Obit for ARENS, Henrietta (Remackel) (b.1913 d.2006), Nobles Co., MN ======================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. 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She was preceded in death by husband, Francis 1909-1991; son, Gerald 1939-2004; parents, Frank Remackel 1892-1959 and Catherine (Weber) 1894-1945; four half-sisters, Frances "Dolly" (Remackel) Brown 1917-2004 of Canada, Violet (Remackel) Gibson 1919-1995 of Canada, Adeline (Veron) Horvat 1927-1992 of Mankato, MN and Deloris (Veron) Caron 1933-1969 of St. Paul, MN. She is survived by children David (Barbara) of Lakeville, Beverly (Alan) Gerber of Richfield, Robert (LaVae) of St. Paul, Marvin (Colette) of Saudi Arabia, Dianna (Scott) of West Virginia, Rochelle (Ken) of Roseville and daughter-in-law, Peggy McHenry-Arens of East Longmeadow, MA; 14 grandchildren: David Gerber, Rhett Arens, Patrick Arens, Kelli Arens, Brynn Arens, Todd Arens, Dawn Gerber, Aarah Arens, Megan Arens, Darcie Gerber, Kii Arens, Nadine Arens, Patrick Ogelsby, and Pascal Arens; 21 great grandchildren: Colin Arens, Mitchell Arens, Justin Arens, Mason Arens, Sammantha Oglesby, Ian Aizman, Kayla Hennes, Kelcie Ammann, Nikita Claflin, Tyler Hennes, Shaena Aizman, Francine Arens, Francis Arens, Sydney Arens, Chase Arens, Alexsys Oglesby, Chana Aizman, Elliot Arens, Tanner Arens, Lydia Arens, Daisy LaVae Arens, and Felix LaRue Arens; first cousins: Gartner, Glovka, LeBrun, and Weber; half-nieces and half-nephews in Canada and the US. Henrietta is the only child of Frank Remackel and Catherine Weber. Born May 25, 1913 on a farm 4.5 south of Wilmont, MN. At the age of 6 months her father abandoned her and her mother. Jacob and Anna (Halfman) Remackel of Wilmont adopted her.... the same couple who had raised her father from infancy. At the age of 13 she left school to work in Jacob's bank. It was there in his safe she found her adoption papers and learned who her birth parents were. Unknown to anyone in the US, her father had remarried in Canada to Tensy Nystrom in 1917 and had two more daughters, Frances (Dolly) and Violet Remackel. Before 1930 he abandoned his second family and remarried for a third time to Elsie ?. On June 7, 1916 Henrietta's mother remarried to Walter Veron and had two more daughters, Adeline and Deloris Veron. Henrietta married Francis Arens February 21, 1933 in Wilmont, MN. Through a twist of fate, Henrietta was able to meet her birth father for the first time in November of 1938 or 1939. Henrietta and Francis raised six of their seven children on the same Larkin Township farm where Henrietta had been born and her father had been raised. In March of 1956 Henrietta and Francis sold the farm and moved to Mankato, MN where their seventh child, Rochelle was born in July 1956. Henrietta got her GED and graduated from Mankato high school with her daughter, Dianna in 1964. In 1964 they moved to St. Paul where Francis became a licensed masseur and Henrietta worked for the MN DOT. She retired in 1978 and survived breast cancer in 1988. After Francis died suddenly of an aortic aneurysm in 1991, Henrietta sold her house and moved into a high rise. She lived there until her heart attack in 2002 when she went into the Presbyterian Nursing Home in Arden Hills, MN. She was anxious that her cat, Ebony, not go with her nor go to live with anyone else because it was very scared of strangers. She asked that Ebony be cremated and be buried with her "when the time came". Henrietta had rescued Ebony from the infamous Halloween snowstorm of 1991. She was buried under the snow on her front steps. Henrietta put food and water in porch and left the door open for the cat to come in. From then on Henrietta and Ebony were bonded. On February 12, 2004 His Majesty Boreas Rex LXVIII John Bennett officially appointed Henrietta as the St. Paul Winter Carnival Princess of Saving Cats. Henrietta's pride and joy was her children. She often spoke of them to whoever would listen. She first felt guilty in the nursing home because she was being treated like she was on vacation. She especially enjoyed her weekly bubble baths. She slowly adjusted and lost her feeling of guilt for the pampering she received. Her family is especially grateful to the wonderful staff at Presbyterian Home for their years of gracious care and to the Fairview Hospice people who helped her during her final weeks. Bob Arens EMAIL: lavaeandbob@cs.com HOMEPAGE: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/r/e/Bob--Arens/ LINK: Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: Bob and LaVae (Kohlrusch)