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Audrey Bohlken
AUDREY MAE BOHLKEN
Monticello
After a prolonged battle with Alzheimer's disease, the "kindest of kind moms," Audrey Bohlken went to her Lord on March 5, 2017. She had just turned 99. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9, at St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Monticello with interment in St. John's Cemetery with military honors. The Rev. Reed Stockman will officiate at the services. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. Thoughts, memories
and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.
Audrey is survived by her son, Donald (Carmen) Bohlken of Indianola; and her sister, Ann Spell of Taylor, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her son, Ronald Bohlken; her daughter, Beverly Bassett; her grandson, Christopher Morgan; and her siblings, Albert Parks, Velma Parks, Viola Parks and Dorothy Henry.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church or the Alzheimer's Association.
Audrey Mae Bohlken was born Feb. 24, 1918, in Booneville, Ark., to Walter and Cora Blewer Parks. Audrey received her high school diploma in Cedarville, Ark. She completed her registered nurse training at Morning Side Hospital, Tulsa, Okla. She later received physical therapy training at Medical College of Virginia.
Audrey and Carl F. ("Chuck") Bohlken were married in Belding, Mich., on Sept. 17, 1949. They made their home in San Diego until they returned to Monticello in 1950. She was employed at John McDonald Hospital in Monticello, until she entered the Nurse Corps of the Navy in 1943. She served at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; San Diego, Calif.; and other duty stations. After her honorable discharge in 1950, as a lieutenant, she returned to her employment as an RN at John McDonald Hospital until her retirement in 1983. Audrey moved to Indianola in 2010. At the time of her death, she resided at The Village nursing home in Indianola.
Audrey was a devoted wife and mother. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. She enjoyed the outdoors, including gardening, hiking, fishing and, in her younger days, hunting, shooting and horseback riding. She also enjoyed traveling with her family.
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