Marian R. Plein Stietz

PLEIN, STIETZ, FAGAN, KOHL, KREBS, MINKIE, BESSERT, GARRISON, MEYLOR, BREDESON, VOSBERG

Posted By: Judi (email)
Date: 5/24/2008 at 16:14:27

Telegraph Herald
Dubuque, Ioqa
Friday, May 23, 2008

Marion R. Stietz

GRATIOT, Wis. -- Marian R. Stietz, 76, of Gratiot, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Monroe.

Services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 27, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Gratiot, with the Rev. David Wanish officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church, where a rosary will be recited at 4 p.m. The Steil Camacho Funeral Home, Darlington, is in charge of arrangements.

She was born on March 31, 1932, in Dubuque, daughter of Valentine and Luella (Fagan) Plein. She married Joseph L. Stietz on Oct. 16, 1951, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dubuque; he preceded her in death on July 23, 1983.

Together, Joseph and Marian farmed in Gratiot all of their married life.

Marian was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Gratiot and of its Council of Catholic Women.

Surviving are her 12 children, JoAnn (William) Kohl, of Shullsburg, Ralph (Jeanne) Stietz, of Gratiot, Phillip Stietz, of New Diggings, James (Irene) Stietz, of Gratiot, Diane (Richard) Krebs, of Monroe, Susan (James) Minkie, of Monroe, Gary (Laura) Stietz, of Monroe, Sandra (Douglas) Bessert, of Lena, Ill., Karen (Mark) Garrison, of Darlington, Linda (Tim) Meylor, of Darlington, Patrick (Becky) Stietz, of Argyle, and Gerald (Darlene) Stietz, of Browntown; a son-in-law, Mark (Vickie) Bredeson, of Monroe; 27 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Charles Plein and Clem Plein, both of Dubuque; and in-laws; nieces; nephews; cousins; and friends.

She also was preceded in death by her parents; her stepmother; her daughter, Ruth, on Oct. 4, 1991; two grandsons, Jeremy, in 1983, and Benjamin, in 1992; her sister, Shirley Vosberg; and two brothers, William and Richard Plein.

The family would like to thank the doctors and nurses that took care of Marian and also Pleasant View Nursing Home for their kind care and support.