Anita J. (Bouquet) Ochsner, 97, of Wabasha, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Wabasha.

She was born Jan. 13, 1911 in Caledonia, Minn., the daughter of John P. and Mary (Hampe) Bouquet. She was a graduate of Loretto High School in Caledonia and then attended the College of St. Theresa in Winona. She later transferred to the University of Minnesota where she graduated in 1932 with a degree in Home Economics. She married Dr. Clarence G. “Oxy” Ochsner June 9, 1934 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Caledonia. The couple then moved to Wabasha where Dr. Ochsner was one of the founding physicians of the Community Clinic.Anita and her husband moved to California in 1967. He died Sept. 16, 1970. Anita moved back to Wabasha permanently in 1986.

She was a member of St. Felix Catholic Church in Wabasha and a member of its Council of Catholic Women. In her earlier years she was active in the St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Auxiliary.

Anita is survived by sons Dr. John (Mary) Ochsner, Wabasha; Dr. Tom (Kay) Ochsner, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Pete (Carolyn) Ochsner, Captiva Island, Fla.; David (Mary) Ochsner, Wabasha; Bill (Mary) Ochsner, Omaha, Neb.; C. G. Ochsner, Montecito, Calif.; Dr. Fred (Debra) Ochsner, Durango, Colo.; Paul (Colleen) Ochsner, Grand Junction, Colo.; daughters Mary (Larry) Haeg, St. Paul; Carolyn (Dr. Tim) Hogan, Northfield, Minn.; 31 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; sister, Bertha Ziegler, Milwaukee, Wis.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Oxy; four brothers: Victor, Wilfred, Otto and Dr. Bertram Bouquet, and two sisters: Theo Griebler and Evelyn Bouquet, preceded her in death.

A funeral Mass will be offered on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 11 a.m. at St. Felix Catholic Church with the Reverend Glenn Frerichs officiating. Interment will be in St. Felix Cemetery. Friends may call at the Abbott Funeral Home in Wabasha on Friday, Feb. 1, from 4 - 8 p.m. where there will be a CCW rosary service at 4:30 p.m. and a prayer service at 7 p.m. Friends may also call one hour before the service at the church on Saturday. Memorials are preferred to St. Felix School or to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Foundation. The Abbott Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.