Alberta Jean (Freeman) Doehrmann, 22 Oct 1936 - 18 Aug 2022

DOEHRMANN, FREEMAN, ROBERTS, HELLE, LIVINGSTON, MUNSON, LUERS, HULGAN

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 8/24/2022 at 15:08:04

Alberta Jean Doehrmann was born October 22, 1936 in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Eugene and Thelma (Roberts) Freeman. Her father passed away in March of 1936. Thelma’s dad Samuel Roberts and wife Mollie raised her and her sister Dorothy. She graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1955. Jean was united in marriage to Ron Doehrmann on August 19, 1955, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church near Williamsburg. Jean worked for Iowa County Farm Bureau starting in 1956, for 38 years. After her retirement she worked at ACT for 11 years. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. She enjoyed bowling, playing cards and going to her grandchildren’s activities. Jean passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at the English Valley Care Center in North English at the age of 85 years.

She is survived by her husband Ron; four children, Carol (Robert) Helle of Williamsburg, Steven (Terrie) Doehrmann of West Liberty, Jeffery (Kim) Doehrmann of Parnell and Michael Doehrmann of Williamsburg; 11 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren; a great great grandchild; two half-brothers, Tom Livingston and Garth Livingston and a half-sister, Fran Munson.

She was preceded in death by her parents, granddaughter Cynthia Doehrmann, a grandson Christopher Doehrmann, a great granddaughter Gloria Luers, a sister Dorothy Hulgan and a brother Bruce Freeman.

A Celebration of Life Service will be10:30 am on Monday, August 22, 2022 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Williamsburg. Burial will be at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at the Powell Funeral Home in Williamsburg. A memorial fund has been established St. Paul Lutheran Church or Essence of Life Hospice. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Published in The Hometown Current on August 24, 2022, an abbreviated version was published in The Gazette on August 20, 2022.