Lorraine A. (Brook) Oldenburg, 85, Burlington, died Nov. 13, 2012, at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington with all of her children by her side.
She was born on Dec. 22, 1926. Her place of birth and her biological parents are unknown. As an infant she lived in a Norwegian Lutheran Orphanage in Milwaukee. It was there in November of 1927 that she was adopted by James and Agnes (Stockwell) Brook, who lived in the Town of Brighton.
She graduated from Twin Oaks School in 1940, Wilmot High School in 1944, Beloit College in 1948 and from a business school in Kenosha in 1950.
On Dec. 22, 1951, she married Harold M. Oldenburg in Waukesha. Following marriage they lived in Twin Lakes, the Town of Randall and then moved to Brighton where they lived for many years. They moved to Burlington in 2005. He preceded her in death on May 31, 2012.
She served on the School Board for Brighton Elementary School and was a school bus driver in the same district. She enjoyed card games and reading. She was an avid sports fan and had played sports in her younger years.
Survivors include her daughters, Margaret Hakomaki, Waukesha, and Mary Dexter, Kansasville; sons, James (Christine) Oldenburg, Lake Geneva, Harold (Bonnie) Oldenburg Jr., Burlington, Richard (Rocio) Oldenburg, Burlington; grandchildren, Shelly Oldenburg, Thomas (Brenna) Oldenburg, Angela Traughber, Nikolaos Hakomaki, Erika (Eric) Oldenburg-Salmon, Ashley Oldenburg, Alexander Oldenburg; great-grandchildren, Alayna, Frank, Elliot and Sullivan.
She was further preceded in death by her infant daughter.
A memorial service was Nov. 19, at Schuette-Daniels Funeral Home, Burlington. The Rev. Cliff Hathcock officiated. Inurnment was in Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Union Grove.
Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association or to the Burlington VFW are suggested.
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