Obituary of Ann S. Bengert

Ann S. Bengert, age 100, of Wisconsin Rapids, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015 at Edgewater Haven Nursing Home in Port Edwards. Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Rev. John Grohs will officiate. Burial will be at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00 A.M. until the time of services on Tuesday at the church. Herman-Taylor Funeral Home is assisting the family. Ann was born November 3, 1915 in Wittenberg, Wisconsin to Simon and Anna (Ness) Klovdahl who immigrated from Norway. After Ann's mother passed away, she spent seven years in the Homme Orphan Home in Wittenberg. She moved to Wisconsin Rapids in 1933 and made her home with the Harold and Beatrice Haertel family. Ann graduated from Lincoln High School in Wisconsin Rapids in 1935. In 1938, she married Paul Bengert. The couple was blessed with 58 years of marriage and three children. Ann spent her life at the important task of being a homemaker. She was very fond of her children and grandchildren and would spoil them any chance she would get. Ann loved to entertain, cook and bake and won a Dairyland Baking Contest. Ann took great pride in her appearance and was always dressed for the occasion. Ann was very proud of her Norwegian heritage and the fact that she was the second cousin of Queen Sonja of Norway. She was a proud member of the Sons of Norway and the Lowell Center Senior Citizens Club. Ann was a faithful Christian woman and a longtime member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and its quilting group. Ann is survived by three children: Richard (Jacqueline) Bengert, Pauline (William) Anderson and Marianne (James) Howard; three grandchildren: Jeffrey (Chris) Howard, Kristin Anderson and Karn (Steve) Merriman; three great-grandchildren: Zachary Howard, Seth Howard and Austin Merriman; three step-great-grandchildren: Mathew (Emily) Price, Jonathan Price, and Alex Price; brother Orvin Klovdahl and sister Marion Tinetti. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Paul, and two brothers, Alden Klovdahl and Gordon Klovdahl. Memorials may be designated to the Immanuel Lutheran School Tuition Assistance Fund. The family would like to thank the staff at Edgewater Haven Nursing Home for the compassionate care given to Ann.