Edwin L. Oberbroeckling 1922-2008

HULLERMAN, OBERBROECKLING, VONLEHMDEN, LYNCH, KINMONTH, KNIPPER, WESSELS, KLOSTERMAN, HOEFER, LINDAUER

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 3/16/2008 at 18:52:40

Edwin L.Oberbroeckling

NEW VIENNA, Iowa -- Edwin L. "Bud" Oberbroeckling, 85, of New Vienna, died Saturday, February 2, 2008, at Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville, after a brief illness.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in New Vienna. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Rev. John O'Connor will officiate. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where a parish scripture service will be held at 5 p.m.

Bud was born June 28, 1922 in New Vienna, the son of Joseph G. and Clara (Hullerman) Oberbroeckling. He married Pearl G. VonLehmden on Dec. 27, 1944, in St. Boniface Catholic Church, New Vienna. Together they farmed in the New Vienna area until retirement in 1974, when they moved to town. She preceded him in death on Feb. 25, 2002.

Bud continued to work at New Vienna Mutual Insurance, where he served as a director and president of the board for 20 years. He also volunteered in the community as a member of the City Council and served on the St. Boniface Cemetery Board.

Some of his hobbies included traveling with Pearl, woodworking and repairing clocks.

Surviving are two sisters-in-law: Velma (Burnell) Lynch of Manchester, and Ruth (George) Kinmonth of Bellevue; two brothers-in-law, Donald (Rose Ann) VonLehmden, of Dyersville, and Gilbert Knipper, of New Vienna, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Pearl, one son, Mark, on Feb. 1, 1955; six brothers: Gregor, Hugo, Lawrence, Alphonse, Alois and Vincent in infancy; five sisters: Mary Wessels, Dorothy Wessels, Hilda Klosterman, Catherine Hoefer and Celia Lindauer.

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