Wilma H. Dietsch 1914-2006

SMITH, MILDER, DIETSCH

Posted By: michael (email)
Date: 2/17/2006 at 15:36:42

Wilma H. Dietsch, 91, of 230 Brady Street in Hills , died Friday, February 17, 2006 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday at 10:00 am at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hills. Friends may call Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Lensing Funeral Service in Iowa City. A parish wake service will be held Sunday at 1:00 pm and a rosary at 4:00 pm. Burial will be in St. Stanislaus Cemetery – rural Hills. Memorials may be directed to Atrium Village or St. Stanislaus Cemetery.

Wilma was born December 26, 1914 in rural Nichols, Iowa, the daughter of John & Gertrude (Smith) Milder. She attended schools in Nebraska and North Dakota. Wilma married Clarence Dietsch June 16, 1938 in Hills, Iowa.

She worked with her husband in operating Dietsch’s Grocery in Hills and also was a matron at Halsey Gymnasium at the University of Iowa for 10 years.

Wilma was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph Altar & Rosary Society, Hills Town & Country Club and Catholic Daughters of America. Wilma also was a volunteer at Atrium Village in Hills.

Survivors include her children, daughters, Carol of Davenport, Constance of Muscatine and Anne Hoke & her husband David of Mt. Vernon;
sons, William of Iowa City and Anthony & his wife Beth of Des Moines;
grandchildren, Angela Dietsch Blair, Karina Dietsch Stafford, Christina Dietsch, Jodi Hoke, Dina Hoke & Bryan Hoke;
great-grandchildren, Michael & Erika;
brothers, Paul Milder of Iowa City, Ben Milder & his wife Joann of Iowa City, Leonard Milder & his wife
Marilyn of Solon, Gene Milder & his wife Betty of Iowa City, John Milder & his wife Zita of Silver Cliff, Colorado and Gerald Milder & his wife Pauline of Iowa City;
Sisters, Gertrude Nicholas of Gilbert, Iowa, Pat Kasper & her husband Glenn of Oxford and Louise McMullen of Iowa City;
many of nieces and nephews

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clarence in June of 2000, two infant brothers, Joseph & Donald, two sisters, Elizabeth and Sister Mary Margaretta, three brothers, Ed, Larry & Maurice and a granddaughter, Regina Dietsch.

On-line condolences may be directed to www.lensingfuneral.com