Services for Bernadine "Dena" Aanenson will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3, in Grace Lutheran Church, Luverne. The Rev. Dell B. Sanderson will officiate. Burial is in Luverne Memorial Gardens Cemetery, rural Luverne. Visitation is from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, with the family present from 5 to 8 p.m. at Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. There will also be a one-hour visitation prior to the service at the church on Friday.
Bernadine Aanenson, 84, Luverne, died Monday, July 30, 2001, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Bernadine Hisken was born to Lambert and Tena (Bottinga) Hisken on Oct. 29, 1916, in Kanaranzi Township, Nobles County. She attended Kanaranzi School and then attended Luverne Goembel School in rural Magnolia.
She married Obert J. Aanenson on Oct. 1, 1940, in Ellsworth. After their marriage the couple farmed in Rock County and later moved to rural Leota. She painted houses at Kreun Lumberyard in rural Edgerton. In 1956 the couple moved to Luverne where she worked at Ben's Bakery for more than 10 years. She moved to Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne in 1999.
Mrs. Aanenson was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne, the Ladies Aid, and the League of Women Voters. She was very active in Luverne Senior Citizens. In 1995 she was Rock County Outstanding Senior Citizen. She enjoyed growing flowers and playing bingo.
Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Nola Aanenson, Slayton, Donald and Loretta Aanenson, Minneapolis, and David and Sandra Aanenson, Sioux City, Neb.; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one sister, Helen (Bill) DeBoer, Luverne; one sister-in-law, Florence Aanenson, Luverne; and one brother-in-law, Lawrence Thode, Luverne.
Mrs. Aanenson was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Obert, on Sept. 19, 1987, two brothers, Jerry and Hildebrand Hisken, and one sister, Leona Thode.
A tree will be planted in memory of Bernadine Aanenson by Hospice of Luverne Community Hospital.