DE BERG, Wilma (nee Brewer) (Dieterichs) 1911-2004

DIETERICHS, DE BERG, BOYER, BREWER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/15/2009 at 19:37:17

OSAGE, IOWA — Wilma Dieterichs De Berg, 92, of Osage, died Sunday (Jan. 25, 2004) at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Wilma was born June 13, 1911, near Alburnette, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and May (Boyer) Brewer. The family moved to Floyd County in 1919. She graduated from Orchard High School, and received her Teacher Certification from Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls now known as the University of Northern Iowa.

Wilma was united in marriage to Theodore “Ted” Dieterichs on June 6, 1930. They farmed in the Osage area. Theodore died on Jan. 20, 1960.

Following Theodore’s death Wilma served as a House Mother for Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity at Iowa State University in Ames, for 10 years, after which she retired to Osage.

On May 8, 1976, Wilma married Chris De Berg at St. John’s Lutheran Church, south of Osage. They lived in his home in Cedar Falls. Chris died in August of 1983. Following his death, Wilma returned to Osage. She has been a resident of the Faith Lutheran Home the last 14 years.

Wilma was an active member of St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Memorial Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John’s Lutheran Church, south of Osage with the Rev. Christian F. Gugel officiating. Inurnment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Her body was cremated.

A gathering of family and friends will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage.

She is survived by two daughters, Kathryn Shoger and her husband, Dale, of Osage, and their children, Linda Brandau and her husband, Ken, of Rudd and their children Nicole, Kimberly and Lucas; and Donna Counsell and her husband, Bob, of Osage and their children Dustin and Darin, Marcia Rosendahl and her husband Jim of Osage and their children Megan, Lars and Haakon; and Janet Hince of Scottsdale, Ariz., and her children, Eric Hince, Deborah Hince and her daughter, Elyse Hince, Karl Hince, Lori Hiorns and her children Kenneth and Daniel, and Heidi Holt and her son, Richie; and one son, William “Bill” Dieterichs and his wife, Janette “Jan” of Chesterfield, Mo., and their children, Angela Hull and her husband Bob, and Joel Dieterichs and his wife Debbie and their son, Timothy.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Theodore “Ted” Dieterichs, second husband, Chris De Berg; a brother, Merlin Brewer; nephew, Rick Brewer; great-grandson, Daniel Counsell.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]