Dorothy M. Etzel 1919 - 2016

ETZEL, SCHROOTEN, BEGG

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/19/2016 at 11:20:25

Sioux City Journal
12 October 2016

SIOUX CITY | Dorothy M. Etzel, 96, of Sioux City, passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Wesley United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Todd Schlitter officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Dorothy was born on Dec. 20, 1919, in Le Mars, Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Claribel (Schrooten) Begg. She often told wonderful stories of her childhood surrounded by her close-knit family of three brothers and two sisters.

Dorothy graduated from Le Mars High School and immediately started teaching country school in Plymouth County. She graduated from Westmar College in Le Mars where she met and fell in love with Herman F. Etzel. They were married on June 12, 1948. After college they moved to Onawa, Iowa, where Herman began his teaching career and together they started a family. In 1954, the couple moved to Sioux City where they lived in Leeds for the remainder of their years. Dorothy and Herman have three sons, Don, Bob, and David.

Dorothy resumed teaching in the Sioux City School District in 1968 at Washington Elementary School. She loved the challenges and joys of working with sixth grade students through the years and retired from teaching in 1984.

Herman and Dorothy enjoyed their retirement years by traveling with friends around the globe and visiting family. Dorothy was a woman of deep Christian faith and a member of Wesley United Methodist Church for 62 years. She developed many life-long friendships in the church while active in Couples Club, Women's Society and District United Methodist Women. Dorothy enjoyed her many years as a member of the Lioness Club.

Dorothy is reunited with her beloved husband, Herman, and will be lovingly remembered by her sons, Don (Shelley) of Lafayette, Colo., Bob (Karen) of Toledo, Iowa, and David of Sioux City; her cherished grandchildren, Emelia Oleson, Ashley Grandstaff, Ryan Etzel, Caleb Etzel, Wyatt Etzel, Caitlin Etzel, and Matt Etzel; and five beautiful great-grandchildren, Rhiannon, Scarlett, Phinneaus, Calix, and Norah.

A dedicated and loving person, Dorothy will be remembered for her love of God and family, and her caring and helpful nature.

Pallbearers for the service will be Ryan Etzel, Caleb Etzel, Wyatt Etzel, Matthew Etzel, Caitlin Etzel, Josh Grandstaff, and Blake Oleson