Vienno Bingham

Vienno Bingham, 82, Brainerd, died Friday, March 21, 2003, at Woodrest Health Care Center in Walker.

She was born Dec. 11, 1919, in Brainerd to Nels and Hilda (Fremling) Ritari. She attended school in Brainerd. During World War II she worked sewing parachutes at Meyer's Laundry in Brainerd. She married Joseph Bingham in 1950. She continued to work at the laundry until her children were born. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Nisswa.

Survivors include two sons, Frank Bingham and Mike Bingham, both of Brainerd; and four grandchildren.

Her husband; three brothers, Archie, Erving and Reno; and a sister, Violet, died earlier.

Services will be 1 p.m. Sunday at Brenny Funeral Chapel in Baxter with the Rev. Kurt Wied officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Brainerd.