Marie H. Dunkel

DUNKEL, ALBANG, TIMMER

Posted By: cheryl moonen (email)
Date: 12/4/2014 at 21:04:18

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Saturday, June 14, 2014

Marie H. Dunkel

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Marie H. Dunkel, 97, of Dyersville, and formerly of Worthington, died Thursday, June 12, 2014, at Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville.

Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 15, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville, where a parish vigil service will be held at 5 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 16, , at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with burial in St. Paul Cemetery, Worthington. The Rev. Noah Diehm will officiate.

Marie was born on July 21, 1916, south of Dyersville on the home farm, the youngest daughter of Henry and Josephine (Albang) Timmer. She married LaVern A. Dunkel on May 23, 1939, in Dyersville. Together they farmed near Worthington until he preceded her in death in 1989.

Marie was a member of the St. Paul Parish and its Altar & Rosary Society. Marie moved to Dyersville after LaVern's death and became a member of St. Francis Xavier Parish, and was a longtime volunteer at Oak Crest Manor.

Marie grew up on a farm and played the exemplary role of a farm wife during the era. She kept herself busy milking cows, helping with the hay, tending her large garden, cooking and canning, sewing and mending clothes for the family and doing embroidery for quilts. She was a proud and loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. In her spare time, she loved fishing all of her life, and playing cards, especially euchre.

Survivors include her three children, Robert (Emma) Dunkel, of Hopkinton, and Linda (Laverne) Tauke, of Holy Cross, and Richard (Jane), of Worthington; nine grandchildren, Peggy (Dave) Sellnau, Tracy (Brady) Smith, Jeff Tauke, Kelly (Josh) Vinquist, Matthew (friend, Keri Johnson) Tauke, Steve (Cindy) Dunkel, Kathy (Bob) Polfer, Mark Dunkel, Andrew (Rachel) Dunkel; nine great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Alex, Daniel and Lucas Sellnau, Jake and Sloane Smith, Hayden Vinquist, Rebecca, Elijah, Sophia and Noah Dunkel, Hattie and Maggie Dunkel; in-laws, Dorothy Vorwald, of Dyersville, Nick (Joan) Dunkel, of Manchester, and Diane Dunkel, of Dyersville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, LaVern, in 1989; a grandson, Kevin M. Tauke in 2002; siblings, Albert (Pat) Timmer, Elmer (Mary) Timmer, Florian (Leona) Timmer, Viola (Camillus) Meyer, Alvinia (Otto) Olberbroeckling and Germaine (Alex) Meyer; in-laws, Helen (John) Bonert, Jim (Lorraine) Dunkel, the Rev. H.J. Dunkel, Bernard (Rose) Dunkel, Herb Dunkel, Francis Vorwald, Ruth (Gerald) Stronk and Eileen (Roy) Sperfslage.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.

Special thanks to the staff at Oak Crest for all the wonderful care of our Mother.