Mavis Jean Arends
Ellsworth, MN
Memorial Services for Mavis Jean Arends, age 71, of Ellsworth, MN, will be held Friday, October 14, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., at Zion Presbyterian Church, Ellsworth, MN, with Pastor Paul Snyder officiating. A time of fellowship will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Burial of cremains will be at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis at a later date. Mavis died Sunday, October 9, 2016, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington, MN.
Mavis was born April 24, 1945, in Luverne, to Martin and Jennie (Broesder) Lenz. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1963.
Mavis married Larry “Rip” Arends on September 3, 1966, in Slayton, MN. After their marriage, the couple lived in Ellsworth. Mavis worked at the Parkview Manor Nursing Home, in Ellsworth, before she began working at the Ellsworth Elementary School as a Para.
She was a member of the Zion Presbyterian Church in Ellsworth. She enjoyed shopping, attending garage sales and traveling to casinos.
Mavis is survived by her two children, Craig (Heather) Arends, Maple Grove, MN; and Brenda Arends, Apple Valley, MN; two grandchildren, Emily & Gabriel Arends; brother, Dellis (Marianne) Lenz, Hanover; and two nieces, Sarah & Rachel Lenz.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Larry on October 23, 2015.
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