Moritz, Delores "Dee Dee" 1931-2003

MORITZ, KROGMAN, BAERTLING

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 3/20/2009 at 18:42:35

REMSEN, Iowa -- Delores "Dee Dee" Moritz, 71, of Remsen died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars, Iowa following a lengthy illness.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with the Revs. Timothy Johnson and John J. McGuirk officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Friday, with a parish rosary at 3 p.m., a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m. and a Catholic Order of Foresters rosary at 8 p.m., all at Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen.

Mrs. Moritz was born Oct. 13, 1931, in rural Remsen, the daughter of Clarence and Opal (Baertling) Krogman. She was raised in the Remsen area and received her education at St. Mary's Catholic School, graduating in 1949.

She married Richard Moritz on April 25, 1953, in Remsen, where they made their home. She was employed as a nurses aide at Happy Siesta Retirement Home in Remsen from 1969 to 1973. She then was employes as a nurses aide at Floyd Valley Hospital from 1973 to 1990, when she retired because of health reasons.

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Christian Mothers and Catholic Order of Foresters. She enjoyed bowling, golfing, doing jigsaw puzzles and spending time with her family.

Survivors include her husband, Richard of Remsen; two sons and their wives, Steve and Betsy of Estherville, Iowa, and Rich and Sherrie of Le Mars; five daughters, Susan and her husband, Gary Plueger, and Laurie and her husband, Bob Schleis, all of The Woodlands, Texas, Patty and her husband, Jim Groepper, of Ames, Iowa, Julie and her husband, Dan Colling, of Remsen, and Kathy Stuart of Baton Rouge, La.; 16 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; her stepmother, Mary Krogman of Le Mars; four sisters, LaVonne Kellen of Dallas, Texas, Carol and her husband, Clem Comeau, of Carroll, Iowa, Betty and her husband, Jim Pearson, of Marcus, Iowa, and Diane Shearon of Carroll, Iowa; a sister-in-law and her husband, Carol and Marion Van Zandbergen of Orange City, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Roxanne Moritz; and a brother, Robert Krogman.

Pallbearers will be Eric Plueger, Randy Abbott, Corey, Brandon and Tyler Groepper, Christopher, Travis and Dustin Colling, Jesse Schleis and Andrew Moritz. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Catholic Order of Foresters, Donna Connor, Audrey Heidesch, Shirley Jaminet, Sue Stoos, Carel Connor and Bob Mai.

~Source: The Sioux City Journal
~Part of the Darrell E. Obituary Collection