Gerda M. Denelsback Bliss Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Gerda M. Denelsback Bliss of Canby, Minnesota, who passed away at the age of 99, on June 11, 2025. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Gerda M. Denelsback Bliss to show support.
She was predeceased by: her siblings, Gerald Goplen, Lorna Johnson and Milton Goplen; her husbands, Gordon Denelsbeck and Gilbert Bliss; her daughter Sally Vogt; her children-in-law, Patricia Denelsbeck (Pederson) and Bob Salmon; and her grandson Larry Denelsbeck.
She is survived by: her sister Greta; her brothers-in-law, Delbert and Lyle Denelsbeck; her children, Carolyn Korbel (Edward), Jim Denelsbeck and Nancy Salmon; her son-in-law Larry Vogt; her grandchildren, Kristine Graham (Korbel), Gordon Korbel, Michelle Driessen (Denelsbeck), Jacqueline Carter (Denelsbeck), Jesse Denelsbeck, David Vogt, Lisa Schliess (Vogt), Valerie Halvorson (Meyer) and Keith Meyer; her siblings, Marvin Goplen of Canby and Lynda Petrie (Goplen) of Cambridge; her sisters-in-law, Ellie Goplen (Stigen) and Virginia Goplen (Hubbard); and also, Merton, Carrie Lamb and Sophia Goplen. She is also survived by 17 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 15th 2025 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Houseman Funeral Home, Birk Chapel (111 5th St E, Canby, MN 56220). A prayer will be held on Sunday, June 15th 2025 from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM at the same location. A funeral service will be held on Monday, June 16th 2025 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM at the Dawson Covenant Church (2756 130th St, Dawson, MN 56232).
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