Florenda Florence FLAMING
1919-2009
Born: Paxton, Keith County, Nebraska
Died: Fresno, Fresno County, California
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1919-2009
Born: Paxton, Keith County, Nebraska
Died: Fresno, Fresno County, California
<div style="text-align: ; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; border: medium none"><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000">Florenda Heinrichs was born on November 24, 1919, in Paxton, Nebraska to Jacob and Gertrude Flaming, and passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Her family moved to Shafter, California and then to Reedley when she was a teenager. There she met and married Willie Heinrichs on December 11, 1937. In 1943 they moved to Fresno. They were married 52 years before Willie's death in 1989. Florenda was a homemaker while her children were small. She later became a sales clerk at JC Penney on the Fulton Mall, Ollenbergers, and assisted Willie her husband, in their Watch and Jewelry Repair store inside Gottschalks on the Fulton Mall. </font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000">She is survived by one brother, Gilbert Fleming and his wife Peggy; four children, Ellen Goertzen and her husband Dewayne, Muriel Quenzer and her husband Kenneth, Kenneth Heinrichs and his wife Roberta, and Rodney Heinrichs and his wife Jeanette; eight grandchild-ren, and 13 great-grandchildren. </font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000">Visitation will be held at Farewell Funeral Service on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. </font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000">A Graveside Service will be held at Clovis Cemetery on Wednesday, January 28, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Memorial Service at Betheny Church, 9161 N. Maple at 11:00 a.m. </font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000">Memorial gifts may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee, 1010 G. St., Reedley, Ca. 93654; or Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno, 540 N. Augusta, Fresno, CA 93701.<br></font></p></div>
<p> </p><p><font size="4"> Christian Leader,</font></p><p><font size="4"> March 2009</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4">Heinrichs, Florenda Florence, Fresno, Calif., of Bethany MB Church, Fresno, was born Nov 24, 1919, to Jacob and Gertrude Flaming in Paxton, Nebraska, and died Jan 21, 2009, at the age of 90. On Dec 11, 1937, she married Willie Heinrichs, who predeceased her in 1989. She is survived by two sons, Kenneth and wife Roberta, and Rodney and wife Jeanette; two daughters, Ellen and husband Dewayne Goertzen, and Muriel and Husband Kenneth Quenzer; one brother, Gilbert and wife peggy, eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.</font></p>