Summer 2014 Newlyweds--Congratulations to the Happy Couples

On July 12, 2014, at the Carleton College Chapel, Katie Goetz, daughter of Cindy Blaha and Keith Goetz, married Sean O'Loughlin.

Mutual admiration society:  Katie and her grandfather, Arnie Blaha.

On August 16, 2014 at the Shrine of St. Joseph in St. Louis, Missouri, Katie's cousin Tim Blaha married Erin Maureen Boedeker.

   

Tim said he felt Grandma Dot's presence briefly during the ceremony.

Michael, Jim, Kay, Matt & Flower Girl Stella Marie.

May both couples follow in the footsteps of Dot & Arnie and have MANY happy years together!

RIP Dorothy Marie Hansen Blaha

Grandpa Arnie, Grandma Dot and Tim Blaha
9-16-2012

Sweet Grandma Dot died on 2 June 2014:

Loving Wife

Dear Mother and Grandma

Daughter of Clarence and Rose (nee Svec) Hansen. Age 88 of St. Paul. Dearly missed by husband of 67 years, Arnold; children, James (Mary Catherine “Kay”) , JoEllen (Greg) Travis, Gerald (Gloria) and Cindy (Keith Goetz) Blaha; 12 grandchildren, Matthew, Michael, Timothy Blaha; Scott, Monica, Dan, Maggie Travis; Alex Blaha, Emily Palumbo, Ellen Blaha; Katie and Jenny Goetz; 4 great-grandchildren, Stella, Lila, Henry and Macie; sister, Josephine Kusz; brother, Clarence “Jack” Hansen; and other family and friends. Mass of Christian Burial at 1:00PM on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1801 LaCrosse Ave., St. Paul, with a visitation at the church beginning at 11:30AM. Private interment, Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred.

Published 4 June 2014 in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.