- Date Of Birth: September 10, 1927
- Date Of Death: July 20, 2019
- State: Colorado
Arlene Marie Haugen Ibsen passed away July 20, 2019 in Lakewood, Colorado. She was the last surviving child of Sigwald and Irene (Card) Haugen. She is predeceased by her parents and siblings: Vernon Engel, Gerald “Pete” Engel, Janiece O’Connell, Darrel Haugen & Marilyn Wald.
Arlene was born September 10, 1927 on the Haugen Farm at Dagmar, Montana. She attended grade school at the Wilson School in Dagmar and high school in Grenora, North Dakota receiving her diploma in 1945. She attended the University of Montana Western in Dillon, Montana; referred to as the Montana State Normal School, Center for Training Teachers, receiving her diploma in 1947. She taught at the Wilson Country School until she met and married her perfect “other half”, Vernon Ibsen on December 1, 1949 in Billings, Montana.
Arlene survived rheumatic fever twice as a child and always knew “God has a bigger plan” for her. She was baptized as a young adult March 11, 1945.
Arlene said she belonged to the “Bake & Take Club”.
