Rosella "Sally" Dunblazier

The Mass of Christian Burial for Rosella "Sally" Dunblazier will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Wadena with Father Don Wagner presiding. Friends may call at the Schuller Family Funeral Home's Johnson-Schuller Chapel in Wadena on Monday from 4:00 until 8:00PM with a Rosary service at 5:00 PM and Parish Prayers at 6:00 PM. Visitation continues at the church on Tuesday from 9:30 AM until the time of mass. Sally passed away at the age of 86 on Friday, March 22, 2012 at the Tri-County Hospital in Wadena. Rosella was born February 19, 1927 in Wadena to Simon and Theresa (Entringer) Kern of Bluegrass, MN. At an early age her uncle nicknamed her Sally and it stuck. She attended school in the one room District 11 school house in Leaf River township. Sally was employed as an operator for Bell Telephone for a number of years before she met and married David (Blaine) Dunblazier May 1, 1954. After many years as a homemaker, she went to work at Red Owl Bakery. Sally’s attention to detail as a cake decorator gained her local popularity, and she retired as the bakery manager. Sally enjoyed many close friends She loved her family and was a meticulous homemaker, gardener, crocheter, and seamstress. Whether self-taught or by trial-and-error, she fixed it, made it, grew it, canned it, baked it, sewed it, refurbished it, upholstered it, refinished it, transformed it, decorated it, painted it, stained it, and improved it. No challenge was too great, she tackled it all. In her later years, Sally became an avid Nascar fan and enjoyed travel in the U.S. and abroad. Throughout her years, she volunteered her time and talent with craft activities for the residents at Fair Oaks Lodge. What ever project she undertook she faithfully performed it to the best of her abilities. Diagnosed with Parkinsons in 2005, she bravely sought strategies and treatment to cope with the challenges of the disease. Sally was a member of VFW Women’s Auxiliary and Christian Mothers. In 1999 she co-chaired the all class reunion of District 11. The replica school house she constructed is displayed at the Wadena Historical Society. Preceding Sally in death were her parents; husband Blaine in 1996; son Donavon; sisters Lorraine Kern and Romaine Heffelfinger; and brothers Donald, Franklin and Gerald. She is survived by daughters Deborah Dunblazier of Sauk Rapids, MN, Denise (Jose) Gonzalez of Waco TX, and DeeAnn Dunblazier of St. Cloud, MN; son Duane (Julie) of Colorado Springs CO; six grandchildren; and sister Marcy Tabery of Wadena. Pallbearers were her grandchildren Garrett Gonzalez, Grant Gonzalez, Grace Gonzalez, Derek Korzendorfer, Devin Dunblazier, and David Dunblazier. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery loacted in Wadena.

Rosella "Sally" Dunblazier

February 19, 1927 - March 22, 2013