San Joaquin-Monterey-Stanislaus County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Joens, Esther  July 26 2004
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Lodi News  July 27, 2004
Esther Joens


Esther Blewett Joens, 88, of Lodi, died July 26 in a local convalescent 
hospital. She was born on June 28, 1916, in Ordway, Colo.

Mrs. Joens moved to Lodi with her family in 1920, where she attended local 
grammar schools and graduated from Lodi High School in 1935. She was employed 
by J.C. Penney Co. until 1938 when she married "Bill" Blewett in Nevada. She 
moved to Carmel with her husband where they managed an ice cream parlor in 
downtown for three years. They relocated to Tracy, and then returned to Lodi in 
1946, where they built their house on E. Highway 12. She and her husband 
enjoyed traveling in their trailer in the Western states looking for old clocks 
and other antiques. In 1972, her husband died, and in 1978 she married Charles 
J. "Charlie" Joens, a former friend from high school. During the summer, they 
enjoyed fishing together and taking their travel trailer to Bear River 
Reservoir. She was a former member of the Lockeford Parents Club and was active 
as a 4H leader in Lockeford. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church, Lodi 
Travel Club, Lodi Garden Club, San Joaquin County Historical Society, and the 
Widowed Persons Association. She enjoyed gardening, spending time with her 
grandchildren and great-grandchildren and playing bridge with friends.

She is survived by her son, Edward S. Blewett, of Centennial, Colo.; daughter, 
Maralyn Messer, of Lodi; brother, Art Bischel, of Sammamish, Wash; sisters, 
Elaine Banks, of Stockton; May Peak, of Keno, Ore., and Tabea Merkel, of 
Modesto; five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, three step-
grandchildren, and two step-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Sterling C. "Bill" Blewett in 
1972; second husband, Charles J. "Charlie" Joens in 1988; and brother, Henry 
Bischel Sr. in 2003.

A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee 
Memorial Park, Harney Lane and Highway 99, Lodi. Committal will follow at Lodi 
Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, and 
from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial 
Way, Lodi.

Memorial contributions may be made to Animal Friends Connection, P.O. Box 2314, 
Lodi, CA 95241; or to a charity of the donor's choice.

Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.



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