BRUSTKERN, Wilma Rose (Weiden) 1930-2019

BRUSTKERN, SCHARES, WEIDEN

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 12/4/2019 at 17:22:22

Wilma Rose Brustkern

December 21, 1930 - December 3, 2019

Wilma Rose Brustkern, 88, of La Porte City, died Tuesday, December 3, at LaPorte City Specialty Care.

She was born December 21, 1930 in rural La Porte City, the daughter of Andrew and Beatrice (Schares) Weiden. She married Leo J. Brustkern on November 22, 1949 in Gilbertville. He died May 4, 2016.

Wilma attended Immaculate Conception grade and high school, graduating in June of 1948. She worked for a time at St. Francis Hospital and worked for Rath Packing in the office. She spent most of her life as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and homemaker.

She is survived by her 11 children, Deborah (Paul) Weber of Dunkerton, Clair Brustkern of Hamilton, Ohio, Andrew (Jean) Brustkern of Spokane, Wash., Rose (Dan) DaBillo of La Porte City, Valerie Roby of Arvada, Colo., Daniel Brustkern of Austin, Texas, Barbara (Pat) Mahr of Circle Pines, Minn., Mary (Kurt) Hansen of Missoula, Mont., Joan (Bill) Mefford of Mound, Minn., Amy (Tony) Paulhus of La Porte City and Joyce (Paul) Dornbier of Omaha, Neb.; 25 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren and a sister, Barbara Oberhauser of San Antonio, Texas.

Preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Leo, of 66 years and two sisters, Mary Webber and Audrey Murphy.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 7, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Waterloo, with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waterloo. Public visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, December 6, at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, where there will be a 4 p.m. rosary and a 7 p.m. vigil. Visitation will continue for an hour before services at the church.

Memorials may be directed to Birthright or to the family.

SOURCE: Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service