Dorreen Arens

Dorreen A. Arens, age 88 of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at Fairway Pines Assisted Living in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 14 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Kevin Soenneker officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church.

Dorreen Ann Nathe was born April 6, 1937 in Melrose, Minnesota to Edward and Amanda (Pflipsen) Nathe. She attended St. Andrew’s School in Greenwald and graduated from Melrose High School in 1955. Dorreen worked at First State Bank in Sauk Centre for five years. She was united in marriage to Clarence Arens on September 9, 1961 at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Greenwald. The couple farmed near Padua for 39 years. After retirement, the couple moved to Sauk Centre in 2000. While being a homemaker for most of her life, Dorreen also worked part-time at Web Printing.

She was a member of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre, Christian Women, and the Homemakers Club. Dorreen sang in the church funeral choir and was a CCD religion teacher for 25 years in Padua. Dorreen enjoyed cooking and baking, gardening and canning, reading, and playing cards.

Survivors include her children, Jane (Robert) Fellerer of Brooklyn Park, Kevin (Jill) Arens of Elk River, and Keith Arens of Avon; ten grandchildren, Jeremy, Josh, and Jordan Olson, Emily and Ellen Fellerer, Derek, Amber and Nathan Arens, and Mara and Jaden Arens; seven great-grandchildren; brothers, Robert Nathe of Avon, David (Doris) Nathe of Greenwald, and Rueben (Darlene) Nathe of Sauk Centre; brother-in-law, David Evers; and sisters-in-law, Bernice Nathe, Irene Nathe, and Donna Nathe.

Dorreen was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Arens on September 5, 2012; parents; daughter, Judy Olson on December 2, 2021; sister, Colleen Evers; and brothers, Maynard, Jim and Allen Nathe.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Holy Family School.