Fromm, Therese "Trixie" (1930 - 2008)

FROMM, KAUFMAN, MUELLER, MUNDT, REINIG, WELLER, DENTLINGER, SCHWARTE, MUELLMAN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/15/2013 at 15:35:55

Therese "Trixie" Fromm - Age 77

Therese "Trixie" Fromm, daughter of Henry and Cecelia (Mueller) Kaufman, was born on December 3, 1930, in Earling, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling and graduated from St. Joseph’s Catholic School.

On November 16, 1959, she was united in marriage to Peter Fromm at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling. Three children were born to this union: John, Pete, and Mary. After their marriage, the couple resided just west of Defiance, Iowa, on the farm that Peter’s parents farmed. Therese worked at the Shelby County Court House as a secretary to the Clerk of Court, but when their children were born, she became a stay at home mother.

After the children were older, Therese began working at CDS in Harlan and as a caretaker for her aunt Hilda. In 1995, she retired from CDS but continued to care for Hilda until her death.

Therese was a loving mother and grandmother and enjoyed cooking, gardening, canning, playing horsetail and cribbage, and taking care of her flowers. She was also very active in St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance.

Therese died on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, having attained the age of seventy-seven years, five months, and twenty-five days. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband Peter; her sisters: Mary Mundt, Helen Reinig, and Jenny Weller; and her brothers: Joseph, Frank, Louis and Henry E. Kaufman.

She is survived by her children: John Fromm of Defiance, Iowa; Pete Fromm and his wife Marla of Ankeny, Iowa; and Mary and her husband John Dentlinger of Manning, Iowa; five grandchildren: Anna, Kate, and Jacob Dentlinger and Nathan and Tyler Fromm; her sister Peggy and her husband Martin Schwarte of Harlan; her brother Mike Kaufman and his friend Marlene of Omaha, Nebraska; her brothers-in-law Gordon Weller of Westside, Iowa and Leo Fromm and his wife Ann of Marshalltown, Iowa; her sisters-in-law Vivian Kaufman of Woodbine, Iowa and Virginia Muellman of Omaha, Nebraska; nieces, nephews, other family members and many friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, May 31, 2008 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, Iowa. Rev. Tom Coenen officiated the 1:00 PM service. Serving as casket bearers were: Dave Finken, Randy Schwarte, Pete Finken, Gary Weller, Jerry Kaufman, and Mark Kaufman. Interment was held at Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery in Defiance, Iowa.

Source: pauleyjones.com (Pauley Jones Funeral Home)
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