Ailene M. Blumhorst, 86, of rural Arrow Rock, died Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall.

Funeral services will be Friday, March 10, 2023 at 1:00 P.M. at Salem Evangelical Church at Saline City, with Tom Blumhorst officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with Dillon Zdybel, Max Zdybel, Cole Desmond, Kameron Desmond, Skyler Blumhorst and Seth Blumhorst serving as pallbearers.  Visitation will be Friday from Noon until the time of services at the church.  Memorials are suggested to Big Bend Retreat or Salem Evangelical Church Cemetery in care of Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.

Born May 6, 1936 in Sweet Springs, she was the daughter of the late Louis H. and Onita Rehmsmeyer Pinkepank.  On July 3, 1955, she married Kenneth Blumhorst, and he preceded her in death May 24, 2013.

She is survived by three daughters, Donna Blumhorst of Marshall, Debbie Weber of Villa Grove, Illinois, and Diana Reed and her husband Mike of St. Peter, Illinois; ten grandchildren, Butch Blumhorst and his wife Melanie, Mike Blumhorst, Shelly Stephens and her husband Eugene, Wendy Blumhorst, Terri Haunhorst and her husband Aaron, Sheila Johnson and her husband Derek, Lisa Farnham and her husband Aaron, Jeremiah Eidson and his wife Allison, Stephanie Johnson and her husband James, and Joshua Eidson and his wife Caitlin; twenty-three great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren (and one on the way); and two sisters, Gloria Schroeder of Merced, California, and Norma Jean Humphreys of Marshall. She was preceded in death by a son, Gary Blumhorst; and two brothers, Raymond Pinkepank and Wilbert Pinkepank.

Mrs. Blumhorst was a member of the Salem Evangelical Church.  She had worked as an Aide and Activity Director at Big Bend Retreat in Slater for over twenty years until her retirement.  She enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking, canning, and being with her family.