Violet Bertha Oldenburg

(Nee LaCanne) Born on March 16, 1919 and Born to Eternal Life on July 11, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Ronald Oldenburg. Dear mother of Patricia (Paul) Van Aacken, Wayne (the late Melodie) Oldenburg and Linda Bassett. Grandmother of Brian Shilhavy, Susan Klein, Barbara Hurst, Jeff Krueger, Morgan, Courtney, Lauren and Ryan Oldenburg. Great-grandmother of Aaron and Abie Klein, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Sarah Shilhavy, Jeffery and Jacob Krueger, Evan and Jackson Hurst. Also survived by her special friend Ruth Feathers and brother in law Arthur Whitehorn. Preceded in death by sisters; Olive (Harold) Placek, Dorothea (George) Frook, Harlene (John) Istavanek, Betty (John) Daams, Evelyn Whitehorn, Sylvia (Reuben) Postler and her twin brother James (Maralynn) LaCanne.Memorial Gathering at THE CONGREGATIONAL HOME, 13900 West Burleigh Road, in Brookfield, WI. on Saturday, July 21, 2012 1:00-2:00 PM. Memorial Service 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations appreciated to ABCD (After Breast Cancer Diagnosis), 5775 North Glen Park Road, Suite #201, Glendale, WI 53209 or Falls Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 582, Menomonee Falls, WI 53052.Violet was well known for her homemade candies, baby quilts...[more]

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d ceramics. Family and friends benefitted from her homemade gifts. She spent her retirement years with her husband, Ronald, at their home on Little St. Germain Lake where they fished in the summer and went snowmobiling in the winter. Violet lived the last year of her life as a resident of the Congregational Home; the family would like to extend their thanks and gratitude to the staff and to the Visiting Angels who lovingly cared for her.