Patrick D. Hess

HESS, WEBER, BILDSTEIN

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Date: 12/4/2014 at 22:57:32

Dubuque Telegraph Herald - September 23, 2011

WORTHINGTON, Iowa -- Patrick D. Hess, 54, of Worthington, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, at his home after a brief and courageous battle with cancer.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26, at St. Paul's Catholic Church, Worthington, with the Rev. Dennis Quint officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 5 p.m.

Pat was born on Oct. 14, 1956, in Monticello, son of Henry and Clara (Weber) Hess. He graduated from Beckman High School with the class of 1974.

He married Dianne Bildstein on Feb. 5, 1977, in Dyersville.

Pat was a farmer at heart who loved to work the land and watch it grow, and he also worked at Modernfold for the last 10 years.

Some other hobbies included flower gardening, landscaping and winning a good game of cards.

Surviving are his wife, Dianne; two children, Abby (Luke) Wilgenbusch, of Urbandale, and Joshua Hess, of Dyersville; his mother, Clara Hess Tobin, of Worthington; siblings, Mike Hess, of Worthington, LuAnn (Pat) Putz, of Colesburg, and Ken (Wendy) Hess, of Prairie du Chien, Wis.; a stepsister, Jane Pettinger, of Kansas City, Kan.; a stepbrother, Dick (Nancy) Hess, of Dubuque; his mother-in-law, Norma Bildstein, of Cascade; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Linda (Gene) Pape, Dan Bildstein, Marcia (Ron) Leuchs, Connie (Terry) Gogel, Mary Lou (Bill) McMahon, Barb Moyer, Chuck (Carol) Bildstein, Duane (Laura) Bildstein, Laurie (John) Meyer and Cate (Kevin) McCabe.

He was preceded in death by his father, Henry; his stepfather, Richard Tobin; and his father-in-law, Cletus Bildstein.