Dolores Agnes Brenner 1918-1998

BRENNER OBRIEN CROWLEY

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 4/17/2010 at 20:13:42

Mapleton Press
19 February 1998

Dolores Brenner, 79, of Mapleton died Monday, Feb. 9, 1998, at a Sioux City hospital.
Services were held 11:00 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Danbury with the Rev. David Hogan officiating. Burial was in Danbury Catholic Cemetery. A rosary was held on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.by St Mary’s Rosary Society and a vigil wake service at 7:30 p.m., at the Armstrong Funeral Home in Mapleton.

Dolores Agnes Brenner was born Nov. 14, 1918, in Delhi, Iowa, the daughter of Edward and Mary Ellen (O'Brien) Crowley. She grew up with her family in Ryan, Iowa, graduated from high school and attended a convent for one year. She furthered her education by going to college in Wisconsin and later worked at the telephone company in Manchester, Iowa. On Oct. 19, 1957, Dolores was united in marriage to Norman Brenner in Ryan, Iowa. The couple lived and farmed in the Danbury and Mapleton, Iowa area. Along with being a homemaker, she worked for the Maple Valley School System and the Danbury Catholic School. She also worked for Casey’s General Store in Mapleton. Norman died suddenly Sept. 12, 1969.

Dolores was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, the Rosary Society as well as the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.

Those survivors left to cherish her memory include one son, Mike Brenner of Des Moines, Iowa; one daughter Margaret Brenner and her husband, Brock Timbers of Rosemount, Minn.; one sister, Mary Ellen Leahy of Danbury, Iowa; along with several nieces and nephew, other relatives, neighbors and good friends.

Along with her husband, Dolores was preceded in death by her parents, a sister and one brother.

Honorary pallbearers were Loren Brenner, Steve Leahy, Joe Leahy, Doug Brouillette, Mitchell Leahy and Patrick Leahy.

Pallbearers were Mike Brenner, her son; Brock Timbers her son-in-law, Ed Leahy, Don Leahy, Gary Brouillette, Jim Boyle, Jon Wilcke, Paul Dose, Mike Leahy, Phil Short, Tom Brouillette, Charles Neuroth, Mike Collins and Tim Trelber.
Arrangements were made under the direction of the Armstrong Funeral Home of Mapleton.