Lucille C. (Roling) Reittinger 1921-2008

ROLING, REITTINGER, RETH, STEGER, SHARP, MESCHER, WESSELS, GRAVEL, STRIEF

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Date: 1/22/2015 at 18:56:06

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Tuesday, December 30, 2008

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Lucille C. Reittinger, 87, of Dyersville, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, following a brief illness.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Donald Hertges officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 4 p.m.

She was born on July 14, 1921, in Luxemburg, daughter of William and Paulina "Lena" (Roling) Roling. She married Emil H. Reittinger on Aug. 19, 1940, in Farley; he preceded her in death in 1998. She was a mother and homemaker for Emil and their eight children.

She also worked at Modernfold in Dyersville for 10½ years and was an independent newspaper carrier for the Telegraph Herald for seven years in Delaware and Dubuque counties.

Surviving are four daughters, Doris (Ray) Reth, of Manchester, Patricia Steger, of Dyersville, Marilyn (Doug) Sharp, of Des Moines, and Debra (Lee) Mescher, of Belle Plaine; two sons, Richard (Rosemary) Reittinger, of Dyersville, and Donald (Karen) Reittinger, of Delaware; two daughters-in-law, Luetta Reittinger, of Dyersville, and Kim Cate, of Houston; 27 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and 27 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Eileen (Leon) Wessels and Lorraine (Eldon) Gravel, both of Dyersville; and a sister-in-law, Ula Roling of Earlville.

She was preceded in death by her two sons, Roger, in 1993, and David, in 2008; a son-in-law, David Steger, in 1995; a great-grandson, Chad Strief; seven brothers, Emil, Leonard, William, Cletus, Alvin, Merlyn and Tony Roling; and three sisters in infancy, Virginia, Mildred and Mary Roling.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.