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Florence C. Mindrup
March 16, 1921 - March 3, 2009

Florence C. Mindrup, 87, Salina, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009. She was born March 16, 1921, in Concordia, the daughter of Albert and Florence (Miller) Lindblade. She was a farm homemaker; she helped in the cafeteria at the New Almelo and Lenora schools; and she volunteered as a foster grandparent for USD 305. On Sept. 9, 1941, she married Lawrence E. Mindrup at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in New Almelo.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, in 1984; two daughters, Barbara, in 1959, and Joyce, in 1957; a son, Edward, in 1956; a grandson, David, in 1983; a sister, Earline; five brothers, Edgar, George, Frank, Bernard and Charles; and three sons-in-law, David Pestinger, Larry Honeycutt and Art Dougherty.

Survivors include, Bernadine Dougherty, of Tucson, Ariz., T.A. Mindrup, of Lawrence, Charles Mindrup, of Colorado Springs, Colo., Donna Honeycutt, of Frederick, Colo., Doris Pestinger and husband Russell Anspaugh, of Salina, Francis Mindrup and wife Maureen, of Castle Rock, Colo., Kathleen Jackson and husband Travis, of Salina, and Patricia Mindrup and husband Jim Kapeller, of Aguila, Ariz.; a sister, Anna Mindrup, of Salina; a brother, John Lindblade and wife Jane, of Gardnerville, Nev.; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and numerous stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth St., Salina 67401, with a vigil at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Salina. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, New Almelo. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to St. Mary’s Grade School, Salina.