Arens, Josephine R.

Josephine R. Arens, 94, of Brooklyn, died Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at Brooklyn Community Estate. Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Saturday, July 7, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Brooklyn, with Father Brian Shepley officiating. Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Brooklyn. Visitation: 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn, with a rosary to be recited at 4 p.m. and a Scripture service at 7:30 p.m.

A memorial fund has been established.

Josephine is survived by her four daughters, Mary Ann Heishman and husband Phil, Elsie Foels and husband James, all of Brooklyn, Alice Arens and Irlene Tuttle and husband Russ, all of Malcom; 11 grandchildren, Michelle (Greg) Thomas, Sheryl (Kendall) Arp, Richard Foels, Robert (Wendy) Foels, Mark Foels, Michael Foels, Jennifer (John) Dyson, Jeremy Grier, Curtis (Angela) Grier, Andrea (Jeremy) Goodrich, and Christina (Bart) Willis; and 25 great-grandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren; Madison and Drew Thomas, Colby Heishman, Shianne, Tyieshia, Milo, and Montana Arp, Lindsey, Emily, Jonathan, and Cassie Foels, Derek, Peyton, Jessah, and Caden Wilson, Addyson, and Noah Dyson, Nathan, Kyle, Matthew, Tristan and Tanner Grier, Kimberly, Christopher and Kate Goodrich and Makayla and Jenna Tuttle.

Also surviving are four sisters, Bernice Papesh, Virginia McVay, Dorothy Walton and Elnora Schwab.

She was preceded in death by her twin sister in infancy; her husband, Charley in January 2002; an infant son, Richard; her parents; three sisters, Edna Kouba, Arilla Prichard and Irline Vileta; and two brothers, George and Charles Wilson.

Online condolences may be extended to the family at .

Published in The Gazette July 6, 2012.