Dorothea Fredericke (Welper) Delaney 1923 - 2008
WELPER, DELANEY, KRZEBIEKE, EGAN, MOONEY
Posted By: Errin Wilker (email)
Date: 3/15/2008 at 10:41:03
Dorothea F. Delaney, 84, of New Albin died Friday March 7, 2008 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Monday, March 10 at St. Peter's Christian Community Church in New Albin, with Rev. William Reese officiating. Burial was in the New Albin City Cemetery.
Dorothea Fredericke Delaney was born July 21, 1923 on her parents' farm in rural Eitzen, MN, the daughter of Benjamin and Meta (Krzebieke) Welper. She was baptized at home, confirmed at St. Luke's United Church of Christ in Eitzen and attended country schools in the rural Dorchester area. Dorothea worked for many years at the Blumenthal Button factory in Lansing.
September 18, 1965 she married Aelred Joseph Delaney at Wexford Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, rural Lansing. Dorothea and Aelred farmed for many years in rural Dorchester. They moved to New Albin in October of 2001. She has been a resident at Thornton Manor in Lansing since September of 2007. Dorothea was a member of St. Peter's Christian Community Church and was active in its ladies groups. She enjoyed gardening, fishing, feeding the birds and turkeys and watching the wildlife on their farm.
Survivors include six brothers-in-law, Lester (Mary) Delaney of Waukon, John Delaney, Mark (Margie) Delaney, Martin (Helen) Delaney and Pat (Eileen) Delaney, all of Harpers Ferry, and Joseph (Lora) Delaney of Choctaw, OK; two sisters-in-law, Myrtle Egan of Harpers Ferry and Delores (Bob) Mooney of Oswego, IL; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Aelred, who died in 2001.
Casketbearers were Lester, John, Mark and Pat Delaney, Harlan Martin and John Burroughs.
Online condolences may be left at www.martinfunerals.com .
Source: Waukon Standard, Waukon, Iowa; 12 March 2008
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