Annie Balanga Obituary

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Annie A. Balanga, 73, 512 N. 15th St., Bismarck, died October 31, 2007, at her home with her loving family.

Services will be held at 1 PM on Saturday at Church of St. Mary with the Rev. Charlie Heidt officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be held from 12:00 Noon - 9 PM Friday at Eastgate Funeral Service where a rosary/vigil will be held at 7 PM.

Annie was born August 15, 1934 to Clemens and Margaret Bosch in Linton, ND where she was raised and educated. She moved to Bismarck in 1950, where she met and married Mike Balanga on November 21, 1955. She worked at St. Alexius Medical Center for 37 years. Annie loved her job and all the people she worked with. She loved to have fun. She will be greatly missed.

Annie is survived by one son, Robert (Melinda) Balanga, Lincoln, ND; two daughters, Patti (Russell) Walbert, Bismarck, ND, and Jolene (Dale) Davenport, Lincoln, ND; her mother, Margaret Bosch, Glen Ullin, ND; six grandchildren, Brian, Crystal, Roger, Amanda, Susan, and AJ; six great-grandchildren, Tez, Megan, Morgan, Jade, Gavin, and Titan; five brothers, John (Helen) Bosch, Colorado, Simon (Katherine) Bosch, Bismarck, ND, Leo (Annie) Bosch, Menoken, ND, William Bosch, Fargo, ND, and Alous Bosch, Minnesota; five sisters, Rose Osjad, Dickinson, ND, Alvina (Arley) Schwidt, Mandan, ND, Cel (Mike) Schumacher, Bismarck, ND, Mary Larson, Minot, ND, and Francis Nelson, Oregon; and special friend, LeeAnn Sabinash.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Mike Balanga; her father, Clemens Bosch; brother, George Bosch; brother-in-law, Bud Nelson; and sister-in-law, Anna Mary Bosch.