Carol Marie Braun 88, died Tuesday, February 16, 2021at Lutheran Medical Center. She was born June 14, 1932 in a sod house on the Western Prairie in Lydia, Kansas to William and Eva Olga (Brock) Bloedorn.
At a young age, Carol and her family moved to Alexandria, Minnesota. After graduating from high school in Alexandria, Minnesota, Carol relocated to Denver, Colorado where she spent most of her working career in the banking field. While a member of a Lutheran Fellowship Group in Denver, she met the love of her life, Orvin Robert Braun. Carol and Orvin married on October 21, 1961. Carol enjoyed sewing, reading, Word with Friends, calling bingo, many church activities and spending time with her grandchildren
Carol had a strong faith in Jesus Christ, as her savior, and in the teachings of the Lutheran Church. Survivors include daughters, Deidre Lin and Jill (Stoney) Runnion; brother, Richard (Dawn) Bloedorn; grandchildren, Eroica (Sam) Davis, Branden (Shannon) Baker, Courtney (Joe) Abeyta, Randall Runnion, Kayla Pacheco, Kaytlin Pacheco and Bailey Runnion; great-grandchildren, Zyla Abeyta, Sophia Davis, Jordan Abeyta and Owen Baker.
Carol was proceeded in death by her parents, William and Olga Bloedorn; husband, Orvin Braun; daughter, Wende (Braun) Pacheco and sister, Vivian (Bloedorn) Bushman.
A visitation will be held on Thursday February 25, 2021 at Crown Hill Cemetery from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The funeral service will be held at Wheat Ridge Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado on Friday, February 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Following the service, burial will take place at Olinger Eastlawn Cemetery in Aurora, Colorado.
