Violet Iola Madden, 92, of Battle Lake, died Saturday, June 30, 2001, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center.
She was born on May 23, 1909, in Waldorf, the daughter of Herman and Emma (Jaenike) Bluhm. She moved to the Carlisle area as a young child and later to Fergus Falls. As a young girl she worked with her mother taking in laundry and ironing.
On Jan. 5, 1938 she married Frank Madden. They operated a gas station in Fergus Falls. In 1960, she went to work at Broen Memorial Home where she was employed until her retirement in 1973. After her husband died in 1990, she moved to St. Paul to live with her daughter, Cherie. On Feb. 10, 1993, she moved to Battle Lake to the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, where she remained until her death.
Mrs. Madden was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Fergus Falls. She especially enjoyed devotions and singing at the nursing home. Her hobbies included crocheting, sewing, gardening, music and especially Elvis Presley. She enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren very much, by sewing for them and crocheting afgahns.
She will be deeply missed by her family, her friends at Good Samaritan and everyone that knew her.
Survivors include her daughter, Cherie (LeRoy) Heifort of Clitherall; one son-in-law, James Wright of Panama City Beach, Fla.; four grandchildren, Tom (Nancy) Heifort, Sara (Shawn) Nelson, Robert Heifort and Philip Heifort; six great-grandchildren, Jessica, Brandon and Adam Heifort, Samantha, Danielle and Kallie Nelson; two step great-grandchildren, Adam and Alex Tretsven; and one niece, Birdie Mae Whipps of Dalton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Madden; a daughter, Ireta Wright; and a sister, Helena Blikstad.
Visitation: Today from 5 to 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the nursing home
Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center
Clergy: Rev. Jim Wolf
Burial: Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Fergus Falls
Funeral Home: Glende-Johnson-Nelson and Nilson Funeral Home, Battle Lake
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Minnesota - July 2, 2001
She was born on May 23, 1909, in Waldorf, the daughter of Herman and Emma (Jaenike) Bluhm. She moved to the Carlisle area as a young child and later to Fergus Falls. As a young girl she worked with her mother taking in laundry and ironing.
On Jan. 5, 1938 she married Frank Madden. They operated a gas station in Fergus Falls. In 1960, she went to work at Broen Memorial Home where she was employed until her retirement in 1973. After her husband died in 1990, she moved to St. Paul to live with her daughter, Cherie. On Feb. 10, 1993, she moved to Battle Lake to the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, where she remained until her death.
Mrs. Madden was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Fergus Falls. She especially enjoyed devotions and singing at the nursing home. Her hobbies included crocheting, sewing, gardening, music and especially Elvis Presley. She enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren very much, by sewing for them and crocheting afgahns.
She will be deeply missed by her family, her friends at Good Samaritan and everyone that knew her.
Survivors include her daughter, Cherie (LeRoy) Heifort of Clitherall; one son-in-law, James Wright of Panama City Beach, Fla.; four grandchildren, Tom (Nancy) Heifort, Sara (Shawn) Nelson, Robert Heifort and Philip Heifort; six great-grandchildren, Jessica, Brandon and Adam Heifort, Samantha, Danielle and Kallie Nelson; two step great-grandchildren, Adam and Alex Tretsven; and one niece, Birdie Mae Whipps of Dalton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Madden; a daughter, Ireta Wright; and a sister, Helena Blikstad.
Visitation: Today from 5 to 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the nursing home
Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center
Clergy: Rev. Jim Wolf
Burial: Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Fergus Falls
Funeral Home: Glende-Johnson-Nelson and Nilson Funeral Home, Battle Lake
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Minnesota - July 2, 2001
Violet Iola Madden, 92, of Battle Lake, died Saturday, June 30, 2001, at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center.
She was born on May 23, 1909, in Waldorf, the daughter of Herman and Emma (Jaenike) Bluhm. She moved to the Carlisle area as a young child and later to Fergus Falls. As a young girl she worked with her mother taking in laundry and ironing.
On Jan. 5, 1938 she married Frank Madden. They operated a gas station in Fergus Falls. In 1960, she went to work at Broen Memorial Home where she was employed until her retirement in 1973. After her husband died in 1990, she moved to St. Paul to live with her daughter, Cherie. On Feb. 10, 1993, she moved to Battle Lake to the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, where she remained until her death.
Mrs. Madden was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Fergus Falls. She especially enjoyed devotions and singing at the nursing home. Her hobbies included crocheting, sewing, gardening, music and especially Elvis Presley. She enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren very much, by sewing for them and crocheting afgahns.
She will be deeply missed by her family, her friends at Good Samaritan and everyone that knew her.
Survivors include her daughter, Cherie (LeRoy) Heifort of Clitherall; one son-in-law, James Wright of Panama City Beach, Fla.; four grandchildren, Tom (Nancy) Heifort, Sara (Shawn) Nelson, Robert Heifort and Philip Heifort; six great-grandchildren, Jessica, Brandon and Adam Heifort, Samantha, Danielle and Kallie Nelson; two step great-grandchildren, Adam and Alex Tretsven; and one niece, Birdie Mae Whipps of Dalton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Madden; a daughter, Ireta Wright; and a sister, Helena Blikstad.
Visitation: Today from 5 to 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the nursing home
Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center
Clergy: Rev. Jim Wolf
Burial: Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Fergus Falls
Funeral Home: Glende-Johnson-Nelson and Nilson Funeral Home, Battle Lake
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Minnesota - July 2, 2001
She was born on May 23, 1909, in Waldorf, the daughter of Herman and Emma (Jaenike) Bluhm. She moved to the Carlisle area as a young child and later to Fergus Falls. As a young girl she worked with her mother taking in laundry and ironing.
On Jan. 5, 1938 she married Frank Madden. They operated a gas station in Fergus Falls. In 1960, she went to work at Broen Memorial Home where she was employed until her retirement in 1973. After her husband died in 1990, she moved to St. Paul to live with her daughter, Cherie. On Feb. 10, 1993, she moved to Battle Lake to the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, where she remained until her death.
Mrs. Madden was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Fergus Falls. She especially enjoyed devotions and singing at the nursing home. Her hobbies included crocheting, sewing, gardening, music and especially Elvis Presley. She enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren very much, by sewing for them and crocheting afgahns.
She will be deeply missed by her family, her friends at Good Samaritan and everyone that knew her.
Survivors include her daughter, Cherie (LeRoy) Heifort of Clitherall; one son-in-law, James Wright of Panama City Beach, Fla.; four grandchildren, Tom (Nancy) Heifort, Sara (Shawn) Nelson, Robert Heifort and Philip Heifort; six great-grandchildren, Jessica, Brandon and Adam Heifort, Samantha, Danielle and Kallie Nelson; two step great-grandchildren, Adam and Alex Tretsven; and one niece, Birdie Mae Whipps of Dalton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Madden; a daughter, Ireta Wright; and a sister, Helena Blikstad.
Visitation: Today from 5 to 8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service at the nursing home
Service: 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Battle Lake Good Samaritan Center
Clergy: Rev. Jim Wolf
Burial: Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Fergus Falls
Funeral Home: Glende-Johnson-Nelson and Nilson Funeral Home, Battle Lake
Obituary: Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Minnesota - July 2, 2001
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