Bockelman, Donna J. 1937-1995

BOCKELMAN, SOPER, KUNKEL

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 11/7/2011 at 11:36:22

DONNA J. BOCKELMAN

BATTLE CREEK, Iowa—Donna Jean Bockelman, 57, of Battle Creek, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 1995, at Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Battle Creek with the Rev. Andrew Currao officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Battle Creek. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today at Christensen-Ciha Funeral Home in Battle Creek.

Mrs. Bockelman was born Aug. 11, 1937, in Monona County, the daughter of William and Rose (Soper) Kunkel. She was raised in the Mapleton area. She married Norman H. Bockelman Dec. 19, 1952, in Sioux City. The couple farmed in the Battle Creek area for many years.

Mrs. Bockelman was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Deborah Tarr of Battle Creek; two sons, Dan of Battle Creek and Gary and his wife, Patty Bockelman of Battle Creek; six grandchildren, Corey and Casey Tarr, Kimberly and Cassidy Market, Scott and Amber Bockelman; and a sister, Alberta Zalesny of Denver, Colo.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, William “Bud” Kunkel.