Doris H. Salzbrenner, 14 Sept 1916 - 22 Nov 2013

SALZBRENNER, BLOME, SKERSIES, MORROW, BETZ

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 11/27/2013 at 19:55:06

Doris Salzbrenner, 97

Funeral service for Doris H. Salzbrenner, 97, Victor, was held at 10:30 Tuesday, Nov. 26, at the Victor Baptist Church. She died Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, at Brooklyn Community Estate, Brooklyn.

The Rev. Dan Andrews officiated at the service.

Burial was in Victor Memorial Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Victor Baptist Church or Essence of Life Hospice, Amana.

Smith Funeral Home, Victor, was in charge of arrangements.

Doris H. Salzbrenner was born Sept. 14, 1916, the daughter of John and Edna Skersies Blome, on the family farm north of Victor, the youngest of four children. She grew up in the Victor community and graduated from Victor High School in 1934. She was raised in a strong Christian home and after she professed Christ as her savior, she was received into membership at the Victor Baptist Church where she remained a member until her death.

She met her husband, William Salzbrenner, while teaching an adult night school class in Amana in the early 1940s. The class was designed to help people improve their English speaking skills. Doris was qualified as she spoke German as well as English. When Bill returned from service during World War II, they were married at her family farm home on June 18, 1946. They made their home there.

She spent much of her time volunteering for various organizations. She was honored for 21 years and 7,766 hours as a volunteer at the Veteran’s Hospital in Iowa City. She worked for hospice in Poweshiek County. She was an avid reader and she and her husband loved to travel. She served on the Victor Library Board and was also a member of the Victor Women’s Club. Her strong religious faith was evident throughout her life as she served in various capacities as camp counselor, Sunday school teacher, church clerk and she was a member of the Women’s Missionary Society.

After the death of her mother in 1963 and her husband in 1964, she remained at her home and looked after her brother, Arthur, until his passing in 1994. In 1999, she purchased a home in Victor where she lived until moving to Brooklyn Community Estate in 2007.

Salzbrenner is survived by one niece, Sharon (Robert) Morrow, Cedar Rapids; two nephews, Randall (Kay) Betz, Marengo, and Douglas (Janet) Betz, Ankeny; one niece-in-law, Barbara Betz, Kingsburg, Calif.; several cousins and numerous great-nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; two brothers, Herbert and Arthur; one sister, Freda (Merwyn) Betz, and one nephew, Leighton Betz.

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