Mrs. DENNIS J. (Linda M. Kintzle) HEFEL 1949 - 2003

SMITH, KINTZLE, HEFEL, BREITBACH, HOLZER, MUELLER

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/22/2003 at 20:23:13

Linda M. Hefel

Telegraph Herald - Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Linda M. Hefel, 53, of 12256 Circle Ridge Road, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003, at home, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road.

She was born on Nov. 23, 1949, in Dubuque, daughter of Lester and Idabelle (Smith) Kintzle. She married Dennis J. Hefel on Aug. 29, 1970, at Holy Ghost Catholic Church.

Linda was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She drove for many field trips and helped with the Booster Club when her children were in school.

She enjoyed games, crossword puzzles and the vacations she took with her husband, children and friends.

She was a longtime member and volunteer at Holy Ghost Parish.

Surviving are her husband, Dennis Hefel, of Dubuque; five children, Angie (Mike) Breitbach, and Joe, Jeff (Sarah), Jim and Jay Hefel, all of Dubuque; two grandchildren, Andrew and Chase Hefel, of Dubuque; three stepgrandchildren, Jason, Melissa and Jeremy Breitbach, all of Dubuque; and two sisters, Donna (Don) Holzer, of Epworth, Iowa, and Karen (Ron) Mueller, of Bellevue, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

In lieu of flowers, a Linda Mae Hefel Memorial Fund has been established.