Nitzschke, Loretta Marie 1920-2001

NITZSCHKE, MAASS, SEEL, NIEHUS, SOHLER, RITCHIE, PEPPERD

Posted By: Kay Fordham (email)
Date: 6/2/2007 at 20:13:48

Loretta Marie Nitzschke, 80, of Remsen died Monday, June 11, 2001, at Happy Siesta Health Care Center in Remsen. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Christ Lutheran Church in Remsen, with the Rev. Robert Eggers officiating. Burial will be in Remsen City Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen.

Mrs. Nitzschke was born June 12, 1920, in rural Remsen, the daughter of John and Ella (Seel) Maass. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She was raised on a farm near Remsen and attended country school.

She married August Nitzschke on Aug. 29, 1940, in Remsen. The couple farmed near Remsen until retiring in 1982. They moved into Remsen in May 1995. She entered Happy Siesta Health Care Center in April 1999.

She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Ladies Aid, and taught Sunday school. She enjoyed gardening and flowers.

Survivors include her husband; a daughter and her husband, Carolyn and Steve Niehus of Remsen; two sons and their wives, Robert and Nancy of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Rodney and Cheri of Remsen; five grandchildren, Cindy Sohler, Michael and Brian Niehus, and Alicia and Aaron Nitzschke; a great-step grandson; a sister and her husband, Wilma and Joe Ritchie of Kingsley, Iowa; and three brothers and their wives, Floyd and Edna Maass of Colorado Springs, Colo., Arnold and Sharon Maass and Kenneth and Bethene Maass, all of Remsen. She was preceded in death by a sister Eilene Pepperd.

Pallbearers will be Brian and Michael Niehus, Aaron Nitzschke, Mark and Terry Maass, Steve Portz, All Pratt and Jim Ruba.

Source: Le Mars Daily Sentinel, June 2001