Dolores (Bulkowsky) Troup (2007)

TROUP, WEGNER, BULKOWSKY

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 2/2/2008 at 16:31:25

Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
December 2007

DOLORES TROUP
Adel

Dolores M. Troup passed away on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 5 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel with burial at Oakdale Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where family will greet friends from 6 to 7 p.m.

Dolores was born the daughter of Franziska Wegner and Albert Bulkowsky on March 16, 1910 in Foerstenau, Germany. She was married to Bernhard L. Troup who preceded her in death.

Dolores attended Wayne State College in Nebraska. She was an art teacher in Des Moines Public Schools for 33 years. She resided on a small farm near Earlham, Iowa until she moved to a nursing home in Adel for her final years. She devoted most of her life to her animals, birds and flowers. She continued her love of painting throughout her life.

Memorials may be directed to St. John's Catholic Church in Adel.