Hearl, Lucille M. (Dittmer) 1918-2017

HEARL, DITTMER, SCHULTZ, REYNOLDS, WOLLMAN, FOSTER, PRICE, HOLLAND, LUCKMAN

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Date: 3/20/2017 at 10:00:15

Lucille M. (Dittmer) Hearl
December 25, 1918 ~ March 15, 2017 (age 98)

As per Lucille’s wishes she has been cremated and a visitation to celebrate her life will be held at a later date at the funeral home.

Burial will be at a later date.

Memorials to donor’s choice may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials may also be mailed to the funeral home, please add, Attn: Hearl Family on the envelope.

Lucille M. Dittmer Hearl, the daughter of Oscar and Clare Schultz Dittmer was born on December 25, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Austin High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1936.

On July 25, 1939, Lucille was united in marriage with Ernest “Bud” Hearl in Chicago. They were blessed with four children, Ernest, Nancy, Gary and Cindy. Lucille retired from the Vernon Company in Newton where she worked in the sample room. She was a member of the Lady Elks. She was inducted into the Jasper County Bowling Hall of Fame in 2010. Lucille loved her family from her kids to her great-great granddaughter. She also enjoyed bowling, word puzzles and she was a lifelong Chicago Cubs Fan. Lucille celebrated the Cubs 2016 World Series Win with her fellow Cub’s Fans. Lucille was a loving and devoted wife, mom, grandma, great-grandma, great-great-grandma, sister, aunt and friend.

Those that are left to cherish Lucille’s memory are her daughter, Cindy Reynolds of Newton; three grandchildren, Alan Foster, Deb (Jeff) Wollman and Brian (Emily) Hearl; five great-grandchildren, Aly (Brian) Price, Ben Wollam, Mikayla Foster, Chantelle Foster and Miley Hearl; great-great-granddaughter, Briella Price and another great-great-granddaughter is on the way!; and nieces and nephews and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Ernest “Bud” in 1979; sons, Ernest W. Hearl in 2000 and Gary A. Hearl in 2014; daughter, Nancy Foster in 2008; brother, Herbert Dittmer; and two sisters, Charlotte Holland and Eleanor Luckman. ~ The Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa 15 Mar 2017.