Josephine Ida Wubben, R. N.^{[1, 2]}

1935 - 1961  (26 years)

• Name	Josephine Ida Wubben  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Suffix	R. N.
  Born	9 Apr 1935	Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States   [3, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Jul 1961	Ramsey, Minnesota, United States   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Buried	Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
  Person ID	I8790	Costner Descendants
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family	Thomas William Flannagan,   b. 2 Sep 1931, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States ,   d. 19 Aug 2002, Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States  (Age 70 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1956	Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
  Children	1. Daniel Patrick Flannagan   2. William Thomas Flannagan   3. John Arthur Flannagan
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F2101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cause of death: Hodgkin's disease Biography by Ann Flannagan 1-2001 Sources: Tom Flannagan, husband, Dorothy Wubben, mother, Jim Wubben, brother, Rosemary Wubben, sister-in-law and Josephine's own life story as a high school senior in May of 1953. Josephine Ida Wubben was Dorothy Backstrom Wubben and Lawrence Wubben's first born child. She arrived April 9, l935. She was named after her maternal grandmother, Anna Josephina, and her paternal grandmother, Ida. Josephine was baptized 2 weeks later, on Easter Sunday and went to elementary school at Nativity Catholic Elementary School in St. Paul. Dorothy recalled that Joey was a playful happy child with a bubbly outgoing personality, brown naturally curly hair and blue eyes. Josephine took first place in a Perfect Baby contest when she was one year old and was awarded a little silver cup. It was sponsored by a group that her next door neighbor and godmother belonged to. As a little girl, 2 and 3 years old, people would stop her mother on the street and tell her that Josephine looked like Shirley Temple. Josephine had one younger brother, James, "Jim" and one younger sister, Kathleen, "Bunny." Jim said that he was particularly close to Josephine when he was in high school, that she was working and would make sure that he had spending money. While in elementary school, Josephine was a Girl Scout and was in plays at the Edith Bush Theater in Highland Village. She also took dancing lessons; she had both tap and ballet and participated in several dance recitals. Josephine attended Derham Hall High School, a prestigious school, located at the College of St. Catherine which only admitted 30 girls each year. In high school she took piano lessons and loved school dances. She had a blond streak in her hair and at one time got in trouble with the nuns because they thought she was bleaching her hair. She liked cross stitch and was patient enough to complete several large table cloths. She graduated from Derham Hall in June of 1953. After high school, Josephine pursued nurses training at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. While working as a nurse at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Paul, she met Tom Flannagan who was an orderly there and attending the University of Minnesota. They were married at the Nativity parish house by Father Steiner in St. Paul in l956. Tom and Josephine had three boy babies in a row: Daniel Patrick on February 26th, l957, William Thomas on August 9th, l958 and John Arthur, October 18th, l959. While raising babies and working as a nurse, she was also sharing the caretaking responsibilities in the apartment building with Tom. According to Tom, Josephine was easy going, good humored, a good sport and even tempered. She enjoyed grouse and pheasant hunting with Tom, sometimes staying with Backstrom grandparents in Fairmont, Minnesota. They would also occasionally take in a movie and get together with friends and play 500 Rummy. Josephine was a good cook and liked to make up recipes. Sadly, at the age of only 25 years old, she found out that she had Hodgkins disease and died a year and a half later on July 18th, l961. Josephine was buried at the Fort Snelling Cemetery in St. Paul.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1185] U.S. Veterans Burial Sites, 1775 - 2013, https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10316-1078922/josephine-flannagan-in-us-veterans-burial-sites. Josephine FlannaganBirth: Apr 9 1935Death: July 18 1961Burial: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, 7601 34th Avenue, South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450, USABurial site: Cemetery name:Ft. Snelling National CemeterySection:HSite:3398Phone number:612-726-1127Website:Click here to visit Buried with Relation; Name; Birth; DeathVeteran (self); Thomas William Flannagan; Sep 2 1931; Aug 19 2002Wife; Josephine Flannagan; Apr 9 1935; July 18 1961 [S806] U.S. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10002-68778592/josephine-flannagan-in-us-social-security-death-index-ssdi. Josephine FlannaganBirth: Apr 9 1935Death: July 1961Last residence: USASSN issuing state: [S33082] Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1935-2000, Minnesota Department of Health; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Minnesota, Birth Index, 1935-2000. [S34437] U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962. 40479_1521003239_0481-01633.jpg [S34438] Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017, Minnesota Department of Health; St Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017. [S35] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S18599] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.