Florence Wangen

Florence Lucille Wangen passed away peacefully at Glen Oaks Care Center in New London, on November 29, 2020.  Memorial service will be 10:00 am Saturday, June 5, 2021 at Faith Lutheran Church in Spicer.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  Burial will be in the Spicer City Cemetery.

Florence was born April 13, 1928, in West Concord, MN to Jacob and Julia (Phillips) Vangness of Iowa.  She attended school at #97 in Goodhue County, graduating in 1946 from West Concord High School.

In 1947, she married Gilbert Giesler, to this union two children were born, James and Charles both of West Concord.  Gilbert passed away as a result of an automobile accident in 1956.

In 1959,Florence married Robert Wangen of Austin, MN.  They farmed for a few years and later moved to George Lake in Spicer where they both worked for Willmar Regional Treatment Center, where she retired from in 1991.  Bob passed away in 1985. 

She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and Legion Auxiliary Post 545.  She enjoyed spending time with family and friends, playing cards, and laughing.  Florence was a great cook and loved to host company at their home on George Lake.  She traveled often with her sister Harriet and spoke daily on the phone with her sister Shirley.

Florence is survived by her sister Shirley Giesler of West Concord.  Four sons, Jim Giesler and Charlie (Paula) Giesler all of West Concord.  Joe (Le Anne) Wangen of Spicer and Josh (Laura) Wangen of Hawick.  Two daughters, LaVonne (Terry) Boeder of Tucson, AZ, and Susan (Charles) Ostendorf of Fargo, ND.  She was blessed with thirteen grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren. 

She is preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, siblings Obert, Alice, Harriet, Jeffery, Irving, Ruth, Harold, Luther, and Kenneth, and daughter-in-law Prudi Giesler. 

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