OSTERMAN, Dorothy Ann (Woods) 1920-2015

OSTERMAN, WOODS, LAFE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/5/2015 at 12:49:45

Dorothy Osterman

Birth: January 12, 1920
Death: March 3, 2015

Service: Friday, March 6, 2015, at 10 a.m.
Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church

Dorothy Osterman, 95, of Charles City died Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at the Floyd County Memorial Hospital in Charles City.

A funeral service for Dorothy Osterman will be held 10 a.m. Friday, March 6, 2015 at Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City. Pastor Dennis Niezwaag will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Charles City.

Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2015 and one hour prior to the service at the Church on Friday.

Dorothy Ann Woods Osterman was born January 12, 1920, in Independence, Iowa, the daughter of James (Lafe) and Iva (Adams) Woods. Her Father, Lafe, was killed in a fishing accident on the Cedar River near Fairbank in 1923. The children were orphaned by their mother and placed in the Lutheran Childrens Home in Waverly where they resided until the age of 16.

On May 30, 1939 she was united in marriage to Herman Osterman at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. Dorothy owned and operated the Sunrise Guest Home in Fredericksburg. She had lived on the farm East of Charles City until her retirement at which time she moved into Charles City. She was a devout member of Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Her interests included her love of flowers, a Lincoln Town Car, fishing with Terry and Sandra, international traveling, watching WWF wrestling and cooking for her family. Dorothy would judge how well she felt by how much work she could do in a day. She always looked forward to spending time with her family and sharing life's experiences with them, and fully enjoyed her dog, Buffy.

Living family members include three children, Jack (Andi) Ostermann of Baldwin City, Kansas, Sue (Charles) Allen of Rockford and Terry (Mark) Wenthe of Altoona; a son-in-law, Sherron Ploeger of Charles City; 12 grandchildren; Cathy Sanders, Chris Allen, Jennifer (Larry) Ross, Sherri (Scott) Niles, Shawn (Stephanie) Ploeger, Shelli (Bill) Cagley, Joseph (Melissa) Ostermann, Julie (Bill) Robbins, Andrew (Amy) Wenthe, Matthew Wenthe (fiancée Heather Ritter), Elizabeth (Jake) Moore and Adam Wenthe; 19 great grandchildren; Kale, Dillan and Keaton Ross, Tyler Robbins, Nathan and Nickolas Cagley, Devon and Caleb Wenthe, Madison and Cody Wenthe, Avah and Calvin Moore, Joshua and Isabelle Ploeger; Samatha, Sarah, and Stacy Niles; and Olivia and Isabelle Ostermann; and a sister Mildred (Mig) Govig.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Osterman on July 2, 1982; a son, Larry Osterman, a daughter, Jan Ploeger; two brothers, Harold and James Woods; and a sister Helen Marquis.

Memorials may be directed to cancer research at Mayo Clinic or C&W Rustic Hollow/SNAP in Nashua.

Source: Hauser Funeral Home website