Mrs. LaVern L. (Marcella M. Hinkel) Spoerl 1943-2003

RICHARDSON, HINKEL, SPOERL, DIETZEL, LITWINSKY

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/31/2003 at 14:26:13

Marcella M. Spoerl

Telegraph Herald - Wednesday, September 3, 2003

Mrs. Marcella M. Spoerl, 60, of 2936 Elm St., died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church. Burial will be in Dubuque Memorial Gardens, south of Dubuque. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Dennis Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Road, where there will be a Holy Ghost Parish Christian wake service at 4 p.m.

She was born on May 25, 1943, in Dubuque, daughter of Joseph and Hilda (Richardson) Hinkel. She married LaVern L. Spoerl on July 20, 1963, at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Sherrill, Iowa.

She grew up in Dubuque and graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 1962.

She was a homemaker who loved gardening. She also was a NASCAR and Iowa Hawkeyes fan. She was a member of Holy Ghost Catholic Church.

Surviving are her husband, LaVern L. Spoerl, of Dubuque; a daughter, Janice (Greg) Dietzel, of East Dubuque, Ill.; two sons, Charles (Sun Hui "Sunny") Spoerl, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Carl (Angela) Spoerl, of New Virginia, Iowa; a sister, Mary Ann (Robert) Litwinsky, of Somerville, Mass.; four brothers, Leo Hinkel, of Barrington, N.H., Charles (Betty) Hinkel, of Dubuque, James (Dorothy) Hinkel, of Moore, Okla., and Victor (Casey) Hinkel, of Sherrill; a sister-in-law, Sally Hinkel, of Medford, Mass.; four grandchildren, Janet, Joseph, Anthony and Shelby Spoerl; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers, Robert, Arnold, Joseph and Walter Hinkel.

A Marcella M. Spoerl Memorial Fund has been established by the family.