RIP to the Best Father-in-Law a Person Could Ask for...

Rest in Peace, Arnie Blaha
1920-2016

Jim, Erin, Arnie & Jack Blaha
Father's Day 2016

     Arnie was sharp until the last week or so of his life.  He was a very good listener and would recall bits of conversation and life events for those who had his ear.  He enjoyed seeing and hearing about all the great grandchildren.  The most recent, Stanley Arnold, born within a week of Arnie's death.

Arnie's obituary:

Dear Father & Grandpa Age 96 of St. Paul Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on September 28, 2016. Son of Emil & Mary (nee Bulera). Preceded in death by wife Dorothy; brother John; and son-in-law Greg Travis. Honored and dearly missed by children James (Mary Catherine "Kay") Blaha, JoEllen Travis, Gerald (Gloria) Blaha & Cindy Blaha (Keith Goetz); 12 grandchildren Matthew, Michael & Timothy Blaha, Scott, Monica, Dan & Maggie Travis, Alex Blaha, Emily Palumbo, Ellen LaRue, Katie & Jenny Goetz; 6 great grandchildren Stella, Lila, Henry, Macie, George, Jack and two more on the way; sister Bernadine Benson; in-laws, Josephine Kusz, Jack Hansen and Virginia Blaha and other family & friends. Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday (October 5) at 10:00 am at CERENITY MARIAN CARE CENTER CHAPEL, 200 Earl Street with visitation one hour before the Mass. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred.

Published 2 October 2016, St. Paul Pioneer Press and on Legacy.

He was a good, loving man.

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.