Obituary for Vienna E. Forslund
Vienna E. Forslund, aged 94, was called home by her Heavenly Father on December 22, 2020. She had been a resident at Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield since October, 2017. At the time of her death, her sister and roommate Viola Manninen, was by her side.
Vienna was born on March 6, 1926, to Julius and Aino Johnson in Ishpeming. She attended grade school in Covington and graduated from L’Anse High School in L’Anse in 1943.
After graduation, Vienna moved to Ironwood. She worked as a bookkeeper and linotype operator for the Finnish Printing Company, later known as the National Publishing Company. She worked there on and off until 1957. During 1946-47, she was employed as a telephone operator for Michigan Bell Telephone company.
On September 14, 1947, Vienna married Clarence B. Forslund at Trinity Lutheran Church in Covington. She was the bookkeeper for Clarence’s businesses. They both enjoyed traveling to various countries and throughout the United States, especially to visit their five children and grand-children, until Clarence’s death in May, 1995. She often spent winters with her son JD in Arizona. Vienna loved to bake, and her family always enjoyed receiving a loaf of her homemade cardamom seed bread.
Vienna and her husband were charter members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood, and were active there throughout their lives. Until she was in her 80s, she was treasurer of the church’s Dorcas Guild and helped make quilts to send to Lutheran World Relief. Her unfaltering faith was evident both in how she lived and how she treated others.
Vienna was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clarenc;, seven brothers; one sister; and her daughter-in-law, Judi (Phil) Forslund.
Vienna is survived by her children, Dianne (Mark) Fiebrink, Phillip Forslund, James “JD” Forslund, Judith (Mark) Bledsoe and Christopher (Brenda) Forslund; grand-children, Alicia (Keith) Miller, Benjamin Forslund, Rebecca (Ariane Alexander) Fiebrink, Stephanie (Timothy) Broderick, Adam Bledsoe, Matthew (Olivia) Bledsoe, and Zane Forslund; great-grand-children, Madeline Broderick, Oscar Alexander-Fiebrink, and Forrest Bledsoe; sister, Viola Manninen; and numerous nieces and nephews
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, June 26th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood Township at 11 am preceded by shared greetings starting at 10 am. A luncheon will follow.
Vienna was interred in the Sunset Acres Cemetery of Ironwood Township.
In lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to make donations in her memory may contribute to Trinity Lutheran Church of Ironwood; to Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield; or to a charity of their choice.
Vienna was born on March 6, 1926, to Julius and Aino Johnson in Ishpeming. She attended grade school in Covington and graduated from L’Anse High School in L’Anse in 1943.
After graduation, Vienna moved to Ironwood. She worked as a bookkeeper and linotype operator for the Finnish Printing Company, later known as the National Publishing Company. She worked there on and off until 1957. During 1946-47, she was employed as a telephone operator for Michigan Bell Telephone company.
On September 14, 1947, Vienna married Clarence B. Forslund at Trinity Lutheran Church in Covington. She was the bookkeeper for Clarence’s businesses. They both enjoyed traveling to various countries and throughout the United States, especially to visit their five children and grand-children, until Clarence’s death in May, 1995. She often spent winters with her son JD in Arizona. Vienna loved to bake, and her family always enjoyed receiving a loaf of her homemade cardamom seed bread.
Vienna and her husband were charter members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood, and were active there throughout their lives. Until she was in her 80s, she was treasurer of the church’s Dorcas Guild and helped make quilts to send to Lutheran World Relief. Her unfaltering faith was evident both in how she lived and how she treated others.
Vienna was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clarenc;, seven brothers; one sister; and her daughter-in-law, Judi (Phil) Forslund.
Vienna is survived by her children, Dianne (Mark) Fiebrink, Phillip Forslund, James “JD” Forslund, Judith (Mark) Bledsoe and Christopher (Brenda) Forslund; grand-children, Alicia (Keith) Miller, Benjamin Forslund, Rebecca (Ariane Alexander) Fiebrink, Stephanie (Timothy) Broderick, Adam Bledsoe, Matthew (Olivia) Bledsoe, and Zane Forslund; great-grand-children, Madeline Broderick, Oscar Alexander-Fiebrink, and Forrest Bledsoe; sister, Viola Manninen; and numerous nieces and nephews
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, June 26th at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ironwood Township at 11 am preceded by shared greetings starting at 10 am. A luncheon will follow.
Vienna was interred in the Sunset Acres Cemetery of Ironwood Township.
In lieu of flowers, anyone wishing to make donations in her memory may contribute to Trinity Lutheran Church of Ironwood; to Gogebic Medical Care Facility in Wakefield; or to a charity of their choice.