HOLZER, Dorothy Margaret 1926-1984

HOLZER, HEMANN, THOME

Posted By: Michael J. Petrie (email)
Date: 10/14/2011 at 12:52:07

Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy M. Holzer, 58, a resident of 905 9th Ave. for the past three years, will be held Friday, 10:30 a.m., at the Immaculate Conception Church. Rev. Ed Shields will celebrate the mass.

Mrs. Holzer died Monday evening at University Hospitals, Iowa City. Death was attributed to heart failure. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery. The St. Joseph’s Circle will recite the rosary at 3 p.m., Thursday, at the Hage Funeral Home. Scripture service will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Hage Funeral Home.

Mrs. Holzer was born in Johnsburg, Minnesota, on February 25, 1926, the daughter of Frank and Theresa Thome Hemann. She received her education in the Stacyville Visitation School, Stacyville. On May 6, 1946, in Austin, Minnesota, she married Gilbert J. Holzer.

Survivors include her husband, Gilbert, Charles City; four sons, three daughters; 17 grandchildren, three sisters: Mrs. Carl (Laura) Lang, Mason City; Mrs. Frank (Gertrude) LaMarr, Manly; and Rose Hennagir, Vancouver, Washington. There is one step-sister, Betty Pint, Charles City; seven half brothers and two half sisters.

She was preceded in death by her parents. Friends may call at the Hage Funeral Home after 10 a.m. Thursday.

[Charles City (Iowa) Press, Wed. Sept. 26, 1984, p. 2:4.]