Mrs. BERNARD (Cecelia M. Grace) VOSBERG 1915 - 2003

MCNAMARA, GRACE, VOSBERG, WOLFE, COUSINS, ALLEN, BERTHEL

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/9/2003 at 09:24:06

Cecelia M. Vosberg

Telegraph Herald - Tuesday, August 19, 2003

Mrs. Cecelia M. Vosberg, 88, of the Alverno Apartments on Windsor Avenue, passed away Sunday morning, Aug. 17, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque, after a sudden illness.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Raphael's Cathedral. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Siegert-Didesch Colonial Funeral Home, 390 N. Grandview Ave., where there will be a rosary at 5 p.m.

She was born on April 4, 1915, in rural Peosta, Iowa, daughter of John and Martha (McNamara) Grace. She married Bernard Vosberg on May 2, 1942, at Holy Family Catholic Church, New Melleray Abby, rural Peosta; he preceded her in death in December 1995.

Cecelia was a devout Catholic and a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the Ladies of the Altar and Rosary Society.

She enjoyed an active lifestyle that included bingo, euchre, pool and any adventure that would allow her to go, go, go.

Cel was a well-known bartender in the Dubuque area for many years. She had a wide range of friends and will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Surviving are three daughters, Joanna Wolfe, of Dallas, Marilyn (Michael) Cousins, of Dubuque, and Rose Allen, of Bellevue, Iowa; a son, James (Chris) Vosberg, of Dubuque; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. John Grace, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

She also was preceded in death by her eldest son, Clement Vosberg; a sister, Mary Berthel; and two brothers, John and Gerald Grace.

A Cecelia M. Vosberg Memorial Fund has been established.

Cecelia's family would like to express its deep appreciation to the terrific staff and the many wonderful residents of Alverno who supported and assisted Cel.