Obit for ARENS, Matthew (d.1990), Nobles Co., MN

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Obituary of Matthew Arens in September 11, 1990 St. Paul Pioneer Press.



MATTHEW ARENS DIES; WAS ATHLETIC CLUB MASSEUR



Matthew A. Arens, who was the masseur at the St. Paul Athletic Club for 

12-1/2 years, died Sunday of heart failure in his St. Paul home. He was 

77. 

  Arens also provided messages at the 3M Co., according to his 

daughter, Bernadine [Arens] Lortis of St. Paul.

  Over the years, Arens' hands relaxed the tense muscles of many 

notables, including Bob Hope, Ray Milland, Pat O'Brien and James 

Whitmore when the performers were visiting in St. Paul.

  When he retired in 1979, Arens told the Pioneer Press he had 

performed about 35,000 messages in his 22-year career. 

  Arens was born and reared on a farm near Wilmont, Minn., and left 

the area during the Depression years and headed for California, Lortis 

said. He worked on movie sets for a time, then returned to the Wilmont 

area to farm. 

While still in high school, he started to lose his eyesight due to a 

genetic disease.

	He farmed until 1956, when he was declared legally blind. 

A year later, he took a massage training course at the St. Paul 

Downtown YMCA, then went to work as a masseur in Mankato. He worked 

there for nine years before moving to St. Paul.

Other survivors include his wife, Martha [Ossefoort];a son, Al, of 

St. Anthony, daughters Rita Gaasch of Colorado Springs, Colo.; 

Mary Lou Clark, of Seabrook, Texas; Judy Gilchrist, of Minneapolis; 

Vicki Malcolm, of St. Paul; 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, 

and a brother, Francis, of St. Paul.

	Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Heart 

of Mary Catholic Church, 1543 Summit Ave., with burial in Calvary 

Cemetery. 

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Willwerscheid and

Peters Mortuary, 1167 Grand Ave.

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