon.
Arrangements were by Mille Lacs Funeral Home, Isle.
Jean Carol (Bezanson) Oberfeld was born in Minneapolis, October 18, 1927, to James and Mattie Bezanson. She married Gene Oberfeld November 5, 1948. They bought Hank’s Resort in Wahkon in 1964 and moved there from Robbinsdale in March 1965. They sold the resort in 1969 and moved to Isle where they owned and operated the Coast to Coast Hardware Store until 1990. After retirement, they spent winters in Tucson, AZ.
In addition to the resort and hardware store, Jean worked at Miller Nursing Home in Isle during the 1970s and later at the Mille Lacs Nursing Home in Onamia well into her 60s. She also served as a Cub Scout Den Mother and was active in the Isle Civic Association, serving as Isle Days Coordinator and Miss Isle Pageant Director, and worked with Mille Lacs Community Theater and Silver Threads Revue. She founded the Junior Golf League, was a member of Eastern Star, served on the Mille Lacs County Social Service Board, worked with Project Fun in Isle, was a member of the Mille Lacs Health System Auxiliary, and was a volunteer with Mille Lacs Hospice.
In July 2012, Jean moved from her home in Isle to Lake Song Assisted Living in Onamia and then in January 2014 into an apartment within the Memory Care Unit at Lake Song.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene; infant daughters, Carol Jean and Joan Louise; parents, James and Mattie (Larson) Bezanson; and brothers, Robert, James and Thomas Bezanson.
Full obituary in the
Mille Lacs Messenger, Isle, MN
Funeral services were held January 3, 2015, at Wahkon Presbyterian Church, Wahkon.
Arrangements were by Mille Lacs Funeral Home, Isle.
Jean Carol (Bezanson) Oberfeld was born in Minneapolis, October 18, 1927, to James and Mattie Bezanson. She married Gene Oberfeld November 5, 1948. They bought Hank’s Resort in Wahkon in 1964 and moved there from Robbinsdale in March 1965. They sold the resort in 1969 and moved to Isle where they owned and operated the Coast to Coast Hardware Store until 1990. After retirement, they spent winters in Tucson, AZ.
In addition to the resort and hardware store, Jean worked at Miller Nursing Home in Isle during the 1970s and later at the Mille Lacs Nursing Home in Onamia well into her 60s. She also served as a Cub Scout Den Mother and was active in the Isle Civic Association, serving as Isle Days Coordinator and Miss Isle Pageant Director, and worked with Mille Lacs Community Theater and Silver Threads Revue. She founded the Junior Golf League, was a member of Eastern Star, served on the Mille Lacs County Social Service Board, worked with Project Fun in Isle, was a member of the Mille Lacs Health System Auxiliary, and was a volunteer with Mille Lacs Hospice.
In July 2012, Jean moved from her home in Isle to Lake Song Assisted Living in Onamia and then in January 2014 into an apartment within the Memory Care Unit at Lake Song.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene; infant daughters, Carol Jean and Joan Louise; parents, James and Mattie (Larson) Bezanson; and brothers, Robert, James and Thomas Bezanson.
Full obituary in the
Mille Lacs Messenger, Isle, MN
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