Blanche Moen

Blanche Eileen Moen, 101, of Proctor, died Thursday, October 6, 2016 at the Franciscan Health Center.  She was born in Kenyon, Minn. to Charles and Alice (Vogel) Harris on April 23, 1915.  She was a 1933 graduate of Proctor High School.  She married Henry “Hank” Peterson in 1935.  Blanche married Lawrence W. Moen on July 27, 1950 in Hibbing.  She worked as a waitress at the Glass Block Coffee Shop and in food service at Nopeming Nursing Home until she retired in 1978.

Blanche was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church and a past member of Ruth Church Circle, Proctor Golden Age, Hillside Drop-In Center, Bayview Garden Club, Senior Retired Volunteer Program.  She volunteered at the Proctor Food Shelf and had been a member of TOPS Club since 1979.  She was the recipient of the Oldest Living Rail Award at the Proctor All-Class reunion in 2012.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband Henry Peterson in 1962, her husband Larry Moen in 1999, brothers:  Minton (Mary), Charles and Fred Harris; sisters:  Elaine Johnson, Emma Stark, Rose White and Marian Spranger; her daughter and son-in-law Phyllis “Flee” and Jim Lent.

Blanche is survived by her children:  Marilyn (William) Platzer of New Brighton, Minn., Carol (Don) Cook of Bountiful, UT, John (Midge) Peterson of Pine Hurst, NC, James Peterson of Prior Lake, Minn, Gerald (Genie) Peterson of Proctor, Sharon Jugasek of Proctor, and Billy (Debbie Blustin) Moen of Duluth; 22 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the incredible staff at the Franciscan Health Center and the Benedictine Adult Day Care Center for the wonderful care and love given to their mother.

Visitation:  Tuesday, October 11, 2016 from 10 AM until the 11 AM funeral service at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 701 3rd. Ave., Proctor.  Entombment will be at Sunrise Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum, Hermantown.  If so desired, memorials may be made in memory of Blanche to:  ALZ Association, 7900 W. 78th. St., Ste. 100, Minneapolis, MN 55439

Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home, Duluth, 727-3555.