August 15, 1920 – July 8, 2013
Glenna (92) passed peacefully at home on July 8, 2013
Glendora Virginia Holmberg Hauger was born on 8/15/1920, at home; daughter of Hilma and Victor Holmberg, at the farm in Minnewashta, Minnesota. She attended grade school at Minnewashta (the school was next door to the farm), graduated from Excelsior High School; then Minneapolis Business College; and later the University of Minnesota. In her retirement years she obtained real estate licenses in both Wisconsin and California.
She was a secretary all of her working years. Taking a Civil Service test in 1940, her first appointment was with the Internal Revenue Service. She tells of working with the IRS in St. Paul: All of the girls in her unit going across the street to the local bar to hear, on the radio, President Franklin Roosevelt declare war after Pearl Harbor, in 1941.
She and Jarvis(JJ) were married in Minneapolis on 4/2/1943. JJ was serving in the Army Air Corps at a base in Roswell, NM. After their marriage Glenna traveled there, where she was secretary for the Base Engineer. After JJ’s discharge, they returned to Minneapolis. Martha Louise was born Jan.21,1945; Wallace Glen was born Nov. 4, 1947, and Kevin Bruce on Nov. 1, 1952.
The family lived in St. Louis Park, then Edina, Minnesota; retiring to Wisconsin in 1980. They have been in Wisconsin summers and in California for the winters, where they lived with daughter Martha and her husband Malachi Sanchez, in Soquel and later in Los Banos.
Glendora loved music, particularly Sacred Choral, and directed the choir at Siren Methodist for a time. She was a prolific writer and belonged to the local writers’ group for many years.
She had a zest for life and had many friends in Siren and Los Banos. She and JJ worked hard to get a library, known as the Burnett Community Library. They were members of the coin club for over 20 years. Glendora always loved her church and its teachings. She and JJ attended the Methodist Church in Siren, Wi., and in Los Banos.
She is survived by children: Martha Sanchez, Wallace and wife Linda, Bruce and wife Angela. Grand children – Julia Noice Lindsay, Justin Hauger, Erika Hauger-Bakke, Callia Hauger-Scott, Jake and Lily Hauger; Great-grands – Amanda and Emily Lindsay, Isabella Hauger, Eva & Zachary Scott and Ayda and Jorn Bakke.
There is a celebration of Glenna’s life planned for Saturday, August 17, 2013 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Martha Sanchez, at 641 Adams Avenue in Los Banos.