Setter, Marie Rita (Elsbernd)1918 - 2018

SETTER, ELSBERND, TIMP, LUNDTVEDT, KRUSE, LEE, FUNKE, SMITH, OLLENDIECK, DOYLE, HUBERS, BRINKLEY, HALVERSON, HUBLER, MORETTI, BROGAN, HARRISON, PALMER, LANSING, MYERS, FUNKE, NOLTE, BLONG, MITCHELL, PAGNI, RETHAMEL

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:42

Marie Setter, age 100, of Fort Atkinson, IA, died on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Wellington Place in Decorah, IA.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, Chekal Chapel, 201 Main Street in Fort Atkinson, IA and also after 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning at the funeral home.

Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, 201 Oak Street in Fort Atkinson, IA with Rev. Aaron Junge presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Marie Rita (Elsbernd) Setter was born on her parent’s farm one mile east of Fort Atkinson, Iowa on August 11, 1918. She was the second oldest of ten children born to Anton and Rosalia (Timp) Elsbernd. She was baptized at St. John Catholic Church and attended St. John School in Fort Atkinson. Marie was married on June 7, 1939 to Gerhard Joseph Setter at St. John Catholic Church. They moved to the Setter farm four mile north of St. Lucas where they farmed for thirty-one years and were members of St. Luke Catholic Church. They retired on April 1, 1970 to Fort Atkinson and were members of St. John Catholic Church. Marie enjoyed quilting, crocheting and baking. Her family enjoyed the rewards of her homemade cooking and baking, especially kolaches. Marie made many quilts for her children and each grandchild received a quilt along with other family members. She was an excellent cook and helped at wedding and funeral dinners. She was a member of the St. Lucas American Legion Auxiliary #691 since 1952, the Fort Atkinson Catholic Society of Foresters Court #657 since 1936, serving as recording secretary from 1997 to 2006 and then as president until March 2015 and was also past president of the Legion. Marie lived in her home in Fort Atkinson until 95 ½ when she entered the nursing home where she enjoyed all of the activities, especially Bingo. Her family was important to her. She very much enjoyed the visits from family and friends. Most enjoyable to her were playing cards and outside trips in the courtyard to the check the garden, flowers and of course, the weeds that needed to be pulled. Her most memorable time was celebrating her 100th birthday at Wellington Place.

Marie is survived by her five daughters: Margaret Lundtvedt, Caledonia, MN; Agnes (Anthony) Kruse, Fort Atkinson, IA; Verna (Harold) Lee, Decorah, IA; Ruth Funke, Decorah, IA and Ella Smith, Decorah, IA. Grandchildren: Mark (Gayle) Lundtvedt, Sierra Vista, AZ; Dale (Connie) Lundtvedt, Eden Prairie, MN; Karen (Scott) Ollendieck, Cresco, IA; Gary Lundtvedt, Salinas, CA; Kathy (Chris) Doyle, Cedar Falls, IA; Gerald Kruse, Fredericksburg, IA; Kimberly (Howard) Hubers, Brandon, SD; Renee Brinkley, Lake City, FL; Tracy (Chad) Halverson, Decorah, IA; Kristen (Kyle) Hubler, Cape Coral, FL. Step-granddaughter: Debra (Vincent) Moretti, Fairfield, CA. Great grandchildren: Julia Marie and Anna Kate Lundtvedt, Alicia (Paul) Brogan, Carina and Ava Lundtvedt, Kyle (Janel) Ollendieck, Sara (Foster) Harrison, Julia Sophie Lundtvedt, Ryan and Travis Doyle, Robert and Destaney Kruse, Derek Hubers, Christopher Williams, Lonnie Brinkley, Logan and Abby Halverson, Kayla and Sarah Palmer, Brandon Hubler. Step great-grandson: Noah Moretti. Three great great-grandchildren: Ira and Ellie Brogan, Shade Ollendieck. Brother: Serenus (Margaret) Elsbernd, Fort Atkinson, IA. Sisters: Rose Lansing, Elgin, IA; Darlene Lansing, New Hampton, IA and Alice Myers, Waucoma, IA. Sister-in-law: Alice Elsbernd, Fort Atkinson, IA along with many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Marie was preceded in death by her parents in 1968. Husband: Gerhard Setter (2001). Sons-in-law: Wesley Smith (2007), Kenneth Funke (2011) and Arnold Lundtvedt (2015). Great-grandson: Korbin Lundtvedt (1996). Granddaughter-in-law: Sonia Lundtvedt (2002). Sister: Rita (Leonard) Nolte. Four brothers: Leo (Helen) Elsbernd, Wilfrid Elsbernd, Andrew Elsbernd and Edward Elsbernd at 14 months (1935). Brothers and sisters-in-law: Virgil Lansing, Clarence Lansing, Leonard Myers, Ferdinand Setter, Aloysius Setter, Joseph (Charlotte) Setter, Elizabeth (John) Blong, Catherine Setter, Cecelia (James) Mitchell, Colette Pagni and Mary (Reed) Rethamel.

Godmother to: Annette Kuennen, Neil Lansing, Laura Ramirez, Joan Whipple, Renee Brinkley and Kristen Hubler.

Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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