Reporting with sadness that our Mom, Charlotte, passed away peacefully Saturday morning, August 19, 2023 at 96 years young. Her children were by her side until the end. She had a heart attack and stroke on Thursday and hospiced at Fairview Ridges hospital in Burnsville. Funeral service will be held at 11:00am at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church, 5760 Portland Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55417. Visitation before the service will be start 10:00am. We are glad she was not in pain long and had a caring medical/ hospice team. Charlotte was born July 28, 1927 on a farm in Southern Minnesota to Edward and Hulda (Kueker) Vogt. She was the second oldest of eight children. Through years of sickness and strife, she always remained incredibly strong, graceful and steadfast in her faith. She was a gifted seamstress and gardener; a queen uncrowned but dearly beloved and forever missed. She was passionate about womens rights as she found herself the head of the house when her first husband came down with Polio. Her political views were democratic and progressive. She was always strong in her Lutheran faith. Charlotte was proceeded in death by her husbands, Martin Braun, Lyle Larson and Paul Bruening; granddaughter Megan Braun; sister Gertrude and her husband Virgil Villnow; sister Marjorie (Meg) and her husband Jack Maxwell; brother Winfred Vogt and his ex wife Carol; sister Anna Lee LaBissonierre and her ex husband Duke; sister-in-law Marjorie Vogt; a step-son Bill Bruening and his wife Mimi. She is survived by her partner in love, Carl Kallstrom; her sons Stan Braun and his ex wife Marge; Gary Braun and his wife Beth; her daughter Cynthia (Larson) and her husband Dann Henseler and ex husband Blair Anderson; her brother Carl Vogt and her sister Isabelle and her husband Frank Lindskoog; her brother David and his wife Marilyn; her grandchildren (in order by age) Nicholas Braun, Jeremy Braun and his wife Rachael, Ginger and her husband Jesse Phillips, Brandon Anderson, Adrianne Braun and her husband Chris Cloud and Brett Anderson. She was also blessed with 4 great-grandchildren Riley Phillips, James Braun, Kailey Phillips and Zachary Braun. Charlotte also had 4 stepchildren, Paul Bruening Jr. and his wife Yoshiko, Barb and her husband Jim Davis and Sandra and her husband Jeff Young; and step-grandchildren Brooke and her husband Brent McBeath, Scott Davis and his wife Gina, Josh Bruening and his wife Nani, Susan Bruening Watson, Alexis and her husband Bill Stuckey, Stuart Bruening and his wife Devin. Charlotte had over 25 nieces and nephews.