Theresa D. Brandenburg (1947-2020)

BRANDENBURG, HITZLER, KEGLER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 9/30/2020 at 15:00:46

Theresa D. Brandenburg, 72, formerly of Dyersville, Iowa, passed away, Friday, September 17, 2020 at Elkader Care Center in Elkader, Iowa.

Visitation for Theresa will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at the Reiff Funeral Home in Dyersville, IA. Family and friends are welcome to attend, keeping in mind the social distancing etiquette. The family requests everyone to wear a mask. Anyone wishing to send a memorial may send them to the Reiff Funeral Home Attn: Theresa Brandenburg Family, PO Box 271, Dyersville, Iowa, 52040.

Services for Theresa will be held at 11a.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at the Reiff Funeral Home Dyersville, Iowa with Pastor Mike Jones Presiding. Burial will be held in Oakland Cemetery in Manchester, Iowa at a later date.

Theresa was born on November 6, 1947 in Camp Douglas, WI, daughter of Lester and Marie (Hitzler) Kegler. She received her education from the Holy Ghost Catholic Elementary School and Visitation Academy both in Dubuque, Iowa. On August 27, 1981 she was united in marriage to Bruce W. Brandenburg at the United Methodist Church in Epworth, Iowa. She worked at Ertls and later Modernfold in Dyersville, IA for many years until her retirement.

Theresa was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She truly enjoyed all the time she spent with her children and grandchildren. She was very artistically talented, she loved to sketch and decorate her home. She was very witty and humorous and loved Maxine the Hallmark Lady.

She is survived by her three children, Tracy Lin (Earl) Stickfort of Garnavillo, IA, Donald (Kristie) Culbertson of Henderson, NV and Benjamin (Denise) Culbertson of Kalona, IA; six grandchildren; one great grandchild; two sisters, Dorothy (Louis) Smothers of Dubuque, IA, and Maggie (Dave) Hoyt of Prairie Du Chien, WI; four brothers, Gerard (Vicky) Kegler, George (Wanda) Kegler, Francis (Jana) Kegler all of Casper, WY, and Christopher Kegler of Bar Nunn, WY.

She is preceded in death by her parents; a granddaughter, Haley Coppes; a sister, Ann (Joe) Genz; a brother, John (JoAnn) Kegler; sister-in-law, Lucinda Kegler.