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Florence Frohling Bendle | Service:
Monday, February 25, 2008
11:00 AM
Bethany Lutheran Church
Emmetsburg, IA
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| | | Florence G. Bendle, age 87 of Hooper, Nebraska died Thursday, February 21, 2008 in the Fremont Area Medical Center in Fremont, Nebraska.
Florence was born August 7, 1920 in West Bend, Iowa to Omer and Bertha ‘Nelson’ Edwards. She grew up on the farm in the West Bend area.
On August 4, 1942 she was married to Henry Frohling and they made their home in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Her husband farmed and also sold insurance for Farm Bureau. Henry died in 1962, and later, on December 23, 1962, Florence was married to Ben Bendle in Hooper, Nebraska and she has resided in Hooper since that time.
Her husband Ben, died in 1987.
Florence was a member of the Evangelical Free Church in Fremont. She was interested in quilting and genealogy, and also spent a lot of time on the computer corresponding with family in Norway. She also assisted other people with their genealogy projects.
Survivors include a daughter, Jeannine and husband Kenneth Jorgensen of Hooper, NE; son Lon and wife Martha Frohling of Colorado Springs, Colorado; 6 grandchildren – Holly and husband Brad Jasmer of Royalton, Minnesota, Kyle and wife Darcy Jorgensen of Omaha, NE, Peter Frohling of Pittsburg, PA and fiancée Carley Thimmesh,Kristy and husband Nick Brinkman of Edwards, Colorado, Reed and wife Kate Jorgensen of Kansas City, Missouri, Matthew Frohling of Denver, Colorado;4 great grandchildren – Hunter, Caleb, and Madison Jasmer, Elliott Jorgensen;a brother, Lyle and wife Betty Edwards of Emmetsburg, Iowa; a sister,Delores and husband Art Gagnon of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Florence was preceded in death by her 2 husbands Henry Frohling and Ben Bendle, her parents, a sister Lois Jean, 8 brothers Russell, Clarence ‘Bud’, Orrin, Harold, Leslie, her twin brother Floyd, Dick, and Donald.
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