Mrs. GILBERT (Delores Irene Holly) KURTH 1930-2006

MOSES, HOLLY, KURTH, GRADY, TROENDLE

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Date: 5/13/2006 at 21:01:10

Waukon Standard, April 12, 2006

Delores Kurth

Delores I. Kurth, 76, of Waukon, Iowa, died Friday, April 7, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Monday, April 10 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Schneider officiating. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon was in charge of arrangements.

Delores Irene born January 31, 1930, on her parents’ farm in rural Monona, Iowa, the daughter of Elmer and Irene (Moses) Holly. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Monona. She attended St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Monona and graduated from Monona High School in 1948.

May 4, 1949, she married Gilbert Kurth at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Monona. Delores worked as a seamstress in Monona. She and Gilbert farmed for several years in Franklin Township in rural Waukon. Delores helped with all aspects of the farming operation and especially enjoyed taking care of the livestock and their calves. She also enjoyed raising vegetables in her garden.

Delores was a past member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Monona. She was currently a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Waukon. She was also a member of the Farm Bureau and Franklin Township Homemakers. Delores enjoyed visiting with family and friends and also enjoyed listening and dancing to polka and country music. She and Gilbert would travel to Minnesota and Wisconsin for these events.

Survivors include her husband Gilbert of rural Waukon, Iowa; four children, Dr. Steven (Judy) Kurth of Waterville, Elaine (Terry) Grady and Lorin (Siobhan) Kurth, both of Waukon, and Lyle (Brenda) Kurth of Luana; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, Berlin Troendle and Madilyn Kurth; and a brother, Norb (Sylbert) Holly of Harpers Ferry, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Honorary casketbearers were her granddaughters, Meghan, Elizabeth, and Ashley Kurth, Brooke Troendle, and Paige Iverson. Casketbearers were her grandsons, Chris, Blaine, and Ross Kurth, Nate, Brock, and Brady Iverson, and grandson-in-law, Jason Troendle.