Mary J Traun
Mary J. Traun age 95 of Durand, passed away peacefully on Saturday November 20, 2010 at the Oakview Care Center in Durand.
Mary was born March 24, 1915 at home in the Township of Lima, Pepin County. She was the daughter of Anton and Mary (Falkner) Hengst, and grew up in the Lima community. She attended and graduated from Lima High School. She married Wilfred Traun May 1, 1933 at Lima. After marriage they spent a year in Superior before moving to Eau Claire until 1944 when they moved to Durand. In 1952 Wilfred and Mary moved to a farm in Arkansaw and farmed until retiring in 1969. In 1976 they moved to Durand. Wilfred and Mary were both very active at the Pepin County Senior Center, where Mary was an avid quilter and made many quilts for the Senior Center. Wilfred died in 1985. Mary has been a resident of Oakview Care Center in Durand since June of 2007.
Mary is survived by two daughters, Joyce (James) Cranham of LaHabra, CA; Geraldine (Gerald) O’Keefe of Anaheim, CA; Daughter-in-law, Marjorie Traun of Durand; one sister Rose Black of Durand; 14 grandchildren and many great and great-great grandchildren.
Mary is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Wilfred; a daughter Patricia in infancy; three sons, James, Jerel and Steven; five sisters, Lucy Buckwheat; Anna Mae Schneider; Clara Pomasl; Agnes Poeschl and Margaret Sloop; one brother, Tony Hengst; grandson David Traun and a granddaughter, Jennifer Cranham.