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Frankie Mogensen, 98

| June 21, 2024 1:00 AM

Frankie Jean Mogensen died May 1, 2024. She was born Aug. 17, 1925, to Frank E. and Jean Zanetti Wilson. She was born in Spokane and grew up in Colfax. After graduating high school, she and her sister, Eva, moved to southern California, where she met and married Alfred "Mogey" Mogensen. Soon after marriage, she and Mogey moved to Wallace and started a family. They moved to Osburn in 1959 to accommodate their growing family.

Preceding Frankie in death were her parents, husband Mogey and her sister, Eva June Roethler. 

She is survived by daughters Jean (Jay) Gunter and Shari Mogensen of Nevada, Eva (Dave) Truean and Lynn Mogensen (Dennis O'Brien) of Wallace, granddaughters Tanya (Kyle) Koski, Jessica Truean, Kaitlyn (Jesse) James, and Mary Ann Gunter, great-grandchildren Corey (Tiffany) Koski, Jacob Koski, Karlee Koski and McKenna (Mark) Ausman, Ryker James, Eli James and Archer James and great-great-granddaughter Brynley Ausman.

The memorial service will be held June 29, 2024, at 1 p.m. at the Wallace Inn in Wallace, Idaho. Please dress casually and bring memories of Frankie to share. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Wallace Swimming Pool, 703 Cedar St., Wallace, ID 83873, are suggested.